OL97: Syntax to Access Controls on User-Designed Form

When using Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) or Visual Basic for Applications to access controls in a user-defined form, particular syntax is required that might not be intuitive for new users. This article illustrates the correct syntax.

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• PageName is the name of the modified page in the form.
• ControlName is the name of the control.
• Property is the name of the property to be accessed or set.

For example, suppose that you have a form page named Update that contains a command button named cmdAllDone. The Caption property of this button is set to Cancel until a change is made somewhere on the form page. Once the change is made, the Caption property of the button changes to Close. The syntax to change the Caption property is as follows:

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