[AccessD] Recordset to a Continuous Form

Susan,

You're a god. What was stuffing things up was that I was doing:

Set Me.RecordSource = rst

Instead of:

Set Me.Recordset = rst

Thanks
Vlad


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Wednesday, 13 October 2004 3:25 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Recordset to a Continuous Form


I'm probably missing something real obvious here, but this worked for
me. 

I used AutoForm to create a quick form on Employees, then changed it to
a Continuous form and deleted the RecordSource property. All the
controls remained intact with their default Name and Control Source
property settings.  

Then, I used the following code to populate the form:

Private Sub Form_Load()
  Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset
  Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset
  rst.Open "Employees", CurrentProject.Connection, adOpenStatic
  Set Me.Recordset = rst
End Sub

Worked for me -- form is still continuous and it doesn't update the
underlying source. It's strictly a browsing form. If you wanted to
update, you could change the adOpenStatic setting. I didn't spend much
time testing it either, so I may be missing something. 

Susan H. 

The problem is still one of continuous forms.  The only thing that
creates a continuous form is a bound recordset.  With unbound forms, you
have to view one record at a time.  A continuous form is an optical
illusion of sorts, with only one set of controls on the form, so there
is no unbound equivalent unless you want to populate a list box or a
grid with the data.


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