assigning a value to a text box

Well, Nick, for all we know it might be in the
documentation, but how does anyone go about finding it? I'm
pretty sure it was there back in A2 when there was real hard
copy, printed on paper documentation, but those days are
long gone :-(

OTOH, like I said earlier, it is the logical consequence of
documented features, so maybe they just expect you to deduce
it yourself :-\
--
Marsh
MVP [MS Access]



nickpup wrote:
Ok - this should be clearly documented in the product.


"Marshall Barton" wrote:
The Open event is too soon to assign a control's Value
property. However, you can set several other
control/section properties in the Open event, including the
ControlSource property. Since the ControlSource property
determines how a control's Value is calculated, it's
necessary for this to be resolved before it can be
determined if a control is in fact unbound.

Forms have a Load event that is appropriate for assigning a
value to unbound controls. Since reports do not have a Load
event, you can use the Format event of any section that is
processed no later than the section containing the control.