I am using my employee database to track messages I pass along. I have a
Messages form that successfully creates a message for the person I have
looked up in another form.
I want to enter the message in the form I have created (becomes a record in

I have a form with a tab control where the tabs have subforms (well, 3 of 4
do).  All the subform controls are set to lineup, and the top and left format
property settings for the subforms are all the same.
Anyway, the main problem is that one of my source objects for one of the

I have several fields in my form that I need to allow a memo style entry.
Once the field is updated, I would like it to automatically save. When the
form is re-opened the data should still be populated.
The fields that I have tried will not save the data. The box is empty when

I have a tabular form that many users use and would like to have a area that
records just the time the record was added(the date is in another box) and
adds that to the table so I can use this infromation in a query.  Is there
any way to do this.

I need help with an iff statement on my form.  Basically I have a new record
when the "Insert" key is pressed.  But I want to stay with the current
record if [TotalHrs] is greater or less than IDRb_subform.Form!SumHours.
Otherwise a new record is called for.  I think I'm close ...

Im trying to get a form to show fields from other tables that are not
directly related but I cant figure it out.  Ive got:
Company Table > related to
  Operating District Table > related to

How can I print a form with tabs so that all tabs are visible?

I have a main correspondence form.  There is a relationship between the
correspondence and the location (asset number), as correspondence is always
about a location.  Sometimes the correspondence will relate to work currently
being done at a particular location.

Access 2003
When I put a tab control on a form that has had it's backgound colour
changed I can't seem to find a way to change the colour used to the right of
the tab 'buttons'

I want to use one control to determine which others within my form are visible
i.e. In a text box labelled 'How Many' if 1 is entered then the text box
labelled 'one' is visible and box's labelled two, three and four are
invisible, if 2 is entered then 'one' and two' are visible ...

I created a form from an existing table.  When I go to design view on the
form, and I click on one of the objects to resize/move the whole column of
objects
resizes/moves.  How can I disable this feature?

I am creating a database which tracks jobs to be worked on for an area.  When
a job is released, the status changes to 1 (Released).  There is then a
continuous form which shows all of the records currently at status 1.
The idea is that an employee (using a shared computer) looks ...

Hello, this really frustrates me....
I have a subform in datasheet view, and whenever I entered a new record and
hit return carriage, the new record disappears and the cursor goes back to
the beginning position of the new record line....how can I make the cursor go

Good morning,
One of my forms is designed to change the information on records from a
table.  In the Form Header section of the form, I have a search function to
search the records that users want to change in the Detail section of the

I've a problem that I need advice on concerning unassociated labels on
a form that cause the form to flicker or repaint on unassociated label
mouseover.
I have designed my form with care, it has around twenty controls on it