What's This Control Called...
Sep 15, 2006I've got a mental blank, I want one of those things that is a text box with little up and down arrows on the right so you can choose a number. What's it called?
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What Is This Called?
Mar 2, 2006I am in a form that someone else created. It has 3 tabs to the form. It is almost like Excel, but the tabs are at the top, as opposed to the bottom. Are they called tabs, pages, or subforms or something else? I can't figure out how to add one to a different form I have created.
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Feb 6, 2007What I want to do, is have an unbound form, user enters data in to it, then clicks on a 'save' button which then writes the data to a new record within a table
I have got no idea what it is called so find it hard to do the search.
BeforeUpdate Not Called...
Jul 22, 2005A stupid question here...
I have a form that has a single bound text box that is set to currency. The table is also set as currency with decimal places set at 2. I have my own save button
Now I want to catch if the user types in text instead of numers and display a suitable error message.
When the user presses the save button I call this code:
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSaveRecord
heres the before update event
Private Sub Form_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer)
On Error GoTo errHandle
If Not IsNumeric(hourlyRate) Then
MsgBox "Please enter a number for the hourly rate", vbInformation
hourlyRate.SetFocus
Cancel = True
Else
If (hourlyRate < 0) Then
MsgBox "Please enter a positive hourly rate", vbInformation
hourlyRate.SetFocus
Cancel = True
End If
End If
Exit Sub
errHandle:
MsgBox Err.Description & " " & Err.Number
Resume Next
End Sub
However the update event isnt called and I get an access message saying that the value you entered isnt correct for the field blah blah blah.
Q - How do I stop this access message from being shown???
btw - If I enter in a negative number my message box is shown, and then i get another access message saying that the run command was cancelled.
arghhh - I dont want these :-)
Spinners - I Think They're Called That
Jan 5, 2008In Access 2000, I am using a form with fields for TimeStarted and TimeFinished. After the user has filled in the TimeStarted, the After_Update event sets TimeFinished to one hour after that. I would like to use what I think are called "Spinners" so that the user could simply click on increment or decrement buttons to change the FinishTime.
I'm not sure about the name of the feature, so it is hard to find help to get started. Would appreciate any guidance. Thanks, Andrew Thorpe
Functions Running Before They Are Called
Dec 12, 2007Hi, I have a strange issue. Every now and then, when i start up my database (still in development) it either asks me for a value thats used in a sql command, or faults with an error saying it cant reference a value. The stragne thing is that the values that get pinged are not set until im a few forms into my database, and shouldn't even be thought about by the database yet. Is there something im missing here?
An example,
It asks for a change reference number on login form load, however that value isn't called until a button is pressed on the menu form which loads the change form. That same button sets the change number
Index Called PrimaryKey
Mar 6, 2006Hi,
To make a long and tedious story short:
Does anyone know why Access (2003) creates an index called PrimaryKey and an index called User_ID when I'm in the table design view and ask it to make the User_ID field the primary key?
After years of database development I've only just noticed this. Not normally not a problem but for this:
Use ADOX to find the field name of the primay key for a table. I took the code right out of a Access 2000 developers handbook. It creates a collection of the table indexes and steps through them one at a time checking if the PrimaryKey property is true. It hits the index called PrimaryKey and says 'yes it's true, this is the PK', I then go on to use the index.name property in an SQL Select to create an ADO recordset. The only thing is that the index called PrimaryKey is not a field name and the field name User_ID is not a PK :eek:
I go into the indexes list in table design and delete and re-create the indexes and PKs as I want and the code works fine.
So, again, why does Access do this? I'm so confused! :confused:
Is Form Name Available In Called Module
Aug 27, 2015Is the calling Form name or the event handler's sub name available in called module? I need it in order to determine the form's name as in [Forms]!someformname!some control.
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Aug 11, 2011Is there an easy way to propogate a value from one form to another?
I have two forms: Form A and Form B
Form A is the main: it contains many field including a Supplier CB.
Form B allows the user to add a new supplier if it is not on the list..
Form A allow user to pick a list from the table of suppliers. I allowed edit ietm list in the properties to add the list of suppliers to grow as new supplier are entered. I pointed the user to Form B ton enter the new supplier.
Things going well as I planed, however it is annoying when I enter the new supplier in Form A and respond "yes" to add new items I have to retype the new supplier in Form B again. I have about 11 fields in Form A that will follow this theme. This will not be user friendly if not fixed.
Table Locked When Trying To Update Via Code Called By A Form
Oct 19, 2005:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :confused: :confused: :confused:
I am trying to update a database table via a command button on the main form, that uses tabbed sub forms.
The database gets its data from paradox data tables copied our company's
third-party software. These table files are copied from one location to another to stop the paradox database from locking up and giving me errors during the import process of this database. I then link to these files at a pre-determined location on a local computer hard drive.
When I try to run the code below I get the error about the table being
locked by a user or process. As you can see I have tried adding a pause
incase the files are still being copied but this does not seem to be the
problem.
I have used a msg box to confirm that the copying process has completed before starting the make query, but the same error comes up after I click ok.
Can anyone suggest anything else.
