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In this video I continue to talk about ms access form object items as I demonstrate how to set control values. I also will show how to reference ms access form object items.
This is part 2 of a 3 part video series.
Here I am assigning the “Caption” property of the form based on what is in the “CategoryName” field:
Forms!Categories.Caption = Me.CategoryName
Option Compare Database
Private Sub Form_Current()
Dim intResult As Integer
Forms!Categories.Caption = Me.CategoryName
intResult = calculate(6, 6)
MsgBox intResult
End Sub
Function calculate(num1, num2)
Dim dblResult As Double
dblResult = num1 + num2
calculate = dblResult
End Function
Click here for the database and the code:
Nwind_2k_modified.mdb
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