I have a large Access application with several forms and modules. The form works fine and quickly. I have a combobox which queries the database containing 30,000 entries. This combobox is delayed in populating. So that if the user types into it the characters don't display for a couple of seconds. Is there anything to do to spped up the combobox? There is a join in the query so I removed it. It did not improve the delay.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
I'd appreciate it if anyone could tell me how to edit the control tip delay in form design: ie: so as the controltip comes up much sooner than the default set by access?
many thanks
Is it possible to delay the Form_Current event? I use the code below to duplicate records, ask for a change in teh reference number and then resort the database according to the reference numbers. This works fine until I introduce some code into a Form_Current procedure. Now whenever I activate the macro below to copy a record the data in the copy record is wiped out and the form rendered with its defaul values. I am assuming this is because the code in the Form_Current section is rendering the form whilst something else is trying to paste values in it so is ther a way to delay either the pasting of the new data or the activation of the Form_Current procedure?
I have tried using a few basic counters but to no avail! Any help would be greatly appreciatted.
Cheers
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Private Sub cmdCopyPrevRec_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_cmdCopyPrevRec_Click
Dim TestNum As String
TestNum = Test_Number
DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 8, , acMenuVer70
DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 2, , acMenuVer70
DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 5, , acMenuVer70
NewTestNum = InputBox("Please enter test number:", "Test Number", TestNum + ".1")
Test_Number = NewTestNum
Test_Number.SetFocus
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSortAscending
DoCmd.FindRecord NewTestNum, , , , , acCurrent, True
Exit_cmdCopyPrevRec_Click:
Exit Sub
Err_cmdCopyPrevRec_Click:
Display = MsgBox("Copied without updating Test Number", vbOKOnly)
Resume Exit_cmdCopyPrevRec_Click
End Sub
Is there any function to delay the system processing for a number of seconds.
For the time being I am do it indirectly by using loops, however, it is un proper way, as it is not scalable.
Also I dont want to use the timer control.
Thanks,
I have some code that is running in a FOR NEXT loop. I am calling another form each pass of the loop. For some reason the form does not fully come up, the box and header text come up but nothing inside the Form.... Any thoughts.....
At the end I want to display another Form that confirms the updates/calculations. But I want the Form to close after say 2-3 seconds. I tried a wait function but that does not allow the form to fully open as above....the wait function is waiting for the time i want but it again does not allow the form to open....it waits and then the form closes, never showing what is in the form?
Does anyone know how I could open a form display some information and then have it automatically close after a few seconds.
I call the Function TIMEDELAY below which is calling the Function Wait....Once in TIMEDELAY it opens the form and then supposed to wait then close....but the form never fully opens? .....
When moving to a new a record in my form, i will click on a text box and the following happens:The black line will flash much faster than normal (This will happen on any text box i click on) No text will appear while this is happening When it stops al the text that was typed in that period will appear After this 5 to 10 second text delay the text box and all other textboxes will work fine, until i move to a new record and the process starts again
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Got something which has been bugging me like mad for weeks now;
We have a MS Access Database on a Citrix server and a local copy is downloaded to the clients directory when they log on.
When they actually double click and load the database(frontend) it loads for approx 4/5mins before it eventually opens. After that it is fine, unless they log off and back on again, then the same thing happens when they double click to open the database.
The Backend is stored on a seperate server with over 5million records on it.
Before we attempted Citrix we had a normal network and the frontend has always loaded fine on this.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
I am building a faux Electronic Medical Records database for the purpose of training med students. I need a command button to pull up a report , but i want to delay the opening of the report (as if waiting for "tests" to come back or be uploaded) is there a way to do this with VBA? i read about the sleep api but i dont know how to get it to work or where to put the code
so what would i add and where would i add it to delay opening the report that is called EKG W/ Subreport ...
I want to make delay, for example 2 minutes when the code is within the loop.
Example
Code:
For i = 0 To 100
Debug.Print i
'Before go to the next to make the delay
Next
I have a command button (well, I have a few) that I would like to open a report, first opening a form that allows the user to enter a start and end date.
The code so far is:
On Error Resume Next
If Err = 2501 Then Err.Clear
DoCmd.OpenForm "DateSelect", acNormal
DoCmd.OpenReport "All Events Report", acPreview
Now, when run, this code opens the form (DateSelect), but the report starts to run immediately - the On No Data event of the report kicks in (message box along the lines of "No data, closing report", so before the user has the opportunity to enter the dates, the report has decided that there is no data an closes.
