custom input box

[Kyosa]

i few questions below i was aking if i could disable/enable a subform based on password etc. one of the suggestions was using an input box for pw entry and setting visible property etal.<br><br>things work grat as long as i use the input box function but if i want to use a custon input box for password entry how can i get it to access the visible p-roperty on the subform to turn it on. can you do it similarly to using the inputbox funtion. the reason i ask is that i get all kind of reference errors when i try to use a custon form for input. when i try and turn the visible property back on it tells me it cant find the control or that the form is closed or locked yada, yada, yada.....<br><br>when i'm doing this i have my main form w/ the subforms on screen and the custon pw box pops up in front to allow my entry. my main form is never closed...what stupid little thing am i overlooking!!!! it's been one of those days

 

[DougP]

If you need more control over inputing data make a new form and turn off the record controls.<br><br>You can turn off almost everything on a form so it's just a popup with Password as Asterisks, OK, Cancel. <br>You name you are in Full control.<br><br>There's a POPup property set it to &quot;yes&quot;<br>Auto Center = YES<br>Record Selectors = NO<br>Scroll Bars = Niether<br>NEVER USE MODAL (LEAVE IT ALONE)<br><br>There are a whole mess of them, that's what they are there for.<br><br>Leave the &quot;Input&quot; for just Simple Inputs instead of trying to force in do something the Access programmers did not intend it to.<br> <p>DougP<br><a href=mailto: dposton@universal1.com> dposton@universal1.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> Ask me how Bar-codes can help you be more productive.