MS Access - VBA to select multiple listbox items - ms-access

I am using Access 2013.
I have an Access form that has multiple select listbox populated from another table and being saved to multi valued field.
I am selecting some values in multiselect listbox depending on a value of another field.
I can do this with the following code.
Private Sub Combo23_AfterUpdate()
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To Me.ListBox.ListCount - 1
If (Me.ListBox.Column(4, i) = "Criteria") Then
Me.ListBox.Selected(i) = True
End If
Next i
End Sub
This code Works OK, but does not save to the bound field. When i change the record and come nothing seems to be selected.
But if i select some values manually after runing VBA it updates the table.
Any ideas?

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Requery only one record in a datasheet view form (MS Access)

I have a rather simple looking problem but it turned out to be more complicated than I thought.
I have a field (column) in my subForm which is a ComboBox.
I have a field (column) in another subForm by which I would like to filter this comboBox.
Basically, the comboBox before filtering has some 600 records, too many to scroll by casual user. I created a simple subForm whose field is linked to a mainForm and this works perfectly (ie. the selected record-field-ID is displayed on mainForm).
Now what I want is that this comboBox is filtered by this record (ie. only showing relevant fields). The problem is that if I simply Requery it with this given filter, the other fields show up blank.
I want this filter to apply only to NEW RECORDS comboBox, not the whole datasheet view.
What I did is:
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Dim SQL As String
SQL = CurrentDb.QueryDefs("qrySekacie_Operacie").SQL
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Me.Sekacie_Operacie.Requery
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And when I select the record in my filter subForm:
Private Sub Form_Current()
Dim SQL As String
SQL = CurrentDb.QueryDefs("qrySekacie_Operacie").SQL
With Me.Parent.Form.subSekacie_Operacie_Modelu
.Form!Sekacie_Operacie.RowSource = SQL
.Form.Refresh
End With
End Sub
However, this workaround still shows "blank" records sometimes (I have to refresh the form by clicking different record) and I find it strange I had to go all the way to do this. Is there no simpler way of accomplishing this?
A couple of immediate things:
No need to refresh the whole sub form, just refresh the control.
Private Sub Form_AfterInsert()
' Me.Refresh ' replace this line with the following line
Me.Sekacie_Operacie.Refresh ' or is it Requery I can't remember
End Sub
The following code can be improved
Private Sub Form_Current()
Dim SQL As String
SQL = CurrentDb.QueryDefs("qrySekacie_Operacie").SQL
With Me.Parent.Form.subSekacie_Operacie_Modelu
.Form!Sekacie_Operacie.RowSource = SQL
.Form.Refresh
End With
End Sub
' by using code like this
Private Sub Form_Current()
Dim SQL As String
SQL = CurrentDb.QueryDefs("qrySekacie_Operacie").SQL
me.Sekacie_Operacie.RowSource = SQL
' I think the above line will cause the combo to refresh
' anyway (in some version of accees it might not,
' but, if needed add the following line
' me.Sekacie_Operacie.refresh
End Sub
The following line has the potential to produce and error
(perhaps when the main form is a new record)
WHERE Sekacie_Operacie.Operacia_ID = " & Me.Parent.Form!txtOP_ID
replace it with
WHERE Sekacie_Operacie.Operacia_ID = " & nz(Me.Parent.Form!txtOP_ID,0)
Note that adding such code will stop the subform from working independently of the main form and will require it to have a parent form.
You could get around this by using:
if not me.parent is nothing then
WHERE Sekacie_Operacie.Operacia_ID = " & nz(Me.Parent.Form!txtOP_ID,0)
end if
About your approach.
I find it a bit weird what you are doing. Consider this:
Say the query qrySekacie_Operacie returns 100 rows when run without any WHERE clause. When you are inserting a record into the subform you want to limit the combo by adding a WHERE clause that uses a value in the parent formMe.Parent.Form!txtOP_ID) , this might limit the number of rows displayed to 10.
It is worth noting that if any of the other rows in the subform contain value other than one of these 10 the combo will display a blank value. I think this is what you are experiencing.
My first question was why not use the on current event of the parent form to change the subform combo box SQL. It appears this is not what you need.
It appears that other values can exist in the dataset of the subform and that you only want certain value to be enterable in this subform but you want the subform to display any values that have been entered.
So that gets interesting. Here's what I would do:
Create a hidden combo control (with no control source) that is only visible when a new record is being entered. When this new combo is shown the other one is hidden.
Set up this new combo with the required SQL
use a before insert event to copy the value form the new combo to he old one.
Easy peezy?
Let me know ho you get on.
One other thing
I like to Ensure a subform encapsultes code that operates on it "private" controls.
As I general rule of thumb, where possible (which is 99% of the time), I like to try and keep subforms so that they will work as forms in their own right. They can be though of as an object, so if they work independently, it is an indication that their code has been encapsulated within their own code module.
So if the form has me.form.parent = nothing then the code behaves differently as it is a independent form.
So rather than the parent form code module having code that sets the SQL of the subforms combo, I would write a public sub in the subforms module (called SetComboSQL) that can be called (with the appropriate parameters. ie OPid ) to set the combo SQL.
To call the procedure in the parent form I would add
Private Sub Form_Current()
Me.MySubformControlName.Form.SetComboSQL(OPid:=Me.txtOP_ID)
End Sub
' note that intellisense won't pick up this proeprty BUT it will work. Use debugger to check it out.
I hope you find this tip useful (as it can be a massive headache saver. THE MOST BASIC OO PRINCIPAL is encapsulation. An object should own all the code that effects it's properties (and controls).

