Hello.
How to create a hidden form in Microsoft Access.
I want to use it so I can fire some code when Access is closed.
Thank you.
Set - in code - its property Visible to False:
Forms!YourForm.Visible = False
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I'm using A2019 32-bit and noticed that the control is not displayed in my Access DB for selection in the ribbon.
I created a test DB, in which the control is displayed and I can insert it in a form.
Is there any setting that I have overlooked?
Btw i don't want to use the ActiveX control with the similar name but the control in the toolbox...
thx
solution:
change form property from continuous form to single form
like mentioned in this post:
(upps)
I'm writing a code in MS Access/VBA to change another Form from Normal Mode to Design Mode, then trying to pick a TextBox control and change it into Combobox.
The problem I'm facing now, is that I can't find a way to SetFocus to this control. In Normal Mode I can just write:
Form_Name.Control.SetFocus
But that code doesn't work when this form is in Design Mode. Is another way to Setfocus (via VBA) to this control , in another Form in Design Mode, like clicking manually in that control when editing in Design Mode?
**Edit: ** The correct would be Select the specific form control in Design Mode and not setting it focus
You can include/exclude controls from the current selection in Design View by setting the InSelection property on each control.
The following VBA code deselects all controls and then selects the specified control:
Function SetSelection(frm as Form, CtlToSelect as Control)
Dim ctl as Control
'Deselect All Controls
For Each ctl in frm.Controls
ctl.InSelection = False
Next
'Select Specified Control
CtlToSelect.InSelection = True
End Function
For more information, see the InSelection Property documentation on MSDN (even though this is for Access 2003, it also applies to later versions).
I'm using Access 2013 and have created a custom right click menu to copy\cut paste (as this is deployed to users using the Runtime and this doesn't exist out of the box). However, within a form I need to disable the custom right click for one specifc text box - is this possible?
Thanks,
Michael
Its ok I worked it out.
For the On Enter event I added:
ShortcutMenu = False
And for the Lost Focus event I added:
ShortcutMenu = True
I have created a report for Microsoft access and am trying to add fields to a report only if then have been clicked on our filled out. The only way I can think of doing this is writing a code or an if-then statement in access. I have very little experience with writing code and am not sure where to begin. I'm looking for something like "If a checkbox is selected then add it to the report".
Thank you.
Instead of trying to dynamically add controls to a report you could include all of the fields on the report and then simply hide the controls that correspond to empty fields. For example, if you have a text field named [SpecialRequirements] and your report contains a bound text box named [txtSpecialRequirements] then in the On Format event handler of the report's Detail band you could use
Me.txtSpecialRequirements.Visible = (Not IsNull([SpecialRequirements]))
which is just a shorthand way of saying
If IsNull([SpecialRequirements]) Then
Me.txtSpecialRequirements.Visible = False
Else
Me.txtSpecialRequirements.Visible = True
End If
This should get you started - its a basic if structure:
If Me!myCheckBox = True Then
'Write to the report
Else
'Do something else
End If
Also check out the Microsoft Developer Network here for information on the If...Then..Else statement
This is really old, but I had the same issue above, but found a easy solution.
Go to Design view in your "report"
Make your Yes/No boxes not visible
Go to the Design tab in your tool bar
Click on the Controls and click on the Check box and place them over your Yes/No box
Delete the label it gives with the check box
Save and look at your report
Only the YES will appear as a checked box.
thanks in advance for any help
I am trying to figure out how to make pop-up sub form the only available focus for a user in a database. So that the user is essentially forced to complete/save/close the sub form, before they can return to the parent form. This I imagine involves disabling the parent form and trying to keep it at the bottom of the pile so to speak.
Im trying to do this in vba as a public subroutine, unfortunately I'm not getting very far! It would seem to me that this type of functionality would be quite common place when pop up forms are used, am I overlooking a common feature?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Noel
Very simple:
DoCmd.OpenForm kfrmArt,acNormal,,,,acDialog
This will stop all processing the next lines until your form closes.
You can also set the form's modal property to true. Here is documentation on it:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa195316(office.10).aspx