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.
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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 want to make a report where, after loading and rendering, the user gets a textbox where they can enter in a value. Then, I want to add a link to another report where it takes the value from the textbox and uses it as a parameter. Is this possible?
It's not elegant but....
You can do this but you would have to add the text box as a normal parameter in your first report.
You would then add the second report as a subreport (*see comments at end) and have it hidden if your textbox parameter is empty. You main report would only be visible if the textbox parameter is NOT empty.
So first run the report shows the main report with the subreport hidden, user then fills in the textbox parameter and hits view report, this will re-run the report but as the textbox now has a value, the main report will be hidden and the subreport visible.
You don't have to use subreports, you could just build two distinct parts of the report to show/hide but subreports might make it easier to manage and faster.
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]
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)
I am pulling my hair here.
I want to link 2 subform fields to a field in the main form.
I used Parent.MyFieldName.Column(3) for the control source of the first subform field and it is displayed fine. The Row source of my second subform field is using the first subform field as a criteria for its query.
The problem is that this combobox remains empty when I use the above code but is populated if I give the first field a constant value.
Feels like the combobox is getting filled before the retrieval of data from the first subform field.
I tried moving the above code form control source to default value but then both fields remain empty.
What am I doing wrong?
I have found the main reason why things weren't working - Subform controls load before the rest of the main form. This means that at the time my subform dropdown menu seeks the data in the other form fields they still haven't appeared and thus I am left with an empty dropdown menu.
I solved this by removing the sourceobject of the subform control and adding
Me!Subform1.SourceObject = "SubformOtpuskaneIzhMat"
In some events in the main form.