Why won"t my Form appear?

Hi. I am stumped. I have a form that when opened via logic (VBA
OpenForm) the screen appears to flash but the form does not appear.
I've traced and it certainly goes to the form's module and the Form_Open
and Form_Load routines...but it doesn't appear.

I've looked around at the attributes of the form, at the attributes of
the other forms opened in the background but I can't figure it out.

I even went so far as to force the other (previously opened) forms to go
'invisible' via VBA commands just prior to issuing the OpenForm command
for the form that I wish to open...no luck...form does not appear.

Can you point me to some possible causes?

Regards,
SueB

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Re: Why won"t my Form appear?

Susan Bricker wrote:
> Hi. I am stumped. I have a form that when opened via logic (VBA
> OpenForm) the screen appears to flash but the form does not appear.
> I've traced and it certainly goes to the form's module and the
> Form_Open and Form_Load routines...but it doesn't appear.
>
> I've looked around at the attributes of the form, at the attributes of
> the other forms opened in the background but I can't figure it out.
>
> I even went so far as to force the other (previously opened) forms to
> go 'invisible' via VBA commands just prior to issuing the OpenForm
> command for the form that I wish to open...no luck...form does not
> appear.
>
> Can you point me to some possible causes?

I've seen forms get stuck in strange positions off the main screen. Try
closing all other forms and sizing/centering your Access db window. Then
open the form. Do any vertical or horizontal scrollbars appear? If so,
scroll around and see if your form shifted somewhere.

Also, make a copy of the source form, and open the copy. Does it appear?

Re: Why won"t my Form appear?

DFS wrote:
> Susan Bricker wrote:
>
>>Hi. I am stumped. I have a form that when opened via logic (VBA
>>OpenForm) the screen appears to flash but the form does not appear.
>>I've traced and it certainly goes to the form's module and the
>>Form_Open and Form_Load routines...but it doesn't appear.
>>
>>I've looked around at the attributes of the form, at the attributes of
>>the other forms opened in the background but I can't figure it out.
>>
>>I even went so far as to force the other (previously opened) forms to
>>go 'invisible' via VBA commands just prior to issuing the OpenForm
>>command for the form that I wish to open...no luck...form does not
>>appear.
>>
>>Can you point me to some possible causes?
>
>
> I've seen forms get stuck in strange positions off the main screen. Try
> closing all other forms and sizing/centering your Access db window. Then
> open the form. Do any vertical or horizontal scrollbars appear? If so,
> scroll around and see if your form shifted somewhere.

Good suggestion. From the menu she can select Window/Cascade to check
your solution. Perhaps maximize the form on the Activate event for
testing purposes.

>
> Also, make a copy of the source form, and open the copy. Does it appear?
>
>
>