how do I force access to capitilize the text in a field

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Put the following procedure in any standard module in your database:

Public Sub ConvertToCaps(KeyAscii As Integer)
' Converts text typed into control to upper case

Dim strCharacter As String

' Convert ANSI value to character string.
strCharacter = Chr(KeyAscii)
' Convert character to upper case, then to ANSI value.
KeyAscii = Asc(UCase(strCharacter))

End Sub

and in the KeyPress event procedure of any control call it with:

ConvertToCaps KeyAscii
 
I also might suggest reviewing the "StrConv" function. Use the help file to
get more specifics.
This does not necessarily solve your immediate problem. However, if you ever
need to make some conversions to proper casing, Access can handle that too.

HTH

Rob Mastrostefano

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