>I have a form which displays a view. I would like the user to be able to edit the viewed information, but when the fields are enabled, all I get are beeps when characters are pressed.
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>I need to use a view, because the data comes from multiple tables, but I also want the user to edit this information and then update the tables. Any suggestions?

Has the view been defined updatable? In the view designer, the fields you want to be updatable need to be marked for it. There is also a few other considerations. By default, a view is read only.