Is there a way to pause the opening of the report until after the OK button is clicked on the pop up form?
Just for the sake of clarity, the pop-up form DateSelect is used to open various reports, so I can't add the open report command to the code for the OK button (that I know of?)
I have a continuous form with an SQL query as its record source, it is a dynaset. Each row on the form is for a specific picture, containing a unique ID, a pre-generated caption field, and an official caption field. The idea is that users will edit the pre-generated caption field, hit a button, then their changes to the pregenerate caption will be made to the value of the official caption field.
My VBA code for the button works fine, in that it doesn't return any errors. The problem is that there is some sort of delay between when the button is hit and when the official caption field is updated. After the first press, the form requeries and the official caption field is the same, but after a second press the official caption field will display the user's changes.
First, a recordset clone is created using an SQL query, the pre-generated caption column is selected and then the results are filtered to the single record that shares the picture ID of whatever row the user was working in. Next, an SQL update runs, replacing the value of the official caption field with the value of the pre-generated caption that is contained in the recordset clone. Then the form is requeried.
I've tried adding a change of focus at the beginning of the code and a 15 second pause between when the update statement runs and when the form is requeried, neither solves the issue. The problem can't entirely be my code, because a second press of the button will make the appropriate changes.
I know what you're thinking, why have divide the captions into pre-generated and official in the first place - why not use pre-generated caption as the caption source? There is a separate feature that allows a user to mass edit captions and I decided to retain the original pre-generated caption as a field, in the event that the user makes a mistake or decides to reference the content of the pre-generated caption.
I am using Access 2007 & trying to update a database to include a check & balance.
Currently a user enters their name into a form, selects a check box (Pass or Fail) & clicks a save button. Real simple form. The actual testing is performed on a standalone piece of equipment separate or outside of the MS Access database.
Here is the challenge, if someone does select Fail, I want to ensure this person comes back into a blank form (new entry) & confirms they have eventually passed. I want to give a time limit of 10 minutes before an email is sent out to their superiors. (I have the email portion figured out already).
Other entries will take place before the failed user comes back to the entry form so the form needs to be available for other people to enter their results.
I believe this can be done using some VBA and a query but I am not sure where to start especially with the 10 minute allowance to recheck the test status.
"how to COMPACT the DB by introducing delay of 10 seconds and then close the DB".In the Database, I'm able to accomplish the "Compact" the database using the function below.
Function Compact()
SendKeys "%(FMC)", False
End Function
As my DB is quite huge, the Compact action takes around 10 seconds to complete.Now, i would like to Close the Database after Compacting the DB. I tried including "DoCmd.Quit" in the function. The commands in the function, closes the DB but the Compact function doesn't seem to have executed as it needs 10 seconds to complete.
Function Compact()
SendKeys "%(FMC)", False
DoCmd.Quit
End Function
how to introduce this delay of 10 seconds and then close the DB.
I am trying to use a combobox called Manufacturer to select which table the combobox called Model gets it's rowsource from using the code below.
Code:
Private Sub Manufacturer_AfterUpdate()
If (Me.Manufacturer.Value = "Siemens") Then
Me.Model.RowSourceType = "Table/Query"
Me.Model.Recordset = "SeimensTable"
Me.Model.RowSource = "SELECT Model FROM SeimensTable"
Else
If (Me.Manufacturer.Value = "Samsung") Then
Me.Model.RowSourceType = "Table/Query"
Me.Model.Recordset = "SamsungTable"
Me.Model.RowSource = "SELECT Model FROM SamsungTable"
End If
End If
End Sub
But when I run the form and select Manufacturer. Combobox Model remains empty. tell me what I'm doing wrong?
How would I modify multiple comboboxes in subforms at the same time. For example.. In main form ComboboxA user selects 1992, Combobox1 in subform1 is also changed to 1992, as well as Combobox2 in subform 2.
Whats the best way to do this?
I have 2 comboboxes, the first one is called "activity", whereby I have 3 options to choose from, and the second is called "level".
When I click an "activity", for example Drawings, I want the "level" combobox to list a unique set of options for that category. and if I click on a different "activity" for example Planning, I want the "level" combobox to show a completely different set of options.
If anyone can give me any help on how to do this then I would be very grateful!!
