Hi Everyone,

i have one main form, with a subform (continous form view) embedded on
it.

this subform has 1 bound fields and 1 unbound and displays 3 records.

i want to be able to address the unbound text field on record 2
programatically
but if i try, the unbound fields of the other 2 records also change.
this also happens when i type directly over "cat" in the form

id    desc (unbound)
11    dog
22    cat
33    fish

want to change just cat to salamander but get:

bound
id    desc (unbound)
11    salamander
22    salamander
33    salamander

i definitely need the unbound fields as they display read only data
not contained in the underlying table

help me pls, i need an URGENT fix

also.....

i would like to reference a single subform from a single collection of
subforms

as in

MyMainForm.MySubFormInContinuousView.item("the single subform i
want").MyUnboundTextField = "salamander"

is this possible?

regards

Edwina

Even in continuous view there is really only one unbound
control on your form.  The others that you *see* are just
copies of the one.  There is no way to make an unbound
control be different per-row on a continuous form.   Can't
you use a query and add the data not in the table using an
expression?

Hi Rick,

thanks for your reply.  the problem is i also want to bind some fields
so that they automatically add to the underlying table.  if my query
includes the other info from the other tables, when i try to add a
records i get one of two errors:

* recordset not updateable or,
* records added not just in my target table, but the other lookup
table as well!!

this last being higly undesirable.

however, your comments have given my an idea re redesigning what i
want to do.

regards

Edwina