trying to edit a form

[Guest]

Hello!

I just got an access database and since I'm pretty new to the subject I
already face a very simple problem: I open the file, some forms appear but
there is no way to edit the forms. Can you give me a hint?
Thanks a lot,
Dominik

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hello!

I just got an access database and since I'm pretty new to the subject
I already face a very simple problem: I open the file, some forms
appear but there is no way to edit the forms. Can you give me a hint?
Thanks a lot,
Dominik

You might have been given an MDE in which case none of the code-based objects
(forms, reports, modules) are editable. ONE of the reasons to create an MDE is
specifically to lock those objects down.

 

[tina]

try opening the file while holding down the Shift key, to bypass the Startup
options.

hth

 

[Guest]

Thanks a lot, tina. That solved my problem!

try opening the file while holding down the Shift key, to bypass the Startup
options.

hth

 

[Armen Stein]

In Access it's called Design. There's a button and a right-click
shortcut menu option.

Hello!

I just got an access database and since I'm pretty new to the subject I
already face a very simple problem: I open the file, some forms appear but
there is no way to edit the forms. Can you give me a hint?
Thanks a lot,
Dominik

Armen Stein
Microsoft Access MVP
www.JStreetTech.com

 

[tina]

you're welcome
and that's an early lesson that setting Startup options does not protect
your database design, and bypassing it is probably the easiest thing anyone
can learn in Access. keep that in mind when you get to the point of building
your own databases!