forms collection?

Hi,

I'm trying to learn about referencing controls on a form from a module.

I know there is something called the forms collection which contains all the controls that are on a particular form, but I don't know how to use that..

For example, say I have a form with several text boxes, listviews and command buttons. In my module, say I want to count the number of listviews on a particular form and also find out the tags of each listviews.

This is just to help me learn this subject.. Any help and examples would be greatly appreciated..

Dan

You can use Forms("FormName") or use a number to access the open forms. You can then access the controls collection of the form.

e.g.

Code:

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Dim frm As Form
Set frm = Forms("MyForm")

Dim ctl As Control
Dim iLVCount as Integer

For Each ctl in frm.Controls
  If TypeOf(ctl) Is ListView then
    iLVCount = iLVCount
    Debug.Print ctl.Tag
  End If
Next i

---

Hope that helps.

Paul.

Thanks, but I get an error when I use your code..

It tells me there's a type mismatch at:

Set frm = Forms("frmMain")

Any ideas? I'm using VB6..

Thanks,

dan