She convinced me that I was about to enter the hearafter, and thereafter I change my ways.

In another life I use to play the here after game. Where you tell your date if she is not here after what you are here after she will be...

Chris makes a great point. The trouble with making your living by thinking is that it never stops.

Sorry I can not help you on this. I am not an expert on developing forms with Access. The Data control is quick and easy. But I prefer to design...

thanks I will think about this tomorrw its late tonight or rather early this morning.  Perhaps one of the big brains will have an answer before I do.

I will check back tomorrow.

Mike

Dorinq did you develop you form with VB or with Access. If you used VB please post your code and I can help. If you used Access to make your...

Sometimes procedures are like children they know what they should do but it always better to tell exactually what you want. if you  start it finish it.

The above will work but a few questions:

1. Are these new records? if so set the default value for this textbox to 0 and disable it on the form then...

Yep you could do something like the following

Private Sub Text0_LostFocus()

'value must be set to 0

'Yell at the user and then change the value for him since he can not under

'stand...

I should have known.

Gee If I remember correctly Heinlein had Waldo living in an orbiting space station. Am I getting warmer.

[edited to correct my grammer]

sushila where you an english lit major in anothre life. You never cease to amaze me.

""There is nothing so bad that it cannot get worse" "

I don't know death is hard to top

It is addictive the only problem is that once again I can not stay and play. I...

sushila, Hey little girl it's past your bed time. Up so late and thinking so well should be aganist the law.

Mike