ok ok RESTART!

By reading the tutorial i gather you have the datacontrol on your form set the properties of that control to the required dbase file etc.
I.e The connect property, the database name property, and record source property!

Using a variable do this:

Dim field1 as string

field1 = data1.recordsource

Field1 now contains what ever the data controls record source does!
You can do more!