Grouping controls - Forms

[Cindy]

Hello,

I am creating a Form on which I have many controls. I need to place them in groups, on the Form. I can't find the control command to do that. Could someone please advise me on what to do please? Thanks much in advance

 

[pr2-eugin]

Tab Control comes to my mind !

 

[Cotty42]

Not sure what you are asking here.

If you are just looking to group controls into groups on the form you could simply draw a rectangle around them and set your tab order to move from one control to the next in order.

Alternatively you could use a tab control and place your controls on separate tabs within the form.

 

[Cindy]

My skills are a little above beginner. I guess the Tab Control will make the Form look more classy but some of the groups have only two controls on them.

however many thanks for your tips pr2-Eugin & Cotty42

 

[Cindy]

Hi guys, I need to change the data type for some columns in my table from Yes/No to Text but it is locked. Not sure how that happened

I changed it for some of the others but these won't budge. I have removed any reference to these columns in the associated Form. Could someone please tell me how to go about this?

 

[pr2-eugin]

Hi guys, I need to change the data type for some columns in my table from Yes/No to Text but it is locked.

Locked how? Are you trying to change the field's data type in the table?

 

[Cindy]

oops! never mind, I figured it out. It had opened as read-only.

 

[Cindy]

yes I was but tis good now. Thanks.

 

[pr2-eugin]

No probs ! Good luck !

 

[Cindy]

Hiya, thanks much to everyone who's responded to my posts thus far. In my detail section, I have five tab forms and a Combo Box [Condition] with five values. [Condition] is bound to a field in my table.

I want the value of [condition] to bring up (or load...?) the corresponding tab form. I understand that I should do this in the after update event. How should I go about this please?