I am trying to make a form textbox in PowerShell in which I can paste data into the first textbox and have it auto populate to several other fields when I hit Tab.
I managed to get that part working fine, but the various validation steps that those other fields normally have don't work when filled out in this way.
Here's a sample of what I am talking about:
$InputTextBox.Add_Validating(CODE SEGMENT 1)
$DescriptionTextBox.Add_Validating(CODE SEGMENT 2)
$SplitComboBox.Add_Validating(CODE SEGMENT 3)
Is there anything I can put in CODE SEGMENT 1 to trigger CODE SEGMENT 2 and CODE SEGMENT 3 to run as well? Is there another way to do this with a different approach?
Edit:
When I tab out of $inputTextBox, it splits up the input there and distributes it to the other fields with $DescriptionTextBox.Text = $Description and $SplitComboBox.SelectedItem = $Split.
When that is done though, the values entered do not trigger the contents of Add_Validating() to run.
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I am a research student working on an access database where I have created a continuous form that is to be used in a sort of scrolling electronic health record format. The header includes information about the patient and the continuous form aspect is a series of patient visits. In the header, I have a few subforms, which populate based on linking on the patient_ID number which is posted in the header (generated by vba macro such that previously reviewed patients aren't revisited). These subforms seem to significantly lag such that they the results from the previous patient stick around going into the next one. The subforms contain user-selected pertinent data. Each form has its own table. They are linked primarily based on patient_ID.
I have tried:
macro on the header detail: on click, refresh. - seems to work, but not very elegant/intuitive
macro on the main form - same as above but on load, click, got focus, lost focus, open, activate -- none of them seem to do anything.
forced requery via vba (see below) on opening/etc of the form. Neither way has worked. Tried to run these on opening the header form.
Public Function RequeryMain()
Dim frmMain As Form
Set frm = Forms("FRM_continuous_reports_patient")
frm.Requery
End Function
Public Function RequeryHeader()
Dim frmHeader As SubForm
Set frmHeader = Forms("FRM_continuous_reports_patient").FRM_continuous_header_working
frmHeader.Requery
End Function
In the end, it is frustrating for users to have to click to clear the form for new entries. It works otherwise.
The end goal is for the form to open and have all the subforms load based on the newest patient_ID. This would likely have to involve a staggered load: (1) VBA script selects the next patient based on certain characteristics and passes the patient_ID to the main form; (2) load main continuous form based on patient_ID submitted to it; (3) load the header subforms and any pertinent data within (although should be blank for the first time these are seen); (4) on completion, back to (1).
From what I understand, this is already how it is working, however the subforms are loading too quickly? How can I fix this?
Hopefully someone can help explain how to remedy this/correct any misunderstandings I have about the mechanics of forms.
I know this will sound odd, but subforms actually load before parent form. Lag in subform display is not something I have encountered. Code should not be needed and likely will not correct. Must be something about the form/subform design, maybe their RecordSource. Would have to examine db to determine.
It is not necessary to create form objects in VBA just to requery. Is code behind the main form? Me.Requery will be enough for the main form. I always give subform container a name different from the object it holds, like ctrPatient. Then just Me.ctrPatient.Requery.
Why not put subforms in Detail section?
To answer your questions, and provide a condensed version of the logic referenced at: https://accessexperts.com/blog/2014/01/07/delay-loading-subforms-in-access/
is to:
In design view, set your subform SourceObject to "" (and save your form)
When you are ready to show the subform, just execute: Me..SourceObject = ""
When you are ready to navigate to the NEXT patient, clear the subform link: Me..SourceObject = ""
Now that should solve the issue of out of sync data between the main and sub.
You don't need to use the CASE statements, but they operate as if you had a bunch of "If" / "ElseIf" all nestled together -- except the CASE makes it easier to follow. It basically gets a value from a variable (i.e. Select Case MyVariable); then checks to see if it equals what you want (Case 1, Case 2, etc.), and if so, does whatever you code.
I have a box label form and it all works great but we would like to be able to automatically generate sequential box labels. So on the form we would have a [Total Boxes] form field. If the user put in "5" then on the labels we would generate a different label for each box e.g. 1 of 5, 2 of 5, 3 of 5, 4 of 5, 5 of 5. I would be happy with this happening at the time they are printed, or generating a new PDF with all the pages. Either way this needs to be a very simple process for the end user of the forms. Any ideas?
I never found a perfect solution to this in Acrobat. I decided to simply recreate the form in Excel and lock the sheet except for the fields needed and then it was easy to create multiple pages.
I would like to ask for your help on the following issue in MS Access.
