Add comments to forms in design view

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Is there a way to add a comment or note to a Form that can only be seen in
design view?

If not, do you know a work around?

I have a list box that must have the visibility turned on for code purposes
but I don't want it visible to the user. So, I set the properties of the list
box to 0" height and 0" width. This leaves a tiny dot that is barely visible
- if you know what to look for - which is fine. However, I want to make a
note on the form for the admin in design view in case of editing purposes
later on down the road.
 
Is there a way to add a comment or note to a Form that can only be seen in
design view?

If not, do you know a work around?

I have a list box that must have the visibility turned on for code purposes
but I don't want it visible to the user. So, I set the properties of the list
box to 0" height and 0" width. This leaves a tiny dot that is barely visible
- if you know what to look for - which is fine. However, I want to make a
note on the form for the admin in design view in case of editing purposes
later on down the road.
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You can make it smaller if you want to, but there is no need to make
it small.. or add a message.

Set the List box's 'Display When' property to Print Only.
It's on the Format tab of the List Box property sheet.

The list box will appear in design view, but not in form view.
 
This will not work because I have code that sets a value in this field and
it's properties need to be set to Always visible. This list box field holds a
value that I use for a calculation when a certain button is pushed, and this
value is calculated from the value of another list box that a user selects. I
get run time errors when I 'hide' the list box because the code can't perform
it's calculations with a list box that can't have focus.
 
meilani said:
Is there a way to add a comment or note to a Form that can only be
seen in design view?

If not, do you know a work around?

I have a list box that must have the visibility turned on for code
purposes but I don't want it visible to the user. So, I set the
properties of the list box to 0" height and 0" width. This leaves a
tiny dot that is barely visible - if you know what to look for -
which is fine. However, I want to make a note on the form for the
admin in design view in case of editing purposes later on down the
road.
Click to expand...

Just add a label in design view with your note and set its visible property
to no.
 
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