How to refer to a control button on the subform?

[TenOc]

I have a form (call it frmOrdersRead) with four sub-forms with tab format. On one of the sub-forms (call it sfmNotes) there is a control button (call it cobClose) that I would like to hide when the main form frmOrdersRead opens. I’m having problems referring to this control button. I have used the following on the load event of the main form frmOrdersRead with no joy. Any help would be welcome




Me![sfmNotes].[Form]![cobClose].[Visible]=False


And also:


[form]!frmOrdersRead![sfmNotes].[Form]![cobClose].[Visible]=False

[ranman256]

try w/o the exclamations:
form!frmOrdersRead!sfmNotes.Form.cobClose.Visible= False

[TenOc]

try w/o the exclamations:
form!frmOrdersRead!sfmNotes.Form.cobClose.Visible= False

Above did not work

[Micron]

Subforms with "tab format"? What does that mean? The subforms are displayed in pages of a tab control? Or is this a navigation form, which AFAIK is the only way subforms themselves can sort of have tabs?

[TenOc]

Subforms with "tab format"? What does that mean? The subforms are displayed in pages of a tab control? Or is this a navigation form, which AFAIK is the only way subforms themselves can sort of have tabs?

Seen screen capture below

[Micron]

Sorry, not enough there to tell me if that is a tab control or a navigation form. Maybe show a design view pic, but it has to be bigger than that.
If you have a navigation form, the syntax you posted won't work. Where the default name for the the subform is used you'd need something like this to get at a control on the loaded form:

Forms![main navigation form].[NavigationSubform].Form.controlNameHere

[TenOc]

This may help. The forms name is different that the OP

[Micron]

Too bad you didn't show the property sheet with whatever it is that the tabs are on as the selected item. I'd say that's a tab control. It sure isn't a subform control. A subform is just a form that you put in a subform container (subform control). Your form is likely in a subform control that appears on the page. In that case try

Forms!yourMainFormName!yourSubformControlName.Form.yourControlName

IIRC, a subform control is a child of the form itself, not a child of the page that it is on.

EDIT
If the above works using your object names, it means we misinterpreted your design because of terms you used to describe the objects. Might be a good idea to check what the 'selection type' is at the top of the property sheet so that you always get the right term for the object type.