Convert form into a subform

[Guest]

is it possible to convert a form into a subform. When I pullled in the form
into the parent, it wouldn't allow me to assign parent and child controls.
Do I always need to rebuild the subform inside of the parent form and how can
I get the subform to take on the format properties of the parent form?

 

[Rick Brandt]

is it possible to convert a form into a subform. When I pullled in the form
into the parent, it wouldn't allow me to assign parent and child controls.
Do I always need to rebuild the subform inside of the parent form and how can
I get the subform to take on the format properties of the parent form?

There is actually no such thing as a subform per se. There is a subform
*control* which can be placed as an object within a form and which can reference
within it any other form. So no conversion is necessary. You drop a subform
control on a form and set the Source Object to the form you want to see
displayed in it.

There are situations where the MasterField ChildField wizard (the dialog with
the dropdown boxes) cannot be used, but all you have to do in those situations
is manually type in the entries you want and it will work.

For formatting you are on your own to make those changes in the design view of
the referenced form. There is nothing automatic in that regard.