MS Access Double click event on query - ms-access

MS Access 2007, Win 7 32-bits
Is there a way where I can access an open query in datasheet view in access to get the current field value and current field name?
I won't put it into a form since it is a crosstab query and i'd have to generate and get rid of controls dynamically but i'm not fond of messing with forms controls that way with VBA. I know i can put a dynamic column report and bind an event on the controls but I'm asking if there are events or objects that can let me access directly the query.
Perhaps a recordset clone? But I haven't find anything on google.
Of course this is in VBA
Best regards,

It may be possible to work around your requirements. The crosstab is contained by a subform:
Source Object : Query.xtab
The Control Source for the two textboxes is:
Ctrl : =[screen].[activecontrol].[name]
Content: =[screen].[activecontrol]
Which means they show which ever column ans column contents the user selects in the crosstab subform. However, they will also show any other selected control on the form. ClickMe does not change the selected control, so the selected items remain the same in the textboxes.

You can also enter MacDermott's code for getting the current control's index, so the current control selected on the xtab query subform is displayed dynamically
Public Function ControlIndex(ctl as Control) as long
Dim i as Integer
For i=0 to Me.Controls.Count-1
if me.Controls(i) is ctl then
ControlIndex=i
exit for
end if
next
End Function
And finally this can help when changing from one control to another in the same record to keep the textboxes current.

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Force Combo Box List Update with VBA

I am working on an MS Access Form. I am trying to have a Combo Box on the form who's list is narrowed based on information earlier in the form. I have a Query saved in the database that gets the list properly.
The problem I am having is that the query is not called after each update of the form so the Combo Box's list is always what it was when the form was opened.
I have tried to force an update using Me.MyComboBox.Requery in the AfterUpdate event of the previous control but this only requeries the record source of theform, not the row source of the Combo Box.
I have also tried changing the row source property to force a requery but that did not work eithier:
Private Sub PreviusControl_AfterUpdate()
Me.MyComboBox.RowSourceType = "Table/Query"
Me.MyComboBox.RowSource = "qryDynamicComboSource"
End Sub
Thanks in advance!
It looks like everything you're doing is correct. Check your query design if it's actually changing based on your parameters.

Requerying a subform with unbound controls

I have a subform with unbound image controls that are being populated through code. I am using this subform to display search results when a SEARCH button is clicked. The problem is that I cannot refresh/requery the subform to reflect the current search status, except when I close and open again the form (subform) as a standalone/popup.
I tried this but failed to requery:
With Me.F_Person_Thumbnails_control
.SourceObject = Forms.F_Person_Thumbnails
End With
I will appreciate any help.
Joseph
Try accessing your unbound subform from the parent form.
' To Requery
me.mySubForm.form.requery
' To set a TextBox
me.mySubForm.form.controls("MyTextBox").value = "Test"
You can also access fields from your subform using the form.parent object, although I personally consider this a messier approach - since you are generating errors if the subform is opened by itself. Using the above approach lets you re-use the subform in other places in your database, with different logic (if required). Accessing parent object:
Me.MyTextBox.Value = Me.Parent.Form.Controls("IDNumber").Value

How to make Dlookup textbox writeable

I am working on forms and made a single form for data entry and search ( data extraction) but the problem is that i used Dlookup formula on some textboxes for ease in data entry but when i attemp to search access doesn't show data on that textbox and shows the error that the object is read only.
How can i get the textbox show data as well as have Dlookup formula?
Kindly help.
Many thanx
You can set the textbox value by code instead of putting the DLookup into the data source of the textbox.
Putting it into the data source means that you can't edit the textbox at runtime, as you experienced.
But you can set the value once in the Form_Open event, for example:
Private Sub Form_Open(Cancel As Integer)
Me.TheTextBox = DLookup(...)
End Sub
This will cause the textbox to be filled automatically when the form opens, but the textbox is editable and you can overwrite the value.

Setting Combobox.Selected programmatically, but I cannot get a selection to appear

So in MS Access 2010 I have a main form for viewing client details, and tabbed subform navigation with subforms showing information in different tables for said client. On one page, i have a combobox to select a date for viewing a testing session related to the client. I am trying to get the first combobox value to be selected automatically when the user goes to this tab and/or cycles through other users while viewing this tab. My simple VB code is below:
Private Sub Form_Current()
Me.DateOfScreening.Requery
Me.DateOfScreening.Selected(2) = True
End Sub
The requery command is executing (paging through different clients will update the combobox values, and commenting that line out stops that behavior, so I know this code block is getting executed), but the Selected command appears to not select anything.
I hope I am just missing something obvious
For some reason, setting the selected row index for a combo box has not behaved well for me.
Could you just set the combobox value directly, as in
Me.DateOfScreening = "yourValue"
Also, when referencing the control, you can use either
me.dateofScreening.column(0) 'if 0 is your bound col index
or maybe
me.dateofScreening.itemdata(0)
Also, could you do a debug.print(me.dateofScreening.column(0)) or msgbox (me.dateofScreening.column(0)) and let me know if it says anything.

How to set initial selections of controls in a MS access report on its load?

I have a MS Access 2007 report which is based on a query that has some parameters that can be modified by selecting values in listboxes that are in the header of the report. The flow is as follows:
A user selects parameters in listboxes
A user clicks "generate" button. I have an OnClick event attached to it, which goes through all the listboxes, picks up their selections, puts together an SQL statement and sets it as source for the underlying MS Access query.
The only way I could find to properly refresh the report was to first do Me.Requery and then close and reopen the report. Just Me.Requery was not enough.
After the report is reopened, all the selections in the listboxes are lost. But I have them saved in a variable and I would be able to set them back, but I cannot find a suitable event.
I tried Report Load, Open, Current events - none of them worked. For Current event, I see that the selection gets set but then is deselected immediately. Could anybody suggest me what other event could I try or maybe a slight different approach all together?
Seems to me this one could be easier by giving the user a form with those list box controls, let her make her selections there, and then pass the selection criteria as the WhereCondition parameter to DoCmd.OpenReport.
From that page, the WhereCondition parameter is "A string expression that's a valid SQL WHERE clause without the word WHERE".