Control Source Property (Report)

Specify the source of data for the control, such as the name of a database column.

Applies to

Description

This property depends on the value specified in the Source Type property. If the Source Type is a Database Column, use this property to specify the database table column that will be used to furnish the control value. Respectively, if the Source Type is a Code Expression, enter the exact code expression to be used to furnish the control value.

Control Source Type	Description
Database Column	The control value will come from a column within a database table.
Code Expression	The control value will be derived from an expression specific to the particular programming language being used. This could be a function that returns a value, a pre-existing variable or any other valid language construct that will evaluate to a definite value. Examples: 1 assigns the value "1" to the control. now() assigns the current date and time to the control value.
Special Value	The control value should be one of the following: CurrentPage, TotalPages, RowNumber, CurrentDate, CurrentTime, CurrentDateTime

See Also

• Control Source Type property
• Using Special Values example