vb and Access

to all:

i have built a few small tables in an Access database. nothing spectacular execpt that when browsing under Access:

1. some fields have datatype 'true/false' and appear as check boxes
2. some text fields have short drop down lists of acceptable values

i have a VB app that wishes to use these tables. However, using the standard data control/dbgrid control methodology seems to discontinue the functionality of the checkboxes (i only see the underlying 0/-1 values of the data) and the drop down lists (they no longer appear).

How can i maintain these 2 capabilities? Equally acceptable would be a mechanism to open Access solely to edit the tables (i.e. no other demands on Access other than to maintain the check boxes and drop down lists) under the general control of the VB front end.

any guidance greatly appreciated

thanks - [email protected]