Thanks
Angela :eek:
I've tried searching the forums and haven't found quite what i'm looking for. I would like to be able to change the source for a combobox based on another combobox. The simplest way i can summarize that is i want to be able to choose A or B, depending on my choice i want another combobox to display all the values that A or B can have.
Thanks
Jim
I'm not sure I worded that very well. :(
Hey all,
I've read some tutorials on this sort of thing, but I can't seem to piece it all together to achieve what I want.
I have a table Products that contains the fields Product, Size and Brand. I also have a form, frmProducts, that has a combobox linked to each of the fields in the Products table. I want to be able to select a product from the first combobox, tab to the Brand combobox and have only those brands associated with the product already selected.
This is how I think it should work:
1.ComboBox1 selects productA
2.ComboBox2 takes its options from a query that searches Products table for all instances of productA and displays all available brands. brandA is selected.
3.ComboBox3 get its options from another query that searches for all instances of productA that also have brandA and displays all available sizes.
What I'm having trouble with in particular is passing the data between queries. For example, I can't figure out how to tell the query to search for all instances of productA when its defined by the first combobox. Do I have to store it as a variable somewhere?
I hope I've been clear.
If I want the combo box to read entry's from one table and then store in another table how would this be done? I think it has to be done with the query builder but I am not sure. I am sorta new to Access.
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I have an invoice form with its detail subform that I have been stuck with for a while. The main problem is on the detail subform, here is what I have:
1. I have 5 fields, DepartmentID, ProductID, Qty, Price, Total.
2. The department is a combobox and I want to select the department that the product is from. Example: If I will be selling a pvc pipe I should select PVC Department.
3. Once I select the department I want the product combobox to only show the products from that department. So I select Electrical Department I can only see what items belong to the Electrical Department.
That is basicaly what I need it to do. So, I worked hard on this looked at samples, read threathds, pull all my hair out, almost done eating all my nails, and most of you know how that goes!!!!
Well finaly after sleepless nights I got something to work!!! I was able to make the product combobox only show the items from that department, Man I was jumping of joy!!! I turnon my radio and put on "Eye of the tiger" and started boxing away!!!! jejeje
Well, I started to make it look pretty, changing the looks and changing the comboboxes to show me the name of the department not the ID, worked good, than I changed the product combobox to show the name not the ID and something went wrong......
The department combobox does a requery of the product combobox everytime I select the department for a new item. So for some reason it makes the product code from the other item disapear....I cant figure it out!!
I have attached the DB, goto frmFactura there is already one invoice started, I have selected the PVC Dept and the Product, you can also see the prtoduct code, once you goto the next item and select another department the prodcode desapears but the prodid stays...
CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!
Hallo,
Simple question, is their a way of showing the value on the combo box without saving it in a table. Therefore, when you open the form again next time the value last selected is viewed again.
Thanks
On a form i have 25 comboboxes with names the form is based on a table (tblpersons) with the key personID now how can i in all the comboboxes in the event before update
doing the following:
when i select a name in a combobox before update i want to search in all the combobowes of that name i selected not 2x selected is and and if not then the name must in the field otherwise it would tell me that thr name al is selected in another combobox. If the name i selected is ok then this name must not again availible in the combobox
can someone help me with that code please?
Is this with a loop?
I want to have a combobox draw its information from more then one column in the same row from the table, but show as only one column when a user clicks on the combobox in the form.
Example of what I am doing...
Table with contact information:
Contact, Phone1, Phone2, Phone3
Combobox on form for contact log: (what I want but not sure how to do)
Phone = (Phone1, Phone2, Phone3 in a single column)
I need the combobox to be able to select each phone number seperatly from that contact so I can show which number was called.
I know there have been old threads on this issue. I have done a search and read them. That is how I got this far. I was able to search the Web, find a Govt site with a list of every zipcode in the country. It was a text file so I converted it in excel and then imported into an Access table. I now have a 4 field table with every zip in the country-city,state,and Zipplus a auto number field as my primary key. My db is name and address intensive in multiple tables. I want to use a combobox to lookup and display city,state and zip on my forms from this table instead of storing the information. However, If I do this and then want to generate a mailing list how can I do this if the city,state,zip info has only been displayed from a combobox and not stored in the underlying table? Since I am using an autonumber as the primary key for the city,state,zip table can I include a field for that pk in an invisible field and just store that? If anyone wants the table of zipcodes let me know. I'll be happy to upload it.
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