The caption property holds the literal string of what you want for ... the
caption.
Good luck!
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Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Office/Access MVP
> your missing the point i know use the caption property... i just dont
> know
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>> > caption
>> > last name , first name. any one know how to add the caption ?
i need examples... of what your talking about i have no idea what you mean
by literal string........
> The caption property holds the literal string of what you want for ... the
> caption.
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> >> > last name , first name. any one know how to add the caption ?
George Nicholson - 09 May 2008 21:14 GMT
Per Help (rephrased a little):
"...Field captions specify 1) the text for labels that will be attached to
controls created by dragging a field from the field list while designing
forms and 2) serves as the column heading for the field in either table or
query Datasheet view..."
The Caption property is Optional. *IF* there is one, the Caption value will
appear in place of the field name as stated above. If there is no caption
the Field name will appear.
Why?
Examples: a lot of developers don't like spaces in field names, or they like
to preface the name with characters that tell them what type of field it is,
or use abbreviations in field names, etc.
Therefore, field names like:
EmployeeName
sngHourlyRate
SSN
fldNotes
Valid field names from a developer's point of view, but they are candidates
for "user friendly" captions like:
Employee Name
Hourly Rate
Social Security Number
Notes and Comments
The "user friendly" captions appear in place of the "developer friendly"
field names in the situations stated above.

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HTH,
George
>i need examples... of what your talking about i have no idea what you
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John W. Vinson - 09 May 2008 23:00 GMT
>i need examples... of what your talking about i have no idea what you mean
>by literal string........
Open the table in design view.
Select the field.
Look at the lower left of the screen.
If you type
This Is My Caption
in the Caption property of the field then you will see
This Is My Caption
as the caption of the field.
Insulting people who are trying to help you, and obviously asking to be
spoonfed answers so that you can avoid thinking or studying, is just going to
get you killfiled by the volunteers here. I'm of two minds whether to send
this... but be assured it's the first AND LAST time I'll spoon feed you.

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