create a find option to go to a record in a subform

[Gareth Jones]

i have a main form which contains a subform,i want it so
the user tpes in the data and clicks find, it then
automatically should take the user to the field in the
subform, but i cannot get it to do this.

 

[John Vinson]

i have a main form which contains a subform,i want it so
the user tpes in the data and clicks find, it then
automatically should take the user to the field in the
subform, but i cannot get it to do this.

You'll have to post some more details.

Types in the data... where? a control on the mainform?
Find... in which table? the Mainform or the Subform's recordsource?
"take the user to the field" - WHAT field?
"i cannot get it to do this" - what have you tried? What's happening?