i am trying to reference a unbound text box called gCalc that does a calculation inside of my sub-form. I'm calling it inside of a text-box of my sub-report. when i call it i get the same error but i can call other fields that are not unbound. iv tried several ways of calling it. below are my examples that failed
[Forms]![SubformN]![gCalc]
[Forms]![mainFormN]![SubformN]![gCalc]
output
#Name ?
Am i not able to reference unbound text boxes in a sub-report?
If you want to reference something on a subform or subreport, you need to specify you want to reference a property of the form or report itself, and not the subform control:
[Forms]![mainFormN]![SubformN].Form![gCalc]
Related
Exist:
A query with data and one of the columns is criteria based off of user input (i.e. [please choose a number:])
A report, based on that query, that asks for the same user input when opened.
A form with buttons to open said report and others and also a combo box based on a table.
Is it possible to make it so that when the button was pressed (to open the form), while a value was picked in the combo box, then the report that is loading will use the combo box value instead of asking the user for input?
I tried creating such action with both the Macro Builder and the Expression Builder in the OnClick button property. But failed.
Is this attainable in VB code? Is it even possible at all?
Thank you.
Assuming that the bound column of your combo box is the value that you wish to use to filter the query, simply change the query criteria from [please choose a number:] to instead reference the value held by your combo box, e.g.:
[Forms]![YourForm]![YourComboBox]
I have an unbound form that includes a subform.
The subform is unbound and gets populated when the user clicks on a push button on the main form.
I want to be able to grammatically handle the click even on the sub form and get the data in a specific column. How can I do that? The same thing one would do with VB.NET/C#.NET if you know what I mean.
When I use the properties tab of the subform, I get an expression builder. That does not get me into a sub/function/form or module VBA code editor.
Any help is appreciated.
Edit - Something that worked!
Thanks for the help I got from the answers below.
One way to refer to column in a selected row in a subform is by using this expression:
Me!ChildFormName.Form!ColumnNameInSubForm
EX:
ME!Sales.Form!SalesmanID
Additional Reference here...
A problem with this approach is that the available events On Enter and On Exit don't behave like "click" event does. One needs to focus out of the sub form (by clicking on another control) for either to be triggered!
Look again. The Properties' sheet has a tab, Events. Select any event and select "Event Procedure" from the dropdown and click the ellipsis - that opens the code editor.
Refer to sub-form control form main-form event handler (VBA Sub):
Me!Subform1.Form!ControlName
Me is self reference to the main-form, Subform1 is the control containing the sub-form, Form is a reference to the sub-form, and ControlName is a reference to the field on the sub-form. ! is a short way to refer to a control in a form's contrls collection.
A longer way to write the above would be: Me.contrls("Subform1").Form.Contrls("ControlName")
Refer to a main-form control form a sub-form event handler (VBA Sub):
Me.Parent!ControlName
Me is self reference to the sub-form, Parent is a reference to the main-form, and ControlName is a reference to the field on the main-form.
A longer way to write the above would be: Me.Parent.Contrls("ControlName")
Please see more on the topic in this link.
I have unbound Textbox on my Report. Textbox show value from a field in another form. Value is shown in Report view, but not in PrintPreview, and It doesn't get printed too. What must I do to see this Textbox value allways, and print It ?
Here is a simple code for Textbox (in Report load_Event):
Me.txtReport.Value = Forms![AnotherForm]![TxtForm].Value
I have solved It. I had to remove all code from Report Load and just put a reference to fields from other form, in Textbox recordsource property, like this:
=[Forms]![SomeForm]![SomeControlOnThatForm]
This way you can have Textbox value in Report view or Print view - and It gets printed. I hope this will save time to somebody in future, having same problems.
This is not working.
Me.Textbox = Me.ListBox.ListCount
It say;
What code should I put into it?
When I load the Form, it should display the count of the ListBox's items on the textbox.
The TextBox and ListBox are not the names of the variables, but oh the classes. When you instantiate an object of Textbox (or ListBox), VB gives it the name TexBox1 (or ListBox1). You can change this name in the properties window. I suppose what you have now are TextBox1 and ListBox1.
Me.Textbox1 = Me.ListBox1.ListCount
There is nothing wrong with the syntax of your code. So the first thing that should be looked at is the names of your listbox and textbox. By default ms-access calls them list and text followed by a number. To find the assigned name go to their property and then the other tab and name of the control is at the top of the list.
Also make sure that you are running the code from the form's onload event. You may try the forms oncurrent event to see if it makes ant difence
I have a form with a button that updates data in a table, form which works perfectly. However, when I add it as a subform on a tab paged form, it no longer does. Access prompts out asking for the [Forms]![MyForm]![textbox] variable, although it exists and is filled out. I'm guessing there's a different way to reference a subform.
Refer to the name of the form, the name of the subform control, the form property and the name of the control (reference MVPs, MS ). You have MS Access 2010, so you can use the query design window and intellisense to build the relevant string, it will work put something like:
[forms]![Gestiune]![SubformControlNameHere].Form![idInchirieri]
The expression [Forms]![MyForm]![textbox] probably appears within the query used as RowSource of a ComboBox or ListBox on the subform. This subform is now no longer Forms!MyForm but
Forms!MainForm!MySubformControl.Form
I don't know the correct names, adapt them accordingly.
Change the expression to something like
Forms!MainForm!MySubformControl.Form!textbox
Forms is the collection of the open forms. (invariable)
MainForm is the name of the form with the tab control. (adapt)
MySubformControl is the name of the control containing the subform. (adapt)
.Form designates the subform itself. (invariable)
Finally textbox is your TextBox. (should be ok, otherwise adapt)