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DaoRecordset:EditMode Access

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Purpose

A short value that indicates the state of editing for the current record

 

Remarks

The return value indicates the state of editing, as listed in the following table

 

ConstantDescription

 

dbEditNoneNo editing operation is in progress.
dbEditInProgressThe Edit

method has been invoked, and the current record is in the copy buffer.

dbEditAddThe AddNew

 

 

method has been invoked, and the current record in the copy buffer is a new record that hasn't been saved in the database

 

The EditMode property is useful when an editing process is interrupted, for example, by an error during validation. You can use the value of the EditMode property to determine whether you should use the Update or CancelUpdate

method.

You can also check to see if the LockEdits

 

 

 

property setting is True and the EditMode property setting is dbEditInProgress to determine whether the current page is locked.

 

Class

DaoRecordset