Microsoft KB Archive/209880

= ACC2000: How to Programmatically Add Controls to a Tab Control =

Article ID: 209880

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q209880



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Access, you can use a tab control to group sets of controls together on different pages. When you select a tab, you see only the controls embedded on that page. Microsoft Access also provides the CreateControl function, which enables you to programmatically create controls on a Microsoft Access form. This article shows you how to use the CreateControl function to programmatically create and embed a text box control on a specific page of a tab control.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. When you use the CreateControl function to create a control on a specific page of a tab control, you must specify the name of the page that will contain the control as the Parent argument. To create a text box control on the second page of a tab control, follow these steps:

 Open the sample database Northwind.mdb or the sample Access project NorthwindCS.adp.  Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there: Option Explicit   Type the following procedure: Sub CreateControlOnPage

Dim frm As Form, ctl As Control

' Create a new blank form. Set frm = CreateForm

' Create a tab control on the new form. Set ctl = CreateControl(frm.Name, acTabCtl, acDetail)

' Create a text box on the form, and specify that Page2 is  ' the parent of the text box. Set ctl = CreateControl(frm.Name, acTextBox, acDetail, "Page2") ctl.Top = 0.5 * 1440 DoCmd.SelectObject acForm, frm.Name DoCmd.Restore

End Sub   To test this procedure, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER: CreateControlOnPage Note that a new form that contains a tab control is created.  On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Access, and then click Page 2 of the tab control.

Note that it contains an unbound text box control.

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