Microsoft KB Archive/164924

= OFF97: DataSource Property Unavailable for Bound Controls =

Article ID: 164924

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q164924



SYMPTOMS
When you add a data-aware (bound) control to a UserForm, the DataSource property is not available to link the bound control to a Data control.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you use any of the following controls:

DBGrid

DBListBox

DBCombo

MSFlexGrid



WORKAROUND
You must use the DataSource property to bind a data source to a control. Because the DataSource property is not an available property, you cannot bind the control to a data source. To workaround this problem, use Visual Basic for Applications commands to populate the controls that are listed in this article. For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

164922 OFF97: How to Fill the Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 FlexGrid Control

164923 OFF97: How to Fill a UserForm ListBox with Database Values



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
When you install the Enterprise Edition of Visual Basic version 5.0, the Microsoft RemoteData control, version 2.0, becomes an additional control that you can add to the list of available controls for the Visual Basic for Applications control Toolbox.

Without a RemoteData control, a Data control or equivalent data-aware controls on a form cannot automatically access data. The RemoteData and Data controls are examples of DataSource controls. You can perform most remote data access operations using the DataSource controls without writing any code at all. Data-aware controls that are bound to a DataSource control automatically display data from one or more columns for the current row or, in some cases, for a set of rows on either side of the current row.

To bind a data-aware (bound) control to a field in a database at run time, you use the Properties window to specify a Data control in the DataSource property at design time.

NOTE: The DataSource property setting is not available at run time.

Additional query words: wordcon vb vbe vba word8 word97 8.00 8.0 xlvbainfo

Keywords: kbprb kbprogramming KB164924

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