Lesson 2: Form Tutorial

Forms display data and provide a way to interact with the database. You can use forms to view information and change it.

In this tutorial you create a form that updates the contact table. The form includes:

All columns in the contact table
Buttons for maintaining contact information
A report that provides access to all information in the contact table

Shown is a report titled Maintain Contact Information. At its left is a form with text fields for displaying and editing or entering ID, Last and First Name, Job Role, and so forth. At top right are buttons labeled Add a contact, Delete a contact, and Save changes. Under them is a scrollable grid of entries with a row of data for each entry that maps to the fields in the form on the left.

How long does this tutorial take? About 45 minutes.