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Reply to Archery: I have also tried just: DoCmd.Hourglass True DoEvents DoCmd.OpenForm "frmYAF" (moved the "DoCmd.Hourglass False" to the end of Form_Open on frmYAF) Still no hourglass. Again, thank you for your help.

Reply to Archery: Thanks, I tried this just now: DoCmd.OpenForm "frmYAF",WindowMode:=acDialog Unfortunately it does not change the behaviour of the hourglass. However the comma-shortcut is a handy trick I had not known before, thanks.

That would be nice but it already takes a few seconds to run. That is why it is disorienting when there is no hourglass. Thanks for the idea.

This is the whole code for btnOpenYAF_Click, yet when the button is clicked the hourglass never appears: DoCmd.Hourglass True DoEvents DoCmd.OpenForm "frmYAF" DoCmd.Hourglass False There is also a "DoCmd.Hourglass True" in the Form_Open on frmYAF (where all...

Thanks for the response. This is making me excessively crazy. The key problem seems to be that the entire control "jumps" when it gets focus. The rest of the problems only arise when I try to fix that first problem. I did think of one fix: put the control on the bottom so that it has...

Once upon a time there was a form, with a sub-form subdivided into 3 pages, on which there is an evil tabcontrol with five pages (tabs). On each (tab)page there is one object. When you click on the tab the entire tabcontrol jumps to the bottom edge of the form. Why does this happen, and...