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    Mohamed is offline Novice
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    Making one field or another mandatory to fill

    Hi
    I have a form where I would like one of two fields mandatory to fill.
    I have an encryption password field and a pen drive password field. I would it so when the user tries to close the form, one of these two fields has to be filled in.


    How would I acheive this?
    Any help will be much appreciated
    Thanks

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    orange is offline Moderator
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    This link
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ac...010096312.aspx

    has info on Validating Data During Entry in Forms

    This article may be useful also
    http://www.techrepublic.com/article/...access/6154743


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