I have a form (called frmMain) with a subform control (called subFrmSub) that is linked to the form frmSub.
frmSub's Default View property is set to Continuous Forms. frmSub contains several controls that the user can tab to.
What I would like to do is when the user tabs to a control in a specific instance of frmSub, that specific instance of the control is highlighted by setting the Border Style property to Solid. No instance of that control from other instances of frmSub should be so highlighted.
I have tried searching for a solution to this problem in the Access context, but even the best ones result in all instances of the control being highlighted.
The best I have come up with is the following code, which also highlights the entire collection of that control rather than the specific one...
Private Sub cmd02_GotFocus()
Me.cmd02.BorderStyle = 1
End Sub
Is it possible to highlight the specific control, and if so, then how? If not, then why not?
Thank you for your time.
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If you create a form on a table that has 1-M relationship with another table, MS-Access creates the form containing the fields of the "1" side as text boxe, etc. and for the M-Side, a tabular structure is created.
What is the name of the control representing the tabular structure? (it is some kind of a list but it is not like the list you select from the tool box!). This control does not have a click event. Why? It only has ON ENTER and ON LEAVE events, so how to capture the current row?
It is a form within the main form AKA sub-form. Although it appears to be a grid-view (Access call it datasheet view), it isn't. Therefore it does not have row based events. However, the sub-form has all the events like a normal form would.
There are few limitations in this "dataSheetView", no other controls are visible except text boxes. If you need a button, you must have a textbox with click events. Ideally place the textbox as first/last column so you have your action buttons.
Access also has a "ContinuousFormView" which can be decorated like a gridview with all custom controls. Again, they are forms and do not have row based events. Only control based or form based.
The object next to the question mark is a Subform/Subreport Container Control. As its name implies, it is a container that holds other objects which can be a table, query, form, or report. This control is also available for selection from the 'toolbox'.
Best to give the container control a name different from the object it holds, like ctrDocuments.
What do you mean by 'capture' the current row? A row is not referenced, fields and controls are referenced. Several ways to approach referencing fields and controls (if a form or report) of the dependent object. How depends on where you want to run the code. In a query? In the main form events? In the subform events? For example code in Click event of a button on the main form could be like:
strDoc = Me.ctrDocuments.DocPK
I have two sub forms embedded in control (the one that looks like a set of folders allowing you to change from tab to tab.. Sorry I don't know the name in English)..
Both sub forms are embedded on one sheet, I would like that immediately after executing a routine, I wrote on one of the subforms, that the set focus then goes to the other sub form.
For some strange reason I can't get it to work. The sub form and field I'm trying to go to are frmObjectives03 and Effective_date.
I tried:
Forms!frmObjectives03!Effective_date.Form.SetFocus
but it doesn't work.
I would appreciate any insight.
Thank you,
The control you speak of is a Tab control.
Because frmOjective03 is opened as a subform, it is not part of the Forms collection. Instead you can use Forms!MainForm!frmObjectives03.Form!Effective_date.SetFocus from anywhere, or Me!frmObjectives03.Form!Effective_date.SetFocus from within the main form or Me.Parent.Form!frmObjectives03.Form!Effective_date.SetFocus from the sibling subform.
If these are not working for you, please check the name of the subform control in your main form (because it may be Child17 instead of frmOjective03). Open the main form in design view, click on the subform ONCE and look in the Properties->Other->name.
Creating combo boxes in Access is easily enough. However, drop-down lists are slightly easier for users when there's no need to edit or add values to the list.
Is there a property I can set to make a combo box control manifest as a drop-down list? Is there a custom ActiveX control available with drop-down style?
See whether the combo box .Dropdown method gets you close to what you need. I cribbed this example from the Access help topic:
Private Sub SupplierID_GotFocus()
Me!SupplierID.Dropdown
End Sub
If I am understanding your phrase "manifest as a drop-down" correctly, I think you mean that you want to restrict the user to selecting from a set of pre-populated options only.
Provide a List of Approved Values to Select
For example, if you want them to select a Month, and there are only twelve valid entries Jan-Dec, you can provide a list of months from a query, table, or direct input into the Combo Box's Row Source property.
Keep the User from Adding New Values or Editing Existing Values
What I think you may mean by "manifesting as a List Box" is that you can also then restrict the user to only selecting from your provided values by setting the Limit to List property of the Combo Box to Yes. Setting this property will restrict your users to your list, and not allow edits or new list entries. Remember to take addition steps if you need to make sure the user has selected one of your list values.
Use Dropdown and an Event like On Got Focus together
The Dropdown method "opens" the list so that the user can see the available options. For example, you can set it to the control's On Got Focus Event property so that the user will see some or all available options when the focus is set to this control.
