How to Install ActiveX Control in Microsoft Access

Microsoft Office Access 2003 allows you to install ActiveX controls. ActiveX controls allow users to run macros, scripts or in other ways automate common tasks. Depending on the intended use of the control, you might install ActiveX controls in your database as check boxes or buttons. For example, a common ActiveX control used in Microsoft Access creates a calendar representation of the data in the database file. You can use the Toolbox toolbar to install an ActiveX control in a Microsoft Access database in Windows XP.

Instructions

1. Open Microsoft Access. Click "Start," then "All Programs," "Microsoft Office," "Microsoft Office Access 2003."

2. Open the Access database file you want to modify. Click the "File" menu, then click the "Open" link. This opens the file selector window. Click the database file, then click the "Open" button. This opens the file.

3. Click the form, report or data access page on which you want to install an ActiveX control, then click the "Design" icon. This opens the Design view.

4. Click the "More Controls" tool icon in the "Toolbox" toolbar in Microsoft Access. This opens a menu of ActiveX controls. Click the control you want to install.

5. Click where you want to place the control in the form, report or data access page you are modifying. This installs the ActiveX control in your Microsoft Access database.

Tips & Warnings

• These instructions apply only to Microsoft Office Access 2003 in Windows XP. Different directions apply when using Microsoft Access in other operating systems.

References

• "Microsoft Access Help." Microsoft Office Access 2003 SP3. Redmond: Microsoft Corp., 2003. Windows Help file.