In MS Access, how can I tab form the last field of the main form to the first field on the first subform? As it is, wen I tab form the last field of the main form it moves to the last used field (usually the last field) of the first subform. Similarly, from the last field of the first subform it tabs to the last used field og the second subfor in stead of the first field on the second subform.
Not a big thing, but I reckon it should be relatively easy to address.
Try to use On Enter and On Exit subform events for set focus on required field in main form
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I have three combo box controls(MFG, Code, and GrpID) in my VBA access form. Once the user selects an option from the first combo box (MFG), rest of combo boxes give me available options. But I need to do some validation i.e. what if the user decided to change the value of first combo box? The values of rest combo box should be cleared. All I need to do is once the first combo box is changed the second and third combo box need to be cleared out or at least set to focus on them so that users will realize that they can't use old values as first value is cleared in the first combo box. I added a code block 'AfterUpdate for first combo box as shown below:
Private Sub MFG_AfterUpdate()
Code.Value = " "
GrpID.Value = 0
End Sub
The problem after writing above code is: they don't get empty until they(Code and GrpID) get clicked. In other words, I need to click them to empty them every time I change the value of MFG. Can anyone direct me how do I clear them or at least focus them?
Set the combo to null to wipe any displayed value in them;
Me.Code = Null
Me.GrpID = Null
This assumes your combo controls are called the same as your field names.
Edit for clarity: Including the Me. makes sure your are changing the form control values. If your field names are the same as the controls then Access will change the underlying field values, and as you have discovered on your form these aren't reflected until you click in that fields bound control.
I am trying to reach the student ID within a form called studentsFrm embedded in a horizontal tab of the main form called Home.
So from outside the form, I need to call for a student number x and then the studentsfrm will go to this record.
Home form is open but the search for the student ID ( number ) is from outside the form, from another form.
Long story short, I need to open the main form (home), which contains a subform (studentsfrm) , pointing to a certain StudentID, the problem is, in the horizontal form tab, there is no child nor parent forms.
NB: I was trying to work with browseto I couldn't manage to find the right syntax, stuck in an run time error 6054, a valid path argument is of the form : Mainform1.subform1 > form1.subform1
So I've got form which has a subform which binds to some textbox on the form. Now within the subform how can I get access to the value in the "child field"?
Here is a good manual about referencing.
Okay, I found a solution to my problem: the textbox on the form was some content of the currently selected row of a table. Now I added an event to this form for changes of the row-selection (Form_Current) which calls a method which manually sets the textbox value directly via a column of the selected table-row like this:
[Forms]![MainForm]![SubForm].[Form]![SubSubForm].[Form].SomeTextBox.SetFocus
[Forms]![MainForm]![SubForm].[Form]![SubSubForm].[Form].SomeTextBox = [Forms]![MainForm]![SubForm].[Form]![SubSubForm].[Form]![SubSubFormTable].[Form]![NeededColumn]
When you link the subform inside Form the filter will work automatically just add the field belong to the child field(ChiledTable). if this not what you mean provide sample of DB.
I have an access form with a combobox for Suppliers. I have a '...' button control next to the combobox, which opens a new supplier form if the combobox is empty or goes to the selected supplier if its occupied. My issue is if the user selects a record and then realises its wrong and wants to add a new supplier.
When deleting the supplier name, either by delete button or backspace, the record seems to be still selected. However, the '...' button doesn't work. Trying to navigate away from the record means that I get an error saying You must enter a value in the Order.supplier_ID field.
Is there any way of clearing the selection easily?
Can I clear the selection without this error? Allowing the user to navigate away from the combobox and select the '...' button
Will I need VBA, and where do I even start?
Something like this should help you :
store the index of selected item
change it to the next one or the previous one
remove the item that was selected before
Here is the code :
Dim SelectedITM As Long
With Order.supplier_ID
SelectedITM = .SelectedItem
If SelectedITM <> .ListCount - 1 Then
.Selected (SelectedITM + 1)
Else
.Selected (SelectedITM - 1)
End If
.Items.Remove (SelectedITM)
End With
I have a continuous form - one of the fields on the form is RecordID.
I have a label on that form, that when clicked should produce a message box with the RecordID in it via VBA:
MsgBox Me.RecordID
The label is reproduced on each row of the Continuous Form, but will only reference the first record. Even though I can see the RecordID field is different in each row of the form, I always get the same result, in this case 80029.
What's up with that?
Me.RecordID refers to the RecordID of the current record, as indicated by the black triangle in the record selector:
A Label control on a form cannot receive the Focus, so when you click on the label in another record the current record does not change and you keep getting the same RecordID. Note that if you put the same code into the Click handler for a textbox (or some other control that can receive the Focus) then the current record will change and you'll get the RecordID of that record.