How to add a data control to a form ?

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how to add a data control into a form in access ?

 

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Could you be somewhat more specific ? What data do you want to control on that form ?

 

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a data control as in VB 6. to navigate regords and stuff like that

 

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OK, open the form in design view and go to the property sheet.
You can set the following properties :

Record selectors
Navigaion buttons
Control box
Close button
etc

Just play around with these settings ( Yes or No ) and use those that you'll need.

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i want to get that control over the form bro.. do u know a way of doing it ?
(as in VB6)

 

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What I think you are getting at is how to use a bound form. You need to set the recordsource to the form and use bound controls.

David

 

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saleemMSMS said:

i want to get that control over the form bro.. do u know a way of doing it ?
(as in VB6)

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Access doesn't use the data control like in VB6. It has its own built-in data control (bind a table or query to the form, like David said, and you'll see.).

To bind a form to a table or query you to to the form's CONTROL SOURCE and select the appropriate one, or type in a valid SQL Select statement. Then you set each control's Control Source to the appropriate fields.