Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
| Search for | Example | Results |
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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- Forms Designer controls and tools
- Attachments control
- Button control
- Calendar control
- Chart control
- Checkbox control
- Combo Box control
- Comfill control
- Convert Form Layout tool
- Date control
- Decimal control
- Dynamic Form control
- Embedded Viewer control
- File control
- Frame control
- Graph control
- Grid view tool
- Group control
- HTML Editor control
- HTML Viewer control
- Image control
- Label control
- Link label control
- List Builder control
- Marquee control
- Notebook tab control
- Notebook control
- Radio Button control
- Selection tool
- Script control
- Subform control
- Table column control
- Table control
- Text area control
- Text control
- Timer control
- Visualization control
- Web Preview tool
- Wrap label control
Subform control
Use this control to display a subform on another form.
Subforms displayed on forms have full functionality. Subforms displayed as pop-ups are read-only; users cannot interact with them. To display the subform as a pop-up, use the Comfill control instead.
To place a subform on a form, click Subform and then click the form.
Put the name of the database field or variable that you want to associate with this control into the Input property.
| Property | Usage |
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| Name | Specify a unique identifier for the object on the screen. (Optional) This name is used by external applications, such as RAD, to dynamically change the properties of the object. |
| X | Specify the object’s horizontal position based on the left edge of the object. |
| Y | Specify the object’s vertical position based on the top edge of the object. |
| Width | Specify the width of the object in alignment grid units. |
| Height | Specify the height of the object in alignment grid units. |
| Visible | Select this option to make the object visible on the form. Clear the check box to hide the object from view on the form. |
| Visible Condition | Specify an expression to override the Visible property when that expression evaluates to true. |
| Format | Specify the form to display. Be sure you type the exact form name. |
| Virtual Join | Select this option to associate virtual join run time processing with the subform object. Clear the check box to use a same-file join. |
| Display Blank | Select this option to display the subform even if no records were found for the virtual join. Clear the check box to skip display of the format if there are no matching records. Note: Used only for virtual joins. |
| Display Using Table | Select this option to display the subform in table format. |
| Input | Specify the database field or variable to associate with this control. |
Related concepts
Form creation
Forms Designer
Creating and editing forms
Using the drawing canvas
Forms Designer properties view
Enabling HTML in forms
Forms Designer best practices
Building accessible forms
Access Forms Designer
Create a form using the Form Wizard
Update a form
Add a subform to a form
