I have searched the forum on this, but I can't find an example of this problem.
I have a data entry form with a two-page tab control. One is for company info and the other for contact info. The recordsource is a query based on the two tables. Initially I had the page set up as a rather large form with a subform and decided to convert to the cleaner looking tab control (I used copy and paste to transfer the controls).
This form worked initially, but now I have changed some setting so that it doesn't work anymore: I can enter data properly on the first tab, but not on the second.
I have tried changing the various form properties but I must be missing something obvious. All my tab-less forms work the way I expect them to.
What I don't understand is why one tab works and not the other.
how to make my form controls change size / position as my form is resized / loaded on a computer with a different resolution. Several of the tutorials out there suggest putting code on the "on resize" property of the form. When I looked at the Northwind database to try to mimic their code however, it looks like they must be doing something different as there is no on resize code under the form properties and I was unable to find the code they do use.
I am trying to open a form in design mode and add controls, this i have done. I am doing this all in a class, and am having trouble saving the modified form.
I have tried using the following, both produce errors
Recently I designed a form with several controls including both TextBox and Combox. Before I submit data by clicking the button, I use VBA to validate the values of those controls (textbox and combox). If the value is not valid, the system will eject a msgbox and automatically set the focus on that component. In order to tidy the code, I use a GoTo statement, which refers to a group of code to display the message due to the value of parameters
But it seems VBA doesn't recongize the control I set through the parameter.
The code as the following:
private function validation () as boolean
Dim ErrorMessage as string Dim ErrorComponent as String
...... ErrorMessage="Please select the shop Name" ErrorComponent="ShopName" // ShopNameis a combox
GoTo ExitFunction .....
...... ErrorMessage="Please set the start date" ErrorComponent="StartDate" // StartDate is a Textbox GoTo ExitFunction .....
As I tested for seveal time, I'm sure there is something wrong with " msgResult = MsgBox(ErrorMessage, vbOKOnly, "Error Message") Me(ErrorComponent).SetFocus "
I would like to create text boxes using VBA code ....the reason is that I need a number of text boxes to be created that is equal to the number of rows that is generated by an SQL query.
How do you hide the canned record scrolling keys on the bottom of a Form? I have placed my own controls and do not need them to confuse the Operator, or cause problems.
I created lots of controls on my form, and now i cannot create anymore. I do not know what the problem is... I just get an error message that says:
"MS Office Access cannot create any more controls in your form/report. If you have deleted controls from this form/report in the past, try renaming the form/report and then add more controls to it"
I tried renaming the form already. it didnt work :confused:
I tried to create a new database (i copied all the tables, queries and forms into the new database). it didnt work.
I dont know what else to do... Please help I would dearly appreciate any help. Thank you in advance :)
I have few forms that look fine when in Design view, but which appear as plain grey screens when opened in Form view. These were working perfectly (i.e. visible in both views) until about half an hour ago.
The only things I have changed are some of the calculations behind certain fields.
I have a number of list boxes that dont show up in the VBEditor under the form name.
To be more specific, these controls do not show up in the drop-down list on top of the code window. If I try to assign an event procedure through 'code builder' to these controls, they refer back to a pre-existing module instead of the form under "Access Class Objects".
I have tried repairing and compacting the database to no avail. Can someone guide me? Please ask for more info if you would like some.
Hi, I have a rather simplistic problem that I can't find a solution to! I have a form that I want to maximize every time it opens (which I have achieved through DoCmd.Maximize in the Form_Load event), but I also want that all the controls in the form, staying positioned relative to each other, center themselves horizontally on the form once it is resized. Maybe I can set a property that always makes them stay in the horizontal center, which is also great. How could I accomplish this? Thank you! Kriti
I m trying to create a form with tab controls but it keeps on disappearing in the form view but showing up in design view. Even when I delete the tab control and drag existing fields onto a blank form it is still not showing up in form view but showing in design view.
