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Colour codes for form text boxes

ResolvedVersion 2003

Dan has attended:
Access Introduction course

Colour codes for form text boxes

I would like to change all the text box background colours in a form to the same colour at the same time.

RE: Colour codes for form text boxes

Hi Dan

To format the background of multiple text boxes on an Access form you need to do the following:

1. Select all the text boxes

2. Right click one of the selected text boxes and select Properties

3. In the Properties wndow under the Format tab select Back Color and select the colour to use

4. Close the Properties window and the background updates

5. Click on a blank area of the form to deselect the text boxes.

Hope this helps

Carlos

Mon 13 Apr 2009: Automatically marked as resolved.

Access tip:

Open A Combo Box Automatically

This is helpful if users need to enter large amounts of data. There are two ways to open ComboBoxes when they get the focus by using the tab keys.

When the ComboBox gets focus:

Press Alt + Down Arrow on the keyboard

For it to happen automatically, needs a bit of coding:

1. Add a combo box and a text box control to the form
2. Set the combo box's On Got Focus property to the following event procedure:

Private Sub ComboBoxName _GotFocus()

Me!ComboBoxName.Dropdown

End Sub


3. Open your form in Form View and use the TAB key to make sure it works.

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