Is the Me. syntax required in form vba when referring to controls?

[cyberman55]

I prefer to use me for all the reasons above + what I always do is use mixed case in object names e.g. txtDiscussions, then when I am coding I always enter me.txtdiscussions and let intellisense capitalise it for me. If I have a bad day and type me.textdiscussions or me.txtdiscussion I immediately know that I have got the object name wrong becuase it does not get capitalised.

Same here - that's why I was amazed a developer wouldn't use it. Again, probably traces to a developer long out of the MS Access development field as I recall a time when there was no intellisense.