Hey all, I am wondering if there is a way to copy and past a control from a FORM to a REPORT? I have an activex control for my digital signatures and for some reason the value is not showing up on my report, I have tryed several different ways and I was wondering if there was a way to copy the activex control and on the open of the report the value what was copyed would appear on the report. can this be done? I believe that somehow the value is not staying in the field provided and just going directly to the table therefore I cant see it on the report. Is this possible? Thanks in advance
Hello. I have a form with a million little buttons on it (don't get me started, I didn't design it! - heh)...
Depending upon which user is running the mdb, I would like all but 16 (of the 80 or so) objects/controls disabled/enabled. I would like to autodisable all the controls, then enable the subset (or all of them) depending who the current user is.
SO in short, other than individually disabling/enabling the many items, is there a magic command for vba, similar to enable *.* for controls [silly e.g., but I hope you get my point...]
I want to disable a tab control page when a form is open, and enable some of the fields if a check box is checked, and some others if another check box is enabled
I designed a Data Entry interface. I wish the system can automatically clear all the values of controls in the form after users click the 'save' button.
Is there any good solution instead of manually setting each control's value to null?
I tried Undo method, but it didn't work on either control (textbox) or form itself.
I am creating a continuous form where each record has a couple calculated controls. The problem is, as you scroll down through the records, the computer hasn't performed the calculations yet. It only starts to perform them once they are visible on the screen. So the result is blank fields for about 1 or 2 seconds every time you use the vertical scrollbar until they all get populated. Is there any way to get access to populate all the calculated text boxes when it is loaded, like a report is? I have played around with not using a continous form but rather creating a form with MANY text boxes on it that are filled with a loop. It works and all calculations are performed prior to displaying it on screen its just tricky to work with in a realistic situation and I figured their must be a better way.
I'm new to Access so apologies in advance if this occurs as simple-headed...
Given a group identifier (e.g. department) I want to display a list of members (e.g. employees) in that group. So I use a sub-form in datasheet view.
Now I want to associate an independant checkbox with each row so that I can identify partiuclar members for some action (e.g. assign to a project).
Thus, I need to set up the checkboxes on each rsub-form ow and then be able to probe them later and get their state and any other info on the row (e.g. key(s) for the individual members).
My database has a form with a combo box where the user can select whether the record displayed is "Current", "Sold", or "Withdrawn". I would like to set up the form so that when the user selects "Sold" or "Withdrawn" from the combo box, all other controls on the form are locked and disabled (ie. can't be changed).
I have imported the contents of my database into a new database, as all the testing is completed and want a clean start without any dummy data in it or anything. My main form which is where most of the interaction with the database goes on appears blank with no controls on it on form view. In design view, I can see everything (buttons, search fields, subforms etc) but turn into form view, it's blank (except the header). Does anyone know why this happened?
I want to set the On Click Event of a button to unlock the current control a user is on. I know the code to set the property of a named control, but I don't want a button for every control I want to unlock. Is there a 'Me' option for controls?
I have a continuous form that shows the main fields in my table. In the page footer of the form I have a tab control that has 4 additional fields for each record. I want to give the user the option of “Show Details”. When the user clicks on “show details” I want to move the tab control with the additional fields to the detail row so the user can see them.
I know how to move controls with VBA by setting the Top and Left properties and how to expand the detail size, but how do I move controls from one section on the form to another section on the form i.e. from the page footer to the detail section
I have a complicated form I am working on. The problem is that there is A LOT of data on this form, and to evaluate the data, the end user really needs to see as much of it as possible. What was typed in text box 5, may affect how he or she will interpret what was typed in text box 1.
In a report, I can make the text boxes grow or shrink so that you can see all the text in the box.
Can the same thing be done in a form?
Can I make the size a sub-form expand to show all the rows of data in its datasheet?
The end user needs to be able to add notes to the end and you can't do that with a report.
How do I use the current value in a control on a form as the value for a criteria in a select query and for the update value in an update query? I must be messing up the syntax somewhere. I have written a macro to run the query. The button is located on the form so I would like to be able to click on it when the values I want to use for criteria are showing on the form.
I currently have the criteria is entered as [Forms]![xtestupdateqry]![Licensee]
where [xtestupdateqry] is name of the form and [Licensee] is the name of the control I want to draw the current value from. When I run the macro I get a message saying I am about to update 0 fields. I must have my criteria wrong???