I had created a form "CustomerListF", filled with command buttons for each client. For each button, I had created the following code:
Private Sub cmd_outlets_ABC_Click()
DoCmd.OpenForm "OrderFormF"
Forms!OrderFormF!Outlets = "ABC"
End Sub
The button would then open another form "OrderFormF" and enter "ABC" in the textbox named "Outlets". However, I realized the second line of code (Forms!OrderFormF!Outlets = "ABC") would always create a phantom record in my subform, which is located in "OrderFormF", and this record would travel to other clients' forms. This phantom record is usually created when the commandbutton is clicked twice (double clicks or subsequent clicks). It is a headache when the record starts to shift around.
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I would like to seek your advice for vba code to edit the second line of code.
Thank you.
This approach for filling the field in opened form is not good. OrderFormF initialization and second line of your code with assigning value to the field may be executed in different sequence, they are not synchronized.
In order to avoid this, you should pass the argument to OrderFormF by another way. I would recommend to use OpenArgs parameter:
DoCmd.OpenForm "OrderFormF",,,,,,"ABC"
And then in Load event of OrderFormF assign the value to textbox:
Me.Outlets = Me.OpenArgs
In this case the "ABC" value will be assigned to first row in the form or to new record, if form is empty. Before assigning you can select the row if you need to assign value not to the first row. Also this way will protect you against double click on button, Load event executed only once during first form opening
I have been attempting to create a form where a user can simply press a button and the form will add a new field for the user to use. I have 2 of these dynamically added field types.
Firstly a field where a user can upload files, by pressing the add button another field is pasted underneath the current field and is ready for use.
I have followed an old guide on how to get this done with a bit of ajax and jQuery.
This guide to be exact: http://www.jeremykendall.net/2009/01/19/dynamically-adding-elements-to-zend-form/
As you can see it's from 2009 and a bit outdated yet it still works under the current Zend Framework version 1.11.11
The problem however arises now that i want an edit / update version of the form. I need to populate it's fields but first of all i need to create enough fields for the data to be stored in. So when there's 3 files that have been uploaded it should create 2 additional fields and place the 3 file names in these fields ready to be edited and updated. Simply using $form->populate($stuff) is not going to work
I just have no idea how to accomplish this and the tutorial on dynamically added fields only goes as far as the addAction and not how to create the editAction under these conditions.
Is there any tutorial out there on how to create and manage forms such as these? I'm sure i am not the only one who's had the idea to builds these kind of forms?
I can add my code if there's a request for it but it's the same as the example from the guide, just a different set of elements in the form.
Adding a small example of it's use.
A user adds an item with 3 files, these files are uploaded along with a filename so in the database it appears like this : File_Id : '1' , File_Name : 'SomeFile' , File_location : 'somewhere/on/my/pc/SomeFile.txt'.
Now the user realizes he forgot a file or wants to delete a file from that list, he goes to the edit page and here i want the form to display the previously added filenames. So if there's 3 files it shows 3 and when there's 2 it shows 2 etc. How do i build a form to dynamically add fields based on the number of uploaded files and then populate them?
Any advice on how to handle this is well appreciated :)
You can make use of the semi-magic setXxx() methods of the form.
Inside the form:
public function setFiles($files) {
foreach ($files as $file) {
$this->addElement(/* add a file element */);
//do other stuff, like decorators to show the file name, etc.
}
}
In your controller:
$files = $model->getFiles();
$form = new Form_EditFiles(array('files' => $files));
By passing an array with key files you will make the form try to call the method named setFiles(), which you have conveniently provided above.
This should push you in the right direction, or so I hope at least.
If I understand you correctly you want to populate file upload fields, which is not possible because of security reasons.
Edit:
You can add Elements inside of the Controller via $form->addElement() (basicly just like the $this->addElement() statements in the Tutorial)
When using the Add or Edit form from the pager I'm wondering how a simple static label can be added in the form without it creating any additional columns in it's affect on colNames[]'s and colModel[]'s. For example I have a quite simple typical Add form which opens from the pager containing a few label's and form elements: Name, Email, Web Site, etc., and then the lower section of the form has a few drop down menus containing the number 1 through 10 with the idea being to ask the user to pick a value between 1 and 10 to put a value on the importance to them about the product or service which is listed beside it. Just above this section I want to add some text only to give a brief instruction asking the user to "Choose the importance of the following products and services using the scale: [1=Low interest --- 10=Very high interest]". I cannot figure out how to get a text label inserted in the form without having to define a column with a formoption{} etc which is not needed for just some descriptive text. I know about the "bottominfo: 'some text'" for adding text to the bottom of the form but I need to insert some text similar to that mid-way (or other positions) in the form without it affecting the tabular structure of the grid. Is this even possible? TIA.
You can modify Edit or Add forms inside of afterShowForm. The ids of the form fields are like "tr_Name". There consist from "tr_" prefix and the corresponding column name.
I modified the code example from my old answer so that in the Add dialod there exist an additional line with the bold text "Additional Information:". In the "Edit" dialog (like one want in the original question) the input field for one column is disabled. You can see the example live here. I hope that a working code example can say more as a lot of words.