Prior to opening reports in print preview, I open a popup form with
the a red detail section and a label that reads "Please wait ...". The
title bar reads "Processing data". The form is set as a popup and
modal set to "no".

This works fine in Access 2002. In 2007 everything works except the
detail section is white and the label is not visible. The title bar is
still readable ("Processing data"). Any ideas why the color of the
detail section and the label are no longer visible in 2007? Changing
modal to "yes" makes no difference -- except to throw the report onto
a tab, instead of being visible as soon as the popup closes. I use
docmd.runmacro to open and resize the form. I converted the macro to
code, but get the same results.
Thanks,
Mark

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:21:12 -0700 (PDT), Mark
<cmd2006 (AT) frontiernet (DOT) net> wrote:

Try putting "DoEvents" in the Form_Load event.

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP

On Aug 28, 9:48*am, Tom van Stiphout <tom7744.no.s... (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote:
Thank you, Tom
Works great, although I had to place it in the calling form
immediately after the code or macro which opens the "Please wait"
form, rather than the OnLoad event. Glad to get the color and message
back!
Mark