ACC2000: How to Edit the Text of Controls on a Data Access Page

ID: Q200398

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 2000

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

SUMMARY

To edit the text displayed in the following controls on a data access page

Bound HTML
Bound Hyperlink
Command Button
Hyperlink
Label (including labels attached to a:)

Check Box
Dropdown Listbox
List Box
Option Button
Text Box

Rectangle
Scrolling Text (Marquee)

use one of the following methods:

Select the existing text, and then type the text that you want in the control.

Type the text in the InnerText property. This property is on the Other tab in the Property window. These controls have an InnerTextproperty instead of a Captionproperty. A command button also has a Value property, which does the same thing as the InnerTextproperty.

REFERENCES

For more information about the properties of controls in a data access page, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "data access page control properties" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: DAP inf


Keywords          : kbdta AccDAP DAPHowTo 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 8, 1999