Forms![HiddenUserCheck]![txtStatus]
It appears that there is a form called HiddenUserCheck and there is a textfield called txtStatus
But what do the ! mean between the words?
The actual code is
If Forms![HiddenUserCheck]![txtStatus] = "Sign In" Then
When I debug it and mouse over the words, it says Null
! is used to reference one member of a collection ... CollectionName!MemberName
Forms is the name of a collection whose members are Form objects, and includes those forms which are currently open in your Access session.
A Form has a collection of Control objects. So appending !ControlName to the form reference gets you a reference to that control.
So Forms![HiddenUserCheck]![txtStatus] refers to a control named txtStatus in a form named HiddenUserCheck which is open in your Access session.
What you get from that reference is the control's default property, Value ... the value contained in that control.
One of the hardest things "n00bs" have with Access is trying to determine when to use the bang (!) and when to use the dot (.). Take a look at this blog for some tips. One solid guide is this: If the object exists, use a dot. If the object is user-created, use the bang.
So:
Forms![HiddenUserCheck]![txtStatus]
and:
Forms![HiddenUserCheck]![txtStatus].Text
Note: "Text" exists in Access, and so is preceded by a dot. HiddenUserCheck and txtStatus are user-created words, and so are preceded by a bang.
Forms refers to the collection of all forms, HiddenUserCheck is a form in the group of all forms, and txtStatus is a field on HiddenUserCheck form. The !s are a way of seperating that info out. Forms!HiddenUserCheck!txtStatus equates to "The txtStatus field in the form HiddenUserCheck in the collection of all forms. !
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I'm quite new to VBA and I've been looking around but cannot seem to find a solution to my problem.
I have made a navigation form (frmNavigation) with 3 buttons, each referring to a different form, let's call them frm1, frm2 and frm3. In the navigationform the control buttons to switch between tabs are all named differently (btn1, btn2, btn3), but the subform that shows either frm1, frm2, or frm3 has the same name: “NavigationSubform” (this shows a different form depending on which tab is clicked on, based on the 'navagation target name' referring to frm1, frm2 and frm3).
When I want to refer to a textbox (txtBox1) on form 1 (first tab) and insert a value i can do this by:
Forms!frmNavigation!NavigationSubform.Form!txtBox1.Value = "insert awesome text"
But how would I refer to txtbox10 on the second tab (frm2)? Just using the following does not work:
Forms!frmNavigation!NavigationSubform.Form!txtBox10.Value
You then get the error 2465 (can't find the field).
I’ve been trying many different things, but can’t seem to get it right. So how do I refer to a textbox on a different tab than the first one?
Help us much appreciated!
Only one subform can be loaded at once. So you've just got to break this process into two steps.
Store the value from txtBox1 somewhere outside of the NavigationSubforms (a textbox on the parent form with visible = no, a global variable or a table works).
In frm2's On Load event, set txtbox10 to be the value you stored.
Just note, that you will need to add conditions in the On Load event if you want to avoid that textbox being set to an empty string or a wrong value if you have a setup where your filter is changing.
I am using a textbox for the header of my report, and based on what the user selects it will be "Baseline 8", "Baseline 9", etc. What I would like to do is have the text box coded so whatever number the user selects is entered into the text box. I managed to do it by using two text boxes, one just says "baseline" and the other text box says "=[Forms]![Navigation Form]![NavigationSubform]![Combo21]" and it will enter the correct value. But what I want to do is put it all in one box, and when I put "Baseline =[Forms]![Navigation Form]![NavigationSubform]![Combo21]" in the text box it doesn't work, it just leaves the code as the header when I generate the report. Is there something I'm not doing correctly?
First of all, when you state that a "textbox says", you really mean that "the Control Source property of the textbox equals." For a textbox (and some other controls), the value that you see on the actual form IS the Control Source property. I am not being picky for its own sake, rather it is important to recognize what value you are editing.
The Control Source property can essentially contain two types of values. The first is without an equals sign and it indicates the name of a field from the form Record Source. In that case, it binds the control to the field directly so that it automatically loads from the field and saves changes back to the field.
The second type of value always starts with =. It is a VBA code expression and can include calls to functions and other VBA operators. In your case, you want to concatenate (i.e. combine) two strings: one literal "Baseline" and one pulled from an access object [Forms]![Navigation Form]![NavigationSubform]![Combo21], so you need to use the string concatenation operator &.
="Baseline " & [Forms]![Navigation Form]![NavigationSubform]![Combo21]
I my form I have some input controls which are bounded with controller's scope data. Based on users selection I am bounding selected item by using ng-model to input controls.
I am validating those inputs by using ng-maxlength ,minlength ,ng-pattern and other inbuilt validation directives.
Class for highlighting the invalid values.
.ng-invalid { border-color:red; }
But when user wants to add a new product, then I am creating an empty object and adding it to controller's scope data.
At the very first time while creating new item I don't want to highlight every thing with red, because very thing is empty.
Is there any way by which I can highlight invalid input on their focus and after it will show as invalid until use put some valid values in it.
When use select any existing data then I am validating control at that movement.
You can use forms' $pristine as a condition for your classes.
I have a check box that when checked multiple boxes are disabled on my form.
Currently im using
With Me!Textbox
.Locked = True
Is there a method where I can list multiple objects within the With statement rather than writing out each time for every textbox
e.g.
With Me!Text1, Text2, Text3
It may be easiest to add something to the tag property to identify the relevant controls, "lock", say. Then you can iterate over the controls collection and lock anything with a tag set to "lock".
If for some reason it were mandatory to associate a <button> with more than one value, is there a good way to do it? For example ...
CSV:
<button value="Lancelot,Grail,blue">Answer</button>
JSON:
<button value="{'name':'Lancelot','quest':'Grail','color':'blue'}">Answer</button>
In the absence of a good way to do it, is there a traditional way?
Edit: another use case
Server M, the producer of the HTML, knows the user's current location and favorite genres, movie names, nearest theater, and next showtime. Server F knows how to query various 3rd party servers about how to get from point A to point B in order to arrive by time T. The user knows only the movie names: click Drag Me to Hell, and get the route. Server M could generate a form for each movie, with a single button showing the name of the movie and multiple hidden fields with the start and end locations and desired arrive-by time, but that would require a lot of repeated code. Every one of these one-button mini-forms would have the same method and action and the same hidden input field structure. Styling would be a collection of mini-forms rather than a collection of buttons, so FIELDSET and LEGEND are unavailable (because HTML forbids nested forms). Putting the parameters into the button's value attribute would be much tidier.
Well if you have to have a button element, why not use JavaScript to set a bogus property:
$('mybutton').compoundValue = { ... json ... };
and then reading the 'compoundValue's during form submit, etc.
Though really you might want to consider a group of checkboxes or some other form bits for what you're trying to accomplish.