Overview of the Access Form Designer

Long ago in Chapter 2, “The Anatomy of a Real Database,” you were briefly introduced to the Access Form Designer. At that time, all you were told was that the designer existed and that later on, the Form Designer would be covered in detail. This chapter fulfills that promise. Figure 11.1 illustrates a form called IndividualClients.

Figure 11.1. Forms like everything else in Access are stored in the database itself.

The Access Form Designer consists of two main components: the design surface and the toolbox. Fortunately, most of the work in creating interfaces in Access can be accomplished with wizards. ...

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