Explaining Funcions

[Sharon]

I know what all of the functions are supposed to do. I
read the newsgroup solutions but I don't yet understand
where everything goes.

Please explain to me in English the basic concepts of
using functions. When do you use []. (), !. What does
expr mean? Please give me some real life examples using
simple functions with explainations in English.

 

[Gregory]

-----Original Message-----
I know what all of the functions are supposed to do. I
read the newsgroup solutions but I don't yet understand
where everything goes.

Please explain to me in English the basic concepts of
using functions. When do you use []. (), !. What does
expr mean? Please give me some real life examples using
simple functions with explainations in English.

.
well, the brackets[] go around each item... i dont know

how to explain it, but if you wanted a specific control on
a form it goes [forms][form1][text1] however you will need
to sepperate each item with the exclaimation point!
[forms]![form1]![text1] the period. is what identifies a
property of a control form1.text1.value the parenthesis
encolse variables or input for a function subfunction1
(input1, input2) ie- MsgBox("title of message box") i dont
know what expr is unless it is just short for expression
which is just how access creates scripting to perform
operations, hope that all helped. also you can go into the
access help and look at their examples for coding
functions and properties, they have some really good
examples.

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

Try reading the follwing, it has some good info on functions:


http://www.microsoft.com/accessdev/articles/bapp97/toc.htm