Build Function

[Shep]

I can't find anything in the archive relating to this...

Can someone tell me how to enable the "Build" feature in the Visual Basic screen in 2003, please?

I recently upgraded from 97 and can only find the "Build" feature in Query Design.

In 97 it was available by right clicking the screen and selecting "Build". I have no such option when right clicking in 2003.

Thanks

 

[Moniker]

What are you trying to build? Code? Press Alt-F11 to open the code window, or alternatively, right-click on any control in a form or report and select "Build Event".

 

[Shep]

I'm trying to launch the Expression Builder while editing code in a form module.

 

[Moniker]

When you very first put a control on a form and select "Build Event", it gives you the option of Expression Builder, Macro Builder, or Code builder. A control bound to a macro or code cannot have an expression, so to speak. The expression builder allows you to semi-automatically change the properties of a control, while the macro and code builders allow programmatic control over the controls.

 

[Shep]

Yep.


It also allows you to build expressions for use in code, in a module...while coding in a module.

At least, in 97, it did.

No doubt it's available for use while coding in 2003 as well, but I can't figure out how to launch it.

 

[Peter Reid]

Yep.


It also allows you to build expressions for use in code, in a module...while coding in a module.

At least, in 97, it did.

No doubt it's available for use while coding in 2003 as well, but I can't figure out how to launch it.

Not that I've looked very hard for it but it 'disappeared' in 2000