OK -
I think I get an "F" (for failed) when it comes to memory retention. It seems to me that I first had difficulty with the terminology because in Q&A (if I recall correctly) what I saw on the screen when looking at a form was a FIELD. Most people refer to what they see on screen as a field, so I questioned the naming (LE vs field) originally, thinking it would have been easier to understand had the names been reversed.
Notwithstanding my personal problem with the choice of names, I must have again "reversed" them essentially in my mind.
So, reading your explanation makes it a lot clearer and I just have to "reinforce" my thinking process to call a field a field, a layout element a layout element (GOOD GRIEF, NO ... OR NOW A WIDGET) lol
The only point I now need clarified is when you say
Quote:Records have fields.
Again, I want to be sure that I use the same (correct) terminology when I refer to something.
Is the "record" what "holds" the fields (in the background in my mind) and the "form" what holds the layout elements that I see when I look at a form in my database? Once again, I have always used and heard the terms form and record used interchangeably when referring to databases.
I'm going to get this flat if it kills me!!! (and I hope that it doesn't do that until AT LEAST after January 25 and 26!!!!!