Access continuous form: Add a control without modifying the underlying table?

Question

I\'m making a simple Access form (continuous view). This has a checkbox in the Details section and a Command button in the footer.

This way, the user can use the ch

Answer 1

You can most certainly do this. You simply bind the checkbox to a VBA function as it data source.

That function can return true/false based on say the PK of the row and you store the values in a collection.

I have a working sample here:

http://www.kallal.ca/msaccess/msaccess.html

Grab the multi-select example.

So the posts here claiming that you cannot do this or you need a column or one needs to use some disconnected recordsets ARE ALL 100% WRONG