Textbox on form not visible until it's clicked

[N2Life]

Am experiencing some odd behavior with an Access 2002 form. I added a textbox to the form. The Control Source is: ="Hello World" (Just an example; doesn't matter what I put there.) When the form loads, this textbox is nowhere in sight. But if I click with the mouse where the textbox is located, the text suddenly appears. Can anyone tell me WHY this is happening?

I have worked around it by adding code to the form's On Load event to set focus to this textbox. That, of course, makes the text appear in reverse video. To remedy that, I added code to then set the focus to the Close button on this form. These gyrations should not be necessary. Thank you.

 

[Eupher]

Is the control possibly obscured by another control (maybe the label from an adjacent control)? Select the control in design view, then on the menu select Format->Bring to front. As an alternative, I would delete the control and place another.

Ken S.

 

[N2Life]

The textbox was not obscured by another control. However, I did click on 'Bring to front'; it made no difference.

I added a new control. Had the same problem.

It looks like I must add this to my list of crazy Microsoft things that you never see mentioned in any book.

Thank you for trying, Ken.

 

[PHV]

Why not using the DefaultValue property instead of the ControlSource ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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