Form.OrderByOn Property (Access)

You can use the OrderByOn property to specify whether an object's OrderBy property setting is applied. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression .OrderByOn

expression A variable that represents a Form object.

Remarks

The OrderByOn property uses the following settings.

Setting

Visual Basic

Description

Yes

True

The OrderBy property setting is applied when the object is opened.

No

False

(Default) The OrderBy property setting isn't applied when the object is opened.

When a new object is created, it inherits the RecordSource , Filter , OrderBy, OrderByOn, and FilterOn properties of the table or query it was created from.

Example

The following example displays a message indicating the state of the OrderByOn property for the "Mailing List" form.

MsgBox "OrderByOn property is " & Forms("Mailing List").OrderByOn

See Also

Concepts

Form Object

Form Object Members