auto populating a field on a form

[Starrizzo]

I want to be able to type in an employees ID and have the first name and last name field to auto populate on a form. Is there an easy way to do this?

 

[drctx]

you could use the dlookup() function

 

[Starrizzo]

well im sorta new at this and dont know exactly how to use the dlookup.

 

[drctx]

this is from the DLookup Function in access help:

The next example from the Shippers table uses the form control ShipperID to provide criteria for the DLookup function. Note that the reference to the control isn't included in the quotation marks that denote the strings. This ensures that each time the DLookup function is called, Microsoft Access will obtain the current value from the control.

Dim varX As Variant
varX = DLookup("[CompanyName]", "Shippers", "[ShipperID] = " _
& Forms!Shippers!ShipperID)