Total Access Components Frequently Asked Technical
Support Questions
Pre-Sale Questions
Usage and Feature Questions
Additional Developer Questions
Pre-Sale Questions
Total Access Components 2010 includes two sets of ActiveX controls for 32
and 64-bit Access 2010 versions. The 32-bit version is backward compatible
with MS Access 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007. Both 32 and 64 bit versions are
compatible so an Access database using one set of controls can be used by
the other without modification (assuming the appropriate version of Total
Access Components is installed on the machine).
Check the Product Compatibility Chart for
version information for all of our products.
Yes. Download the
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free.
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Usage and Feature Questions
Yes! The
Form Resizer control adjusts your forms automatically whether your
users manually adjust or maximize them.
Total Access Components 2002 and later allow you to optionally resize
fonts on forms by setting the ResizeFonts property to True. Refer to the
Resize and Resize Fonts Property sections of the user manual or
help file for details.
No. The custom controls of Total Access Components work when placed on
forms running in standard Form view. Due to a limitation of Microsoft
Access, custom controls don't work if a form is in Datasheet or Continuous
Form view.
When you use the FMS
Tab control,
certain keyboard navigation shortcuts are not built in.
If you would like to set the focus to another control when
the tab key is pressed, please use the following code. This code is written
to be pasted into tab demo 2 in the components demo. Specifically, you will
have to update the field named "txtCAStreet" to the name of the control
which you want to receive the focus.
Private Sub tabAddress_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, ByVal Shift As Integer)
If (KeyCode=9) And (Shift=0) Then
'move to next control
txt CAStreet.SetFocus
End If
End Sub
Total Access Components 2007 introduced new options for text location:
- Center
- Left
- Right
- Top
- Bottom
Earlier versions of the control support centered text only.
This problem can occur for one of two reasons:
- The control is not registered properly. To register the control, run
the file TACRUN(version).EXE on the users machine.
When redistributing Total Access Components, only include the TACRUN(version).EXE and no other files listed as distributable in the manual. If you
include all the support files and the .OCX, then TACRUN.EXE may not
register the controls properly. Please ensure that you are not
distributing any other files related to components except TACRUN.EXE.
- Due to a bug in Microsoft Access (2.0, 95, and 97 only), you may
encounter this problem if the control (or the form containing the
control) was copied. Delete and reinsert the Total Access Component
controls using the Insert | ActiveX Control menu.
The following are all reasons this error can occur:
- This can occur if you specify a method of a control that does not
exist for that control type. For example, the .Eject method
applies to the CD Player control, and does not apply to any other
control. If you tried to use that method for another control type
(e.g. RESIZEControl.Eject), the error would occur.
- Please ensure that you are using the proper method for the control
you are using. Each of the controls has a list of methods associated
with them and can be found in the user manual and help file.
- The control is not registered properly. Please ensure that you have
registered the control properly using the Runtime distribution program (TACRUN.EXE).
- The control is being called from the On_Open event of the form in the
project. You must allow Access time to set up the controls before trying
to invoke any methods for them. Please move the code to the On_Load or
On_Activate event instead.
- Due to a bug in Microsoft Access (2.0, 95, and 97 only), you may
encounter this problem if the control (or the form containing the
control) was copied. Delete and reinsert the Total Access Component
control(s) using the Insert | ActiveX Control menu.
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