Question : Doing "Like" searches in subform from Textbox

Access 2003
What I have:
Form: "frmSearch"  bound to table called..."tblSearch"
texbox: "Text1"  - bound to "fldLookUpNumber"
textbox: "Text13"  - unbound...stores the value from "Text1"
Subform:  name  = "sapdatasearch subform"
Linkchild fields "MFRNUM"
LinkMaster fields "Text13"
Recordsource for "sapdatasearch subform"  (see below)

What is happening now:
As I type a value into Text1..   it fires off the change event which then changes the subform contents to display contents as I type them..
Private Sub Text1_Change()
Me![Text13] = Me![Text1].Text
End Sub

i.e.  So if I type  "1" all the results for "1" show up in the subform.
if I type another character(alpha or numeric) say..."1B"  all the reuslts for "1B"   show up in the subform.

WHAT I NEED:  I would like to do a "StartsWith" or I guess a "like" statement...
i.e.
So when I type in a "1"  it brings me back data in the suform with anything that starts with a "1" instead of just "Exact Matches"

Thanks
fordraiders

Code Snippet:

1:

SELECT SapData.MFRNUM, SapData.MFRNAME, SapData.WWGMFRNUM, SapData.WWGMFRNAME, SapData.WWGDESC, SapData.ITEM, SapData.COMMENTS, SapData.REDBOOKNUM, SapData.XREF, SapData.SPIN, SapData.RICHTEXT, SapAltData.ALT1, SapAltData.ALT1SPIN, SapAltData.ALT1DESC, SapAltData.ALT1DESC2, SapAltData.ALT2, SapAltData.ALT2XREFTYPE, SapAltData.ALT2COMMENTS, SapAltData.ALT2SPIN, SapAltData.ALT2MFGNAME, SapAltData.ALT2MFRNUM, SapAltData.ALT2DESC, SapAltData.ALT2DESC2, SapAltData.ALT2BOOKPAGE, SapAltData.ALT3, SapAltData.ALT3XREFTYPE, SapAltData.ALT3COMMENTS, SapAltData.ALT3SPIN, SapAltData.ALT3MFGNAME, SapAltData.ALT3MFRNUM, SapAltData.ALT3DESC, SapAltData.ALT3DESC2, SapAltData.ALT3BOOKPAGE FROM (SapData LEFT JOIN SapAltData ON SapData.ITEM=SapAltData.ITEM) LEFT JOIN AlternatesPL ON SapData.ITEM=AlternatesPL.ITEM;

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Answer : Doing "Like" searches in subform from Textbox

You have to clear the linkchild & linkmaster properties, so that the link is not automatic.
Set the subform recordsource to the modifed query below (last line added)
In the change event you need  additional lines:

me.subformcontrolname.Form.requery
DoEvents

subformcontrolname is the name of the control on frmsearch which holds the subform.  It might be the same as the name of the subform, but not necessarily.

SELECT SapData.MFRNUM, SapData.MFRNAME, SapData.WWGMFRNUM, SapData.WWGMFRNAME, SapData.WWGDESC, SapData.ITEM, SapData.COMMENTS, SapData.REDBOOKNUM, SapData.XREF, SapData.SPIN, SapData.RICHTEXT, SapAltData.ALT1, SapAltData.ALT1SPIN, SapAltData.ALT1DESC, SapAltData.ALT1DESC2, SapAltData.ALT2, SapAltData.ALT2XREFTYPE, SapAltData.ALT2COMMENTS, SapAltData.ALT2SPIN, SapAltData.ALT2MFGNAME, SapAltData.ALT2MFRNUM, SapAltData.ALT2DESC, SapAltData.ALT2DESC2, SapAltData.ALT2BOOKPAGE, SapAltData.ALT3, SapAltData.ALT3XREFTYPE, SapAltData.ALT3COMMENTS, SapAltData.ALT3SPIN, SapAltData.ALT3MFGNAME, SapAltData.ALT3MFRNUM, SapAltData.ALT3DESC, SapAltData.ALT3DESC2, SapAltData.ALT3BOOKPAGE FROM (SapData LEFT JOIN SapAltData ON SapData.ITEM=SapAltData.ITEM) LEFT JOIN AlternatesPL ON SapData.ITEM=AlternatesPL.ITEM
Where SapData.MFRNUM like Forms!frmsearch!text13 & "*";