Object References

[Pete]

Even as an experienced programmer I find referencing contols on nested
subforms can be confusing at times. A nice feature would be able to click on
a control in form design view and be able to see its fully qualified
reference (perhaps as a tooltip) with a way of copying this onto the
clipboard so that it could be pasted into ones code.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Even as an experienced programmer I find referencing contols on nested
subforms can be confusing at times. A nice feature would be able to
click on a control in form design view and be able to see its fully
qualified reference (perhaps as a tooltip) with a way of copying this
onto the clipboard so that it could be pasted into ones code.

The expression builder will let you "navigate" to the control and then return
the correct reference. It's easiest if you have the form open in desing view
because then you can navigate via "Loaded Forms" rather than "All Forms".