Form.Properties Property (Access)
Returns a reference to a control's Properties collection object. Read-only.
Syntax
expression .Properties
expression A variable that represents a Form object.
Remarks
The Properties collection object is the collection of all the properties related to a control. You can refer to individual members of the collection by using the member object's index or a string expression that is the name of the member object. The first member object in the collection has an index value of 0 and the total number of member objects in the collection is the value of the Properties collection's Count property minus 1.
Example
The following procedure uses the Properties property to print all the properties associated with the controls on a form to the Debug window. To run this code, place a command button named cmdListProperties on a form and paste the following code into the form's Declarations section. Click the command button to print the list of properties in the Debug window.
Private Sub cmdListProperties_Click()
ListControlProps Me
End Sub
Public Sub ListControlProps(ByRef frm As Form)
Dim ctl As Control
Dim prp As Property
On Error GoTo props_err
For Each ctl In frm.Controls
Debug.Print ctl.Properties("Name")
For Each prp In ctl.Properties
Debug.Print vbTab & prp.Name & " = " & prp.Value
Next prp
Next ctl
props_exit:
Set ctl = Nothing
Set prp = Nothing
Exit Sub
props_err:
If Err = 2187 Then
Debug.Print vbTab & prp.Name & " = Only available at design time."
Resume Next
Else
Debug.Print vbTab & prp.Name & " = Error Occurred: " & Err.Description
Resume Next
End If
End Sub