CREATING AND ENHANCING SIMPLE DATA ACCESS PAGES

It's time now to show how to enhance the data-entry[nd]style page, as discussed in the last section. The data-entry[nd]style page was also discussed in the section “Understanding the Navigation Control,” where the properties of the Navigation control was discussed.

To start enhancing a page, you need to get a closer look at the Field List dialog.

Looking at the Data Access Page Field List

As with standard Access forms and reports, DAPs have a field list that you can pull fields from and place them on your page. Unlike the other objects just mentioned, which list only the fields of the record source specified in the RecordSource property, the Data Access Page Field List displays a tabbed form with ...

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