[AccessD] Access 2007: Global search / where is the list ofcontrols in a form's design view?

Gale Perez galeper at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 11:25:35 CDT 2007


Thank you for your quick reply, Charlotte!  I see the property sheet now.

I thought it would be in the underlying query, too, but it wasn't there.
Also not in the code, and the property sheet shows no control by that
name.   Weird!!!


On 6/21/07, Charlotte Foust <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> wrote:
>
> That kind of parameter popup usually means you've got a field in the
> underlying query that is misspelled or no longer exists in the table.
> In A2007, look at the properties sheet for the form.  There should be a
> dropdown at the very top that will allow you to pick a specific control.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
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> Subject: [AccessD] Access 2007: Global search / where is the list
> ofcontrols in a form's design view?
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm going crazy trying to find out what is causing a parameter box to
> appear when I open a form.  Is there some kind of global search which
> will cover everything (code, controls, etc.) in the database?  I've done
> the global search through the code already.
>
> A related question is whether the "controls" dropdown list (which used
> to be in the upper left hand corner in a form's design view is no longer
> a feature with Access 2007.
>
> Thank you!
> Gale
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