Exclamation or Dot

[Guest]

Hi guys,

I recall being advised at one time that i should use an exclamation mark
when referencing a programmer defined object and a dot only when referencing
an Access defined object eg

Me!myFormName!myControlName.Locked = True

not Me.myFormName.myControlName.Locked = True

Can anyone confirm this for me and explain the reason behind it.

Cheers
Teewan

 

[Ken Snell [MVP]]

Dirk Goldgar, MS ACCESS MVP, has posted an explanation about bang and dot
operators many times here in the newsgroups. See this link for one of the
most recent occurrences of that explanation. (watch for line wrapping):

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...+author:goldgar&rnum=2&hl=en#7ea1e64b5d2c256d

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ken,

Doesn't seem like the boggy man I'd been led to think.

Cheers
Teewan