On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 10:21 -0400, drew wrote: > On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 10:04 -0400, Dan wrote: > > Ian Whitfield wrote: > > > > Edit your form. Then use View -> Toolbars -> Form Design. In this > > toolbar you will see the 2 tools in the attached screenshot. The tool on > > the right in the screenshot is the Add Field tool. Click to open it. The > > name of the extra fields should be at the bottom of the list in a popup > > window. > > Hi Dan, > > Yes - with two caveats:
(oops, needs to fix the first paragraph in the last reply - so double post) > > If the dataform control (definition of the record set behind the form) > is _not_ based on a Table object (which is equivalent to a query of > SELECT * FROM TABLE) then a field added to the table definition > subsequent to creating the form will not appear in the Add Field list. If the dataform control (definition of the record set behind the form) is _not_ based on a Table object (or the equivalent query of SELECT * FROM TABLE) then a field added to the table definition subsequent to creating the form will not appear in the Add Field list. > > If the dataform control is populated from a QueryDefinition vs a Table > of "SELECT * FROM TABLE" and depending on the data engine used then it > can require a refresh to the connection before the added field names > will display in the Add Field list. > > TTBOMK > > Thanks, > > //drew > > > > > Chapter 3, Data Input and Removal, discusses this with screenshot on > > page 42. I earlier sent you a link to this. > > > > --Dan > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
