KB138149 - ACC: Controls You Can Morph and Controls You Cannot Morph

Article ID: 138149

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q138149

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

SUMMARY

Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97 have a feature called "morphing." This feature enables you to change one type of control into another type of control. However, there are limits to which kinds of controls you can morph. For example, you cannot morph an image control into a text box control. The table below lists each type of control and to what type you can morph it.

MORE INFORMATION

   Control Type              Can Be Morphed to
   ------------------------------------------------------
   Bound Frame               <nothing>

   Check Box                 Toggle Button, Option Button

   Combo Box                 Text Box, List Box

   Command Button            <nothing>

   Custom Control            <nothing>

   Image                     <nothing>

   Label                     Text Box

   Line                      <nothing>

   List Box                  Text Box, Combo Box

   Option Group Frame        <nothing>

   Page Break                <nothing>

   Radio Button              Check Box, Toggle Button

   Rectangle                 <nothing>

   SubForm/SubReport         <nothing>

   Text Box                  Label, List Box, Combo Box

   Toggle Button             Check Box, Option Button

   Unbound Frame             Image

REFERENCES

For more information about morphing a control programmatically, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

135381 ACC: How to Programmatically Change a Control Type

For more information about morphing controls, search the Help Index for "morphing controls," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.

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