As you can see from the simplicity of the code below I am a beginner so take it easy on me, by not taking knowledge for granted. :)
code:
------------------------------------------------------------
Dim response
Dim stDocName As String
Dim stLinkCriteria As String
response = MsgBox("Are you sure that you want to update xxx with Customer
data from xxx?", vbYesNo, "Perform Update")
If response = vbYes Then
‘pause software to let any pending work to be completed
Sleep (5000)
‘close active form
DoCmd.Close
‘close all active forms
Do While Forms.Count > 0
DoCmd.Close acForm, Forms(0).Name
Loop
‘pause software to let any pending work to be completed
Sleep (30000)
‘delete existing file
Kill "c:folderfile DATA.DB"
‘replace with new file
FileCopy "J:Folderew_DATA.DB", " c:folderfile DATA.DB "
‘pause software to let any pending work to be completed
Sleep (40000)
DoCmd.SetWarnings False
stDocName = "Make_DATA"
DoCmd.OpenQuery stDocName, acNormal, acEdit
‘pause software to let any pending work to be completed
Sleep (35000)
stDocName = "Make_DATA_SUMMARY"
DoCmd.OpenQuery stDocName, acNormal, acEdit
‘pause software to let any pending work to be completed
Sleep (35000)
stDocName = "qry_Update_ Status"
DoCmd.OpenQuery stDocName, acNormal, acEdit
‘pause software to let any pending work to be completed
Sleep (35000)
‘open up main form when finsihed
stDocName = "main-form"
DoCmd.OpenForm stDocName, , , stLinkCriteria
DoCmd.SetWarnings True
Else
End If
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Option Compare Database
'************************************************* *********
'Declarations section of the module
'************************************************* *********
Option Explicit
'================================================= =========
' The DateAddW() function provides a workday substitute
' for DateAdd("w", number, date). This function performs
' error checking and ignores fractional Interval values.
'================================================= =========
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[code].....
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Nov 18, 2013I am struggling trying to execute a function inside a Form_current event to display some stats.
The Function is this:
Code:
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Dim dbs As DAO.Database
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[Code] ....
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Very simple. Well, the problem is when I move to a new record, a error message comes up: "Run-time error '94' - Invalid use of Null". It is because the AircraftID is not populated at that time. I tried to insert in the function code something like that:
Code:
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Nov 16, 2013And then called this join as a symbol or variable, and then have it use to select the items from these joined tables, can this be done in Access? Here is an example of a code that I created, but it has an error message saying the FROM syntax is incorrect.
Code:
SELECT firstJOIN.trainID, firstJOIN.trainName, firstJOIN.stationID, firstJOIN.stationName, firstJOIN.distance_miles, firstJOIN.time_mins
FROM (trains INNER JOIN ((station INNER JOIN lineStation ON station.stationID = lineStation.stationID)
INNER JOIN bookingLeg ON bookingLeg.startID = station.stationID or bookingLeg.endID = station.stationID )
ON trains.trainID = bookingLeg.tid) as firstJOIN
Can Access do something similar to this, in the FROM statement I joined 4 tables, because each unique fields are in each table and I have to joined them to get those fields. I called this join firstJOIN and in the SELECT statement, I list those columns in the table by calling it firstJOIN.trainID. Can Access do something like this, but syntax it differently?
How Can I Make A Form Always Return To The Form That Called It?
May 16, 2005I have several forms that can be called from more than one other form, but I need to build my forms so that the user is returned to the form from which they started.
I have looked in the help files and FAQ and I can't find what I am looking for.
Please, can someone direct met to the required information or tell me how to achieve this?
Thanks,
Kev.
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See the attached image ...
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I have attached screen shots of the table design and the form. The table has the field in datasheet view and I have manually entered a few entries in it but it still will not show in the control source for the form control. The top section of the form is where we enter and select the data for the new records. The bottom section (circled in red) autofills the matching record, from separate tables, for updating with the new entries.
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Reference A Control On A Subform In A Tab Control!
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Main Form: frmMemberMain
Tab Control: TabCtl12
Tab Control Page: 2
Subform: frmChildren
Control on subform: txtRelationship
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Control Validation For 1st Control
May 17, 2006Hi,
I have reviewed the posts for 'Control Validation' and dowloaded the sample database kindly posted by ansentry.
In the PaymentAmount example, a name has to be entered in the first control before an amount is enterered in the second control. If the controls and tab order are reversed, the validation doesn't work.
I have a form where the 1st Control needs validating before moving on. The code below doesn't work.
Private Sub Form_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer)
If IsNull(Me.Employee_No) Then
MsgBox "Employee No Required", vbCritical, "Data required "
Cancel = True
Me.Employee_No.SetFocus
Exit Sub
End If
End Sub
Any help greatly appreciated.
John
Need Help With Tab Control
Aug 3, 2006Hi,
I have used a tab control to create some forms. However, I can't modify or delete any of the information. It's seems like the forms are just read-only.
How can I change it so that I can modify and delete info please?
Thanks in advance.
Tab Control
Dec 11, 2007Hi all,
I am creating a DB using tab controls, I have my information in each tab section. When I come to view in Form View and move my mouse around the tab page it shudders for some reason? anyone know why and how i can fix it?? Thanks:confused:
Tab Control On A Tab Control
Feb 8, 2005I would like to be able to add a tabbed control to one of the pages of a tab control. I have made several attempts and it hasn't worked. There is no reference to it in MS help. I have seen many databases with this facility (not necessarily MS Access). Can anybody offer a suggestion please.
Peter