Form entry

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Thu 21 May 2009, 16:01 Delegate Adele said...

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Form entry

How do I make a field mandatory?

Fri 22 May 2009, 09:07 Trainer Carlos said...

RE: Form entry

Hi Adele

One way to make a field mandatory is when creating the table. To do this:

1. Create the field in the table's design view
2. In the General design area for that field set Required to Yes

Then when you try and enter data through the form the table won't update until you have entered the required data.

Hope this helps

Carlos

Fri 29 May 2009, 08:16 Delegate Adele said...

RE: Form entry

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for your answer - one more thing - can I then set up some text to show if this field is then missed in form entry? Today there's no warning, but the record is not saved.

Many Thanks,
Adele.

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Deleting duplicate records from a table

You cannot delete records tables where there duplicate records. A way around this is to create a new table which wont hold the duplicates. and then deleting the old table.

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