Form.Section Property (Access)
You can use the Section property to identify a section of a form and provide access to the properties of that section. Read-only Section object.
Syntax
expression .Section(Index)
expression A variable that represents a Form object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Index |
Required |
Variant |
The section number or name. |
Remarks
The Section property corresponds to a particular section. You can use the following constants listed below. It is recommended that you use the constants to make your code easier to read.
Setting |
Constant |
Description |
|---|---|---|
0 |
acDetail |
Form detail section |
1 |
acHeader |
Form header section |
2 |
acFooter |
Form footer section |
3 |
acPageHeader |
Form page header section |
4 |
acPageFooter |
Form page footer section |
For forms and reports, the Section property is an array of all existing sections in the form specified by the section number. For example, Section(0) refers to a form's detail section and Section(3) refers to a form's page header section.
You can also refer to a section by name. The following statements refer to the Detail0 section for the Customers form and are equivalent.
Forms!Customers.Section(acDetail).Visible
Forms!Customers.Section(0).Visible
Forms!Customers.Detail0.Visible
For forms and reports, you must combine the Section property with other properties that apply to form or report sections.
Example
The following example shows how to refer to the Visible property of the page header section of the Customers form.
Forms!Customers.Section(acPageHeader).Visible
Forms!Customers.Section(3).Visible