Would really like some guidance on this one. Not as easy as the title might say at first and I'm stuck beyond all and frustrated.
So:
I have a MainForm (With a current ID I would like to stay on!)
I have a Subform (search engine that searches in various linked excel files)
I have 2 tables; one for the Mainform, and one for Items
So on the Mainform, I display the Subform (search).
I do my search and find a specific item in the excel files
I have a command button, that I want to click save the found item in the search field, into my ItemsTable as a new record.
Currently I'm doing this:
Private Sub Command13_Click()
Forms!MainForm.Form.Item1.Value = Me.Searchresult.Value
End Sub
This does actually post my search result into a new field and saves it into the itemsTable.
My problem: I don't need to actually have a field to post to. I just want it to write directly to my table and store it there as a NEW record. (Right now it just overwrites the previous data. Logically because its the same field every time with the same properties).
Can someone PLEASE help me with this one?
Options:
set focus to the subform container then move to New Record row followed by your code, this is not simple, review https://access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=127337
use SQL INSERT action then requery the subform
CurrentDb.Execute("INSERT INTO Items(Item1) VALUES('" & Me.Searchresult & "'")
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I've got a pair of forms that are both based on the same data table. One is a single form with a better layout of all the onfo, the other is a datasheet. I want to be able to double click on the project number in the datasheet form to open the details single form to that same record.
I've done it on a simplified practice db, but when I try it in my current db it opens the second form, but to a new record entry. This form is one that was a template that someone else downloaded and modified for our purpose, so maybe there is something stored somewhere else that is interrupting the filtering.
I deleted a couple of macros that I thought might be interfering, made sure that the form properties are cycling all records and that on form load it isn't directed to a new record. I can't figure out where else there is something preventing the form from being filtered for the selected record. Here's the code I've used in the datasheet form:
Private Sub combined_DblClick(Cancel As Integer)
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmTaskDetailsExisting", acNormal, , "SLRtaskID = " & Me.SLRtaskID
End Sub
Anyone have an idea what I'm missing here.
Have you considered doing this with a split Form? You will have the Detailed view per record and the dataseet.
If you really want two independent forms due to your needs, your code looks ok. But two things may be happening:
The value in Me.SLRtaskID is not correct. Put a breakpoint in the code and check it.
There is code in frmTaskDetailsExisting that moves it to a new record when it is opened, regardless to the filter.
I have a form, the form is bound to a query which returns only one field. On that form is one combo box, bound to the field from the query, a subform object and some other unimportant stuff. The Master-Child relationship between the Form and Subform is set to that same field. The intent is that dropping down the combo box allows me to add information on the subform pertaining to that record in the combobox (it's a list of classes in a school, for context). This is done through a form and subform as I have various different tasks that need to be done for each class - the intent is to be able to select a class on the main form and then use command buttons on it to select which subform is opened depending on which task I wish to perform.
However, the Combo box appears to be trying to update a table - I'm not sure which one as the error message isn't specific:
The changes you requested to the table were not successful because
they would create duplicate values in the index, primary key or
relationship. Change the data in the field or fields that contain
duplicate data, remove the index or redefine the index to allow
duplicate values and try again
appears if I select any value other than the first one from the combo box and then click in the first text box on the subform. However, I can click in the subform with the first entry in the combo box selected and add data successfully, I've checked and it is appearing in the underlying tables.
It seems to me, as a relative novice in Access, that the combo box is attempting to update the underlying data source when it is changed, though it has no macros. I would assume there are items in the properties of the form or the combobox that prevent that from happening but I can't find them. That is just a guess as to what's happening, though, and I could be wrong.
It's possible that this is related to this question but I could be mistaken there as well. Regardless, the Form shouldn't be able to update/edit/add records but if I set Allow Edits in its properties to "No" I am unable to actually select a value from the combobox - I have set the other "Allow" properties to "No" without a problem.
If you change anything in the main form and then click on the subform then Access will try to save the data in the main form automatically. Maybe you can try to temporally exchange the combo box with a text field for testing. That should help you to clarify the problem.
This is my first question but I have to say that is not the first time that I've used the site. One more thing, sorry for my english...
I'm working on a project in Access 2007 with a lot of VBA code and a lot of forms to the front end. In the forms I've included record navigation buttons for the user to move between the different records of the table (next, previous, etc).
However, I have a problem I do not know how to fix. Imagine that the user enters a form. Naturally, the form shows the 1st record contained in the table. In the form, the user can search a record and go to a specified record.
After getting that record, the user presses the button to display the next record. However, instead of going to the next, it goes to the record after the 1st. In other words, the form goes to the 2nd record.
I guess it's because recordset of the form hasn't been updated, so when the user presses the next button (actually I am doing a docmd.gotorecord acNext), it goes to the next record that is in the table (the 2nd record).
I tried updating the recordset after making the query though the form recordsource method, but nevertheless it continues to go wrong ...
What would be the most practical solution?
Thanks!
Your issue comes from the fact that when you set the filter to false, you actually re-set the entire form.
To get around this, you can try this for your search command:
DoCmd.OpenForm "Customers"
' This assumes that you've got a control on the customers form named ID which has the IDs in it
DoCmd.GoToControl "ID"
DoCmd.FindRecord Me.search_customers_subform.Form.ID
And when clicking next, all you need now is:
DoCmd.GoToRecord , , acNext
The filter doesn't exist anymore.
Hope this works for you. I don't have Access on me right now so this code is mainly from memory, if there's any problems, feel free to ask.
On a form, I have a combobox, with the RowSource coming from a query (specifically, a calculated field in the query). When the user makes a selection, I want to update a label on the same form with a different column from that same query, but of course associated to the selection.
I'm fine with VBA and writing queries and whatnot, but I am not very familiar with Access forms.
By the way, I tried searching for an answer to this, but it was quite difficult because I don't know what this thing is really called that I am trying to do. A good link to a site explaining this would be perfectly fine (no need to write a bunch of stuff here if it already exists elsewhere).
In the After Update event of my combo box, cboUserID, I can set a label control, lblFoo, to the value of the second column in the selected row of the combo.
Me.lblFoo.Caption = Me.cboUserID.Column(1)
If your combo box is bound to a field in the form's record source, you may want to do that same operation from the form's On Current event also.
You can use the column property to refer to anything other than the bound column of a combo.
Rowsource: SELECT ID, SName, FName FROM Table
Me.MyCombo.Column(2)
This would return FName.
-- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa224084(v=office.11).aspx
Me.MyLabel.Caption = Me.MyCombo.Column(2)
I'm not real familiar with inputting data through forms. Up until now I've just been handling the data from the table. However, now I have a table with two pieces of information:
Group ID
Each ID is in a group, not all IDs are represented in the table (ie there is another table with a complete list of IDs...many to one), and multiple IDs can be associated with the same group.
I want to make a form that allows the user to add a new ID/group row, edit an existing ID's "Group," and delete an existing Row. I want the user to see the changes he/she has made. I think there's a way to show a snapshot of the table as part of the form? How do I do all this?
Have you tried a continuous form? You can use a combo to display additional information for each control/field, if that is required.
EDIT re Comment
From your comments and original post, it seems that what may suit is a main form and subform. The subform can be set to prevent editing - it will display the existing groups. The main form will have your combos and buttons.
As to the various types of form, look at the Views Allowed property for the form, you will find:
Single Form (suitable for main form)
Continuous Form (suitable for subform)
Datasheet
Link one table (or query) to the main form and your second table (or query) to a sub form. Drag your sub form onto the main form. Tie the two forms together in properties (sub form) under link master fields and link child fields add the key ID.