Creating a search form

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I have a contact form with all the fields: Name, address, city,,,etc.

Now I want to create a search form to allow the user enter in data to search
on.

Is there anyway I can use the original form? Or do I have to create a
seperate form?

There's the "Data Entry" mode for a form , would that help?


Thanks,

Jack
 
Jack,

I would suggest you use a separate form, by all means! Otherwise you risk
accidentally changing stored data.
A form's Data Entry property set to Yes results in the form allowing only
the addition of new records, excluding the display / editing of existing
ones. I'm not sure this is what you're after.

HTH,
Nikos
 
Treebeard said:
I have a contact form with all the fields: Name, address, city,,,etc.

Now I want to create a search form to allow the user enter in data to search
on.

Is there anyway I can use the original form? Or do I have to create a
seperate form?

There's the "Data Entry" mode for a form , would that help?
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No, that won't help. You definitely need two sets of
controls, one for search criteria and the other for data
display/edit. The data controls are bound, but the search
controls should be unbound. Besides, the two sets of
controls would have entirely different event procedures.

If there are only a few search controls, you could put them
in the header section of the data form. If that would be
too much clutter, then use a separate form.
 
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