Sub runFormNY()
Dim con As ADODB.Connection
Dim myRecordset As Recordset
Dim strFrmNm As String
Set myRecordset = New ADODB.Recordset
myRecordset.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
myRecordset.LockType = adLockOptimistic
Set con = New ADODB.Connection
con.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" & CurrentProject.Path &"\mydb.mdb;"
myRecordset.Open "SELECT * FROM employees WHERE txtState = "NY"", con
strFrmNm = "frmCustomer"
DoCmd.OpenForm strFrmNm
Set Application.Forms(strFrmNm).Recordset = myRecordset
myRecordset.Close
con.Close
Set myRecordset = Nothing
Set con = Nothing
End Sub