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Not a problem at all. I'll just step back and explain a few things.
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"Binding" means setting a form, report, or control's RecordSource property to a data source. In the case of a form, this can be a table or a query.
When you do that, fields in the underlying data source are available to use.
Access has a couple of basic ways of displaying data from a table or query:
1. Looking at a table or query directly - This gives you no real control over anything, it just displays the data. The view you get is a datasheet view. If your developing an application to be used by others, you'd never want to use this method.
2. Use a form - With a form, you get a lot more control over the data. A form can display data in three different formats:
A. Datasheet view - Only really useful for displaying read-only data in a grid type format as there is no control over the formatting of the data.
B. Single form - The form shows only one record at a time. Here you have total control in choosing where and how the data is displayed (you dictate the types of controls used and where they are).
C. Continuous form - Records are shown one after the other. You don't have as much control over the formatting as you do with a single form in terms of placement, but you can use different types of controls for the fields unlike with a datasheet. The new record is shown at the bottom of the form.
The last sounds like what you want.
My suggestion would be to take one of your tables that has a few records in it, create a new form, and then switch views. Try single, continuous, and datasheet views and you'll see the differences.
There is also something called a main/subform combination. This is where you have a "main form" and then a "subform" embedded in it. A good example of that type of a setup is where you have customers and their orders.
The main form would be in single form view showing a single customer, and the subform would be used to display their orders. Since they might have many orders, you would use a subform in continuous form view.
Another great way to see different types of forms is to create a new DB using one of the built-in templates. That gives you a ready made app that you can play with.
JimD.
