Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Second Edition

Chapter 6. What Every Developer Needs to Know About Form Basics

• 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

• What Form Properties Are Available and Why Use Them?

• What Control Properties Are Available and Why Use Them?

• Bound, Unbound, and Calculated Controls

• Using Expressions to Enhance Your Forms

• The Command Button Wizards: Programming Without Typing

• Basing Forms on Queries: The Why and How

• Access Forms and the Internet

• Practical Examples: Designing Forms for Your Application

Uses of Forms

Developers often think that forms exist solely for the purpose of data entry. On the contrary, forms serve many different purposes in Access 97:

• data entry—displaying and editing ...