I am trying to create a main form with a subform as a datasheet to be used as an asset viewer. I have three buttons that I want to implement in this main form, add/edit/delete entry. The add and edit button will open a new form to add or edit entries in the datasheet. I have the add button working well, however how can I make the edit button edit the row that is selected in the subform (data table)? As it is currently, the edit button will only open with the first entry of that data table. Thanks and hopefully someone out there could help me out.
If you want to open a particular row, you need a button on that row. The way to get that to work is not to use a datasheet but use Format and Default View to create a Continuous Form. Add the required fields and your button to open a new form. Generally, you make that form as short as possible.
When you view the parent form with this subform, it will repeat the rows with data and the button in the row can then be used to open that specific row.
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There are three tabs each containing a form. And the next tab only active when the previous tab form is valid. I want to include the next and previous button in each tab. how to achieve it?
You can use Wizard Form for this purpose see the link below
Wizard Form
This is my data model:
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Can anyone please explain, how I can make a Form in MS Access, which works in the following way:
There is a dropdown list from which a user selects business unit (Business_Unit_NAM).
After the selection, on the same form, the respective records are shown below, for example, Service_Request_NAM, Service_Request_Description_NAM, Phases, Subphases, Status.
A user can scroll through every of the created records and change the value in the fields.
A more detailed explanation would be extremely appreciated.
Thanks!
You can create a form with Business_Unit dropdown (unbound) and with subform based on TBL_Star_Requests. Link this subform with dropdown control using Link Master Fields and Ling Child Fields properties. That should be enough for requested functionality. If the dropdown on the main form will be unbound, Subform Field Linker will give an error, but it will work anyway if you add field names manually. You can use the Linker if you temporarily will bound the main form to TBL_Business_Units table and bound the dropdown to Business_Unit_ID field. Remove bounding when linking done.
I have a Form with Default View Split Form enabled, so it will appear like picture below every time it loaded.
I also enable the page header to appear at the top which has a label to store some value (It will store Diff Amount value). What I want to do is, everytime user click on the datasheet view (and make record selection change or cell change) below the form header, I want to update the value of my label on the form header.
It's easy to change the value, but how to handle the datasheet view record selection, or datasheet view cell selection change.
In Excel, this is very easy to do, we can handled it from Worksheet.SelectionChange event, but how to do this in Access...?
Thanks in advance.
Simply use the form OnCurrent event, which fires whenever a new record becomes Current
I have a MS Access form that is bound to a query in the database. I added a textbox and added a row source to a Hyperlink datafield in the query. When I open the form, it won't allow me to drop a file into the textbox.
Here's the deal. When I follow this EXACT same process on a new form, it works perfectly. That is, I open a blank form and I bind the form to some new query, let's say qryNewIdeas. Then on the blank form i add a textbox, let's say Text0. Then, when I select Text0, I go to the data tab - row source and choose the dropdown arrow to select the hyperlink field, lets say NewIdeasAddress. I click SAVE and open the form. It works PERFECTLY.
BUT, when I repeat this on an existing form (the one where I need the thing to actually work), it does nothing. It adds and changes the textbox to a hyperlink box (I note this because of the blue underlined word that appears in the box). But it won't allow me to drop files to this location.
I tried commenting out ALL of my VBA code to try to make sure that something wasn't hindering it (say in an OnLoad event) AND I've checked all of the form and control box properties and they seem to be the same in both the existing form and the test form.
I can't determine why it works on one form and not the other; Solution needed.
If you have access to "the data tab - row source ..", you are in design view.
When you later open the form, you are in form view, a completely different animal which specifically prohibits design changes.
It sounds like you will have to rethink your concept.
I have a form with a 2-page tab control.
The first page has a subform with a button on the subform that's supposed to requery another subform that is on the second page.
Forms!myMainForm!mySubForm.Requery
The main form and its fields are used to create new records and the subform on the second page shows these records.
Here's a screenshot of page 1's subform and button:
http://i.imgur.com/RLsgcSi.jpg
When the button is clicked, the subform on the second page shows any new record at the bottom of the list instead of being sorted in descending date/time order. Also the Funding Rate field does not seem to get its conditional formatting applied:
http://i.imgur.com/QRvI5fy.jpg
I've been able to get the subform to display correctly if I also add some VBA to the button to switch to the second page of the tab, but I'd rather not do this.
Is it possible to requery a subform and have it display correctly when the user is ready to see it?
Migrate froms Tabs to Navigation Control. Usual Tabs are preloaded and will increase the main form load time. On the other hand, Navigation control only loads the form when its opened. This eliminates your needs to manually re-query the second tab.
PS: I'm interested in something in your form, what is your best contact method?
Forms!myMainForm!mySubForm.Requery
This requeries the mySubForm control on myMainForm, but not the subform itself.
Try instead:
Forms!myMainForm!mySubForm.Form.Requery
(note: I'm not 100% sure this will solve the issue)