name change of a form

[Debbie S.]

Hi,
I accidently named a form tblFormName instead of frmFormName. I want to
change the name from tbl to frm to use the correct naming convention, so
there isn't any confusion if the form is opened from the database window. I
checked object dependencies and there are no objects that depend on the form,
but there are objects on which the form depends. If I rename the form, will
it cause any problems with other objects? (In laymen's terms: will it screw
anything up if I change the form name?)

Thanks.

 

[Roger Carlson]

Can't possibly say. It depends on a lot of things.

The Autocorrect feature of later versions of Access is reported to be much
improved, but I still don't trust it. I use Rick Fisher's Find and Replace
(http://www.rickworld.com/download.html), which is a very nice shareware
utility for just this kind of thing.

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[Pat Hartman]

One place that the "find and replace" tools might not look is the
[Switchboard Items] table so you may need to change that manually. The
NameAutoCorrect or NameAutoCorrupt as some call it is difficult to
understand which is why people get in so much trouble when using it. Read
the KB article on the subject for a much better understanding of what it
will update and when. The tool is useful if you understand how it works.