why is the form blank in data view, but appears on the desigh vie.

[Guest]

I've tried to create a form from tables and it shows up in the design view
area but not in the data view. It comes up blank when I open the form. What
am I doing wrong?

 

[Rick Brandt]

I've tried to create a form from tables and it shows up in the design
view area but not in the data view. It comes up blank when I open the
form. What am I doing wrong?

The detail section of a form is completely blank when it has no records to
display and no ability to add new ones. The former can be caused by query
criteria, an applied filter, or the lack of actual data. The latter can be
caused by properties of the for (AllowAdditions or RecordSourceType = Snapshot)
or by binding the form to a RecordSource that doesn't allow edits (many queries
don't allow edits).