Chapter 5. What Every Developer Needs to Know About Forms
IN THIS CHAPTER
- Why This Chapter Is Important
- Uses of Forms
- Anatomy of a Form
- Creating a New Form
- Working with the Form Design Window
- Selecting the Correct Control for the Job
- Control Morphing
- Conditional Formatting
- What Form Properties Are Available, and Why Should You Use Them?
- What Control Properties Are Available, and Why Should You Use Them?
- Bound, Unbound, and Calculated Controls
- Using Expressions to Enhance Your Forms
- The Command Button Wizards: Programming Without Typing
- Building Forms Based on More Than One Table
- Basing Forms on Queries: The Why and How
- Access Forms and the Internet
- Adding Smart Tags to Your Forms
- Creating a Pivot Table or Pivot Chart from a Form
- Form Specifications and Limitations
- Practical Examples: Designing Forms for Your Application