You receive "There isn't enough free memory" error message when you work with a Form in Access 2000

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

For additional information about how to obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 How to obtain and install the Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a Update

To temporarily work around this problem, do the following. After you receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section, close all applications and restart your computer to free the memory on your computer.

To avoid this behavior, you can either use a different graphic format for the Picture property, or you can remove the .gif file from the Picture property while you are designing your form, and then add it back when you are finished.

Using a Different Graphic Format

You can use the graphics program of your choice to convert the .gif file to some other supported graphic format such as .bmp. After the graphic file is converted, you need to reference the converted file in the Picture property of the form. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open the form in Design view and display the property sheet of the form.
2. On the Format tab, select the Picture property and click the Build button to the right of the text box.
3. Browse to and select the converted graphic file.
4. Click OK to set the Picture property to that file.

If you use autoformat styles regularly, you may want to convert them to use a file type other than *.gif. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Use the graphics program of your choice to convert the autoformat graphic files to a format such as *.bmp. The following files used by the AutoFormat wizard are located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Bitmaps\Styles folder in a default installation of Microsoft Office:
   

   Style	File Name
   Blends	acbends.gif
   Blue Print	acbluprt.gif
   Expedition	acexpdtn.gif
   Industrial	acindstr.gif
   Ricepaper	acricepaper.gif
   Sandstone	acsndstn.gif
   Sumi Painting	acsumipt.gif

2. Reset the Picture property as described earlier in this section.
3. On the Format menu, click AutoFormat.
4. In the AutoFormat dialog box, select the style that the form is using and click Customize.
5. Select Update '<style name>' with values from Form '<form name>'
6. Click OK twice.

When you apply the built-in style in the future, it will use the converted graphic file as the source for the Picture property.

Removing Picture Property During Form Design

While you design the form, remove the .gif file from the Picture property. Then after you have finished creating the form and will not be toggling between Design and Form view anymore, you can add the style back to the form. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open the Form in Design view.
2. On the Format menu, click AutoFormat.
3. In the AutoFormat dialog box, select the format that you want from the Form AutoFormats list.
4. Click OK.

The picture associated with the autoformat is added back to the form.