Application.DeleteControl Method

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The DeleteControl method deletes a specified control from a form.

Syntax

expression.DeleteControl(FormName, ControlName)

expression   A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
FormName Required String The name of the form containing the control you want to delete.
ControlName Required String The name of the control you want to delete.

Return Value
Nothing

Remarks

For example, suppose you have a procedure that must be run the first time each user logs onto your database. You can set the OnClick property of a button on the form to this procedure. Once the user has logged on and run the procedure, you can use the DeleteControl method to dynamically remove the command button from the form.

The DeleteControl method is available only in form Design view or report Design view, respectively.

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If you are building a wizard that deletes a control from a form or report, your wizard must open the form or report in Design view before it can delete the control.

Example

The following example creates a form with a command button and displays a message that asks if the user wants to delete the command button. If the user clicks Yes, the command button is deleted.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub DeleteCommandButton()
    Dim frm As Form, ctlNew As Control
    Dim strMsg As String, intResponse As Integer, _
         intDialog As Integer

' Create new form and get pointer to it.
Set frm = CreateForm
' Create new command button.
Set ctlNew = CreateControl(frm.Name, acCommandButton)
' Restore form.
DoCmd.Restore
' Set caption.
ctlNew.Caption = "New Command Button"
' Size control.
ctlNew.SizeToFit
' Prompt user to delete control.
strMsg = "About to delete " & ctlNew.Name &". Continue?"
' Define buttons to be displayed in dialog box.
intDialog = vbYesNo + vbCritical + vbDefaultButton2
intResponse = MsgBox(strMsg, intDialog)
If intResponse = vbYes Then
    ' Delete control.
    <strong class="bterm">DeleteControl</strong> frm.Name, ctlNew.Name
End If



End Sub

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