What a very long sentenceeeeee ! :-)

You didn't mentionned it, but I guess you use a DataControl.

In fact, each field of the underlying recordset opened by the DataControl is accessible, by a syntax like :

DataControl.Recordset.Fields(FieldName)

You can even update the fields with Edit and AddNew methods, if your RecordSetType is DbOpenDynaset or DbOpenTable.

HTH