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Page captions (of tab control) not shown in print preview


I'm using MS Access 2010 and have created a simple form with a 2-page tab control. On each page is a single label.

In Design View, the form looks like this...

Simple form - Design View

In Form View, the tab control and appropriate label are shown as expected...

Simple form - Form View

However, when I print preview what is shown in the Form View, the label on the active page is shown but the page caption and tab control border are missing...

Simple form - Print Preview

I've tried tweaking virtually every property of the tab control and pages to no avail. As you can see from the first image above, the Display When property is set to Always. Even setting it to Print Only makes no difference to what is shown in the print preview.

How do I ensure the page caption and tab control border are shown when printing the form?

Any advice would be much appreciated.


Solution

  • This is on a fairly old article but I think it is still valid. The answer is because Microsoft doesn't want them too. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/kbview/167064

    That states that if you want to print a tab control you need to use an ActiveX one.

    Reading online seems to say "Forms aren't for printing, reports are, if you want to print something make a report". Obviously this last point is a little subjective.