i am having the same problem with fields showing up in form design view, but not in form view. only i am just creating a simple form with the one table in the database. I have tried to check to make sure Data Entry is set to No, and that Allow Form View and are set to Yes, but i can't seem to figure out how to check this. otherwise i've looked at the posts in this thread, to no avail. can anyone help? i'm not at all expert in access, but this seems like a simple thing. i've never had this problem before in the databases i've created. i've attached the database. any help would be appreciated. :banghead: