Text Box with "#Name?" instead of text

[MadeCurler]

I have a text box in a form with a background image. When I view the form in "Design View" I can see the text I want displayed inside the text box. However when I view the form in "Form View" I see "#Name?" instead. Can anyone help?

 

[John Big Booty]

The #Name? error, means that the name that you supplied as the source of the control's value is not valid. See the link for tips on how to resolve this.

 

[VilaRestal]

If you want a Textbox to display a string, let's say "Hello", you need to set its control source to

="Hello"

If you set it to just

Hello

Access is looking for a field called Hello

 

[MadeCurler]

Thank you guys very much. As an enthusiastic pensioner I spent 2 hours last night trawling the web and searching on line for the answer. I can't believe it was as simple as putting an equals sign followed by quoted text......shows how much I know