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    Can't find form to edit

    This seems like a weird problem to me. I'm doing documentation for my project. It's all part of the application. Each of the main forms has a question mark in the upper right hand corner. When clicked on, it brings up a window with only text in it. I have about 50 such "help" forms. When I open up the app, I can see all the forms in the "All Access Objects" pane on the left. However when I go to the editor (alt-F11) I only see about 4 of the help forms in the list. All of the other forms in my application seem to be there.

    I'm wondering if there is a limit to the number of forms allowed. I have about 300 forms in total.

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    In the VBA editor you will only see a form listed if it has VBA code in it. Presumably those don't.
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    Some more information. You may be wondering why I need the editor when there is only text on the form which I could change in design view. I want to add an icon at the bottom of the form for exiting the form because I have the same icon on every other form in the application. I also want to include links from some of the "help" forms to other "help" forms and I can't do that in design view.

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    You're correct, they don't have VBA code in them, but I want to put VBA code in them. How do I do that?

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    Open the form in design view. In the appropriate event in the properties window:

    https://www.baldyweb.com/FirstVBA.htm
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    Wow, that was easy! Thanks for the help.

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    Happy to help!
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