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You can resize the property sheet if needed by dragging its left edge. In the Name property enter txtTotalSongs. This name will be used later when we refer to this object. Note What you call the textbox is not important. Click in the Control Source property.

This is the property which determines what will appear in the textbox so it is where our expression will go. You can use the right-click and zoom option shown in the queries section to get more room for editing but an even better way is to use the Expression Builder.

This handy tool gives you quick access to common functions as well as making it easy to refer to database objects in an expression. You will see an icon to the right of the Control Source property. Click on this icon to open the Expression Builder.

The middle of the three lists in the expression builder lists all of the objects in the form. Finish the expression by adding a closing bracket. The completed expression should look like the one below. Click OK to complete the expression and return to the Property Sheet. To view the form normally, click on the arrow under the View icon and then select Form View.

The total number of songs will appear at the bottom of the form. Exercise 5. Creating a Linked Expression Now that our subform has an expression which adds up all of the songs, we will place an expression on the main form which refers to that subform total. Because of the relationships between our tables, the main form will only show the total of the songs showing at the time i. The tricky part here is that the expression on the main form needs to refer to the subform as well as the object within that form.

Most mistakes in this kind of expression are made when the object name you are trying to refer to is typed differently when you refer to it. Scroll down if needed until you can see the bottom of the form. We will place a text box for the total in the form footer. Click the Text Box icon in the Ribbon. Click in the Footer area approximately 6cm from the left of the form to place a textbox.

The ruler at the top might be showing units other than centimetres depending on your settings. You can use the gridlines on the design view as a guide as they will be lined up with the major markings cm on the ruler. Make sure the textbox is still selected and open the Property Sheet if it is not already open.

Click in the Control Source property and then click the button to open the Expression Builder. The Expression Elements list in the expression builder shows all of the objects in the database that can be used in expressions. Double-click on Music Collection 3.

Double-click on Forms in the list to expand the selection. Double-click on All Forms in the list to expand the selection. Double-click on CD Entry Subform in the list. The middle list will now display all of the objects from that subform. In the Expression Categories list middle list , double-click on txtTotalSongs. This will put a reference to that text box in your expression. Remove the Forms! The completed expression should appear similar to the one below.

Click the OK button to close the expression builder. Click the View button to preview the form. Your CD total should appear below the subform. View some different CDs to see the total change with each one. Return to Design View. Edit the expression so that it appears as follows. Since we will have some text in the expression itself, there will be no need for the label. Click on the label next to the textbox and press the [Delete] key to remove it.

Resize the textbox so that it is approximately 6cm wide you can use the properties for the textbox to make it exact by simply entering 6 in the Width property. Preview the form to see the results of the expression and return to Design view once you are sure it is working properly. Additional Form Formatting Exercise 6. Formatting a Text Box Now that our expression is working properly we can work on formatting.

At the moment it looks like just another text box on the form. Since text boxes are often used for data entry, this may confuse some users. We can change to properties to that it looks more like a message that is integrated in to the form. In design view, click on the txtTotalCDSongs text box. Select the Home tab on the ribbon. Click the Center align icon on the ribbon. When the colour palette appears, click on the Transparent option.

Choose red for the font colour. Select the Format tab from the Ribbon. Click on the arrow next to the Shape Outline icon. Click the Bold formatting icon. Make sure the properties window is still displayed and change the following properties for that text box. These property changes will make the text box act less like a text box and more like a message. Tab Stop No When the user is pressing the [Tab] key to move through the form it will skip this object.

Tip When a property has two or more options you can select from such as yes or no you can change the option by double-clicking inside the property box. For example if a property is set to no, you can double-click it to quickly change it to yes. Preview the form to see the changes. Click on the total songs textbox. Exercise 7. Changing Form and Subform Properties 1. Double-click the top-left corner of the form as shown to the right. The properties for the form should be displayed. Change the properties for the form as shown in the table below.

Scroll Bars Neither Any scrollbars on the form will be removed. Record No The Bar on the left of the form that can be used for selecting a Selectors record will be removed since the form will only show one record at a time.

Double-click the top left corner of the subform to view the properties for the subform. Change the properties for the subform as shown in the table below. Property Change to: Explanation Default View Datasheet This property will already be set to datasheet but this is the reason why the subform displays as a datasheet table rather than a regular form. Scroll Bars Vertical Only If you resized the columns in the subform so that they all fit there will be no need for a horizontal scrollbar.

They are not really needed for the subform since it is easy enough to scroll through the records. Also, having navigation buttons for both the form and subform can be confusing for users.

Exercise 8. Adding Form Navigation Tools 1. Open the CD Entry form in design view. We will place navigation tool in the Form Header to the right of the title. Click the Combo Box icon from the Design tab on the Ribbon. A Combo Box Control Wizard will begin. In the first step of the wizard, choose the third option; Find a record on my form based on the value I selected in my combo box.

Click Next to continue. In the next step, make sure the Hide key column option is selected. This will mean that the list will be used to select CDs by CD but only the CD Titles will show in the list to make it easier on the user. Resize the list as shown. This will determined the width of the list when our combo box is complete. In the last step, enter Find a CD for the label and then click Finish. Resize and move the combo box and label so that they are closer together as shown.

Test the new combo box at the top of the form. When you select a CD title from the list, the details for that CD will display in the form. This will make it easier for the user because they will be able to quickly move through the list by typing the first letters of the CD title they want. Select the combo box and make sure the properties window is displayed.

Change the Name property to cboSearchCD. Click in the Row Source property not control source. This property is currently showing an example of an SQL statement.

This SQL statement can be modified in a query design window just as your queries can. Click the Build icon to the right of the Row Source property.

When the Query Design window appears, change the sort order of the CD Title field to Ascending as shown on the next page. When prompted to save changes to the SQL statement click Yes. You will be returned to the form and the properties window. Preview the form and test the combo box again. The CD titles in the list will now be sorted in alphabetical order.

Close the form, saving changes. Exercise 9. Adding Control Buttons to a Form 1. Click the Button icon in the Design tab on the Ribbon. Click in the form header just to the right of the combo box.

A Command Button Wizard will begin. For the first step of the wizard, we choose what type of action to take when the button is clicked. We want this button to open a form. We could do it by selecting Form Operations and then select the form we want to open. Since we created sub macros earlier that not only open forms but specify some details about how they we will open, we will use them instead. For the first step of the wizard, choose Miscellaneous from the left list and then Run Macro from the right list as shown above.

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