Get information about the objects used in your Visual Basic code

1. Open any module in the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.
2. Click Object Browser on the toolbar.
3. In the Project/Library box (the upper-left box), click Access or another library.
4. In the Classes box, click the object you're interested in.
5. In the Members Of box, click the method or property you want.

• Select the class, method, event, or property and click Help in the Object Browser.

To view objects provided by the Microsoft Office Object Library, such as command bar objects, you must set a reference to this library.

1. In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, click References on the Tools menu.
2. Select the Microsoft Office 11.0 Object Library check box.

1. Select the method or property in the Object Browser.
2. In the bottom section of the Object Browser, select the syntax you want to paste.
3. Click Copy To Clipboard in the Object Browser.
4. Click in the Code window of the module where you want to paste the syntax.
5. Click Paste on the toolbar.

Microsoft Access pastes the method or property syntax into the module.

Note  After pasting syntax for Sub procedures, you need to remove any parentheses surrounding placeholders in the syntax.

You can get assistance while you're writing Visual Basic code. When you type the name of an object, followed by a space or opening parenthesis, Microsoft Access displays a list of relevant objects, properties, and methods that could follow the object name.

1. Open any module in the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.

2. On the Tools menu, select Options, click the Editor tab, and then select the Auto List Members check box. There are several keys you can use to enter an item from the list into the current line of code.

Key	Effect
TAB	Enters the item
SPACEBAR	Enters the item followed by a space
ENTER	Enters the item and moves the cursor to the next line

You can make the list disappear by pressing ESC.