Best of luck!
Does microsft office access have this function when i select the row from the subform,
the selected data from EmpName, ComputerName & ProductName will automatically fill into my 2 textbox at the top right and the product Name will be another combobox to select product.
Another thing is, Is it possible to do CRUD upon selection in subform?
what kind of tag should i goggle for to answer my question? I tried a lot of different tags aldy but none answers my question.
The short answer is yes. ;) You can do all those things. I well remember the day I realized that I could do anything in MS Access. (now be kind this was the first experience I had in programming)
You can reference Parent controls from subforms with this convention Me.Parent.control
For example if the Parent form has a text box named txtEmployeeId then on the Click event of a text box in the sub form you could have this code.
Me.Parent.txtEmployeeID = Me.txtEmployeeID
You can quickly extend this code to do whatever you need ie.
Me.Parent.txtComputerName = Me.ComputerName
Me.Parent.cboProductName = Me.ProductName
CRUD is a statement used in web development which seems to be where you are coming from. Access is CRUD in many ways (unless you start getting complicated) In the example above, once you navigate off the parent record with the record selector or close the form, the record is saved without any code being written. Once you start playing around with unbound controls then it becomes necessary to write code to save your work.
I have a form (FORM-A) that requires the user to select a vehicle.
The user should click on a button on FORM-A that say's select vehicle.
A selection form (FORM-B) should open where the user can select a vehicle.
The selected value should be communicated back to FORM-A.
How would you accomplish this in MS Access 2010?
FORM-B is a continuous form that contains a picture of the vehicle and some other information.
From what I understand from your question, you want formB to open a kind of pop-up. When the pop-up is closed, its result is put somehere in the calling form.
Solution proposal:
a) open FormB using syntax docmd.openform "formB", windowmode:=acDialog.
This will prevent execution of the next lines until formB is closed or hidden.
b) in the OK button of FormB, just hide the form, do not close it.
c) when code resumes in formA, you can now
check if formB is still open. If not, it's been cancelled
read the value in hidden formB (still open), then close formB
Otherwise, you could also have formB to update a control in formA before closing. But I don't like that approach because then formB is not reusable, and it creates an unnecessary dependency between formB and formA.
I am not sure why you would need a separate form for this - just have the first textbox be a listing of all the records of vehicles in the database, where you would select one, and the rest of the vehicle information is auto-populated from the vehicle table, but not copied into your parent table. Of course, I am not sure of your table structure either, so there might be a reason for this method that isn't apparent to me.
The benefits of the method above is that if you add more vehicles, your selection box is automatically updated - and you keep the forms you have to load to a minimum (always a good performance move)
You can reference the forms in this manner forms!formName!controlName.
Once you see how this works you will be able to fool with it to get it working with your existing setup. Let’s use 3 controls a text box on Form-A, an image on Form-B and a text box on Form-B. The text box on Form-A will be named txtVehicle, the image on Form-B will be named imgVehicle and the text box on Form-B will be named txtVehicleName.
You can set the name of a control within properties. When you click on imgVehicle it will put the value from txtVehicleName into txtVehicle.
You will have to do a little coding - it's easy though if you have not done it before. Under properties for the image you will see events. If you click on the "On Click" event you will get a drop down list. One of the choices will be [Event Procedure] - choose that. A little button with 3 dots on it will also show up at the end of the row. Click it and you should be taken to a code window with some code like this in it.
Private Sub imgVehicle_Click()
End Sub
Here is where you put your code. Something like this should work. This is it in its most simplistic form.
Private Sub imgVehicle_Click()
Forms!Form-A!txtVehicle=forms!Form-B!txtVehicleName
End Sub
Now although that will work, there are a few things that we should be doing in this method that we are not. We should reference Form-B directly since we are in it, we should verify that Form-A is in fact open.
Private Sub imgVehicle_Click()
If currentproject.allforms(“Form-A”).isloaded then
Forms!Form-A!txtVehicle=me!txtVehicleName
End if
End Sub
Hope that helps
You can create an instance of formB within formA and control it. Below is the VBA code for formA. When clicking on a button on formA, you create a new instance of formB and give it focus. At the same time, you can set properties for its controls. You can use this approach to set the right picture in your control on form B. Hope this helps.
Example:
Option Compare Database
Dim fB As Form_FormB
Private Sub btnA_Click()
Set fB = New Form_FormB
fB.SetFocus
fB.tbxB.Text = "Some text sent from A to B!"
End Sub
If you want both forms to be visible all the time, I suggest using a subform with the list of all the vehicles or just details for the one that the user selected.