Access 2007 Form Cells Change Colors Solution

External Since: Jan 01, 2009 Posts: 1

I had the same problem with the split form on my combo boxes in the form section. While there is still definitely a design flaw with Access 2007. I have found that changing the alternating color in the datasheet as mentioned above from no color to a color actually solved my problem and the background of my combo boxes stays consistent.

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External Since: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 1554

Thanks for posting the solution you found, Bill.

You are right: setting the AlternateBackColor property of the the Section to
something other than "No Color" solves the problem of the combo going
transparent.

For other issues and workarounds in A2007, hope this proves useful to you
also:
http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs

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<Bill Lerch> wrote in message ...
>I had the same problem with the split form on my combo boxes in the form
>section. While there is still definitely a design flaw with Access 2007.
>I have found that changing the alternating color in the datasheet as
>mentioned above from no color to a color actually solved my problem and the
>background of my combo boxes stays consistent.