subform combobox rowsource update - how update drop down list

I have a treeview control on an MS Access form. A subform combo box control's list of values depends on the node selected in the treeview on the main form.
I am trying to achieve refresh of the combo box drop down list contents on the subform as follows:
Public Sub TreeView1_nodeClick(ByVal node As Object)
subForm.Controls("Bid").RowSource = "... newquery depending on tree node values ..."
subForm.Controls("Bid").Requery
End Sub
But oddly enough, this does not update the list of values.
A second click on the same node does update the list to the expected values; when another node is clicked the list again is wrong (it contains the list related to the next to last assigned rowsource, instead of related to the last one assigned).
Is there some delay in activating the combo box' rowsource?
What is the solution for this obnoxious problem?
OK found a solution for this myself - I don't particularly like it (*), but it does work, so I regard it as a temp workaround, until somebody else provides a solution using the royal route (setting rowsource and somehow make this have the desired effect).
I checked msdn site and found that it is also possible to use a self-defined function for the combobox list population. The easy part of this is the specification of the fact that Access will have to use that function: just enter the function name in the row Source Type property of the combo box, just the plain function name, without any = in front or () behind it.
Now for the less easy part - MS requires a specific format for the function and a specific content. Mine looks as follows:
Private Function customFuncName(fld As Control, id As Variant, row As Variant, col As Variant, code As Variant) As Variant
Dim rs As Recordset
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(... new query ...)
Select Case code
Case acLBInitialize
customFuncName = True
Case acLBOpen
customFuncName = 1
Case acLBGetRowCount
customFuncName = rs.RecordCount
Case acLBGetColumnWidth
customFuncName = -1
Case acLBGetValue
customFuncName = rs.GetRows(rs.RecordCount)(col, row)
End Select
End Function
See msdn.microsoft.com rowSourceType property and the link specific function code arguments on it.
(*) because of the obvious recordset overhead causing performance to drop - but since the list I show is max 40 rows it works fine for me

Tagging Records in a Continuous Form

In a continuous subform, I display records based on a DISTINCT query. Because it's distinct, each row does not include a record ID.
Does anyone know of a way to add a checkbox (or similar), so that a user can select any of the records, which will then be used to create new records via code?
I prefer to use a subform to a list, as it features lots of column sorting and filtering functions.
MTIA
Depending on what you need to create the records, something like this sample may suit:
Function DisplaySelectedCompanyNames()
Dim i As Long
Dim F As Form
Dim RS As Recordset
'' Get the form and its recordset.
Set F = Forms![Customers1]
Set RS = F.RecordsetClone
'' Move to the first record in the recordset.
RS.MoveFirst
'' Move to the first selected record.
RS.Move F.SelTop - 1
'' Enumerate the list of selected records presenting
'' the CompanyName field in a message box.
For i = 1 To F.SelHeight
MsgBox RS![CompanyName]
RS.MoveNext
Next i
End Function
Further information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208502
FYI, I decided to use the Windows ListView OCX control, as it offers the ability to add a checkbox for each row.