"Mike Oblivious" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:037401c3c431$96e72c40$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Datalists are great for viewing, selecting, and editing
> data in an organized format. But what do I do if I want
> to add a new record?
>
> Conceptually, one should be able to click a "New" button
> and be presented with a blank record that they can enter
> data into, click "save" and then have the record inserted
> into the recordsource.
>
> I'm guessing that the best way to do this would be to
> create a custom control version of the datalist that
> includes an additional NEW template that I can format
> along with the existing EDIT and SELECT templates.
>
> Any ideas on how to write the control that will do this
> or where there are articles that show how? TIA
>
> -Mike