Microsoft KB Archive/96894

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PRB: Switching Views Disables Undo
'Article ID: Q96894

Creation Date: 30-MAR-1993

Revision Date: 19-SEP-1996' The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0

SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

If you add a new control to a form and switch to Form view to see it, you cannot choose Undo Create from the Edit menu when you go back to Design view. Instead, Can't Undo is available, even though you have not made any changes since adding the control.

CAUSE

Switching to Form view is considered a change, thereby nullifying the Undo option.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

If you create a form and add a control, you can choose the Undo Create command from the Edit menu to remove the control that you have just created. However, if you switch to Form view to see your modified form, and then switch back to design mode, the Undo Create option is no longer available. Immediately after you make a change, you can reverse it until you make another change. Switching to Form view is considered a change. Thus, you cannot undo the creation of the control, and the Edit menu list displays Can't Undo.

REFERENCES

For more information about this topic, search for &quot;undo timeout,&quot; and then &quot;undoing changes&quot; in the Microsoft Access Help menu.
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Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 2.00 7.00

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