I have a two forms: "Cover" and "Form_1".
I have two comboboxes in "COVER". One contains a list of years and the second contains a list of names. The first one is of type Number and the second one is Text.
On the "Cover" there is a button which takes takes you to "Form_1" upon a button click.
"Form_1" contains the same two dropdown menus from "COVER" and it stores the exact values chosen from "CoveR".
The problem:
The problem is that it should be able to filter out specific data upon choosing specific values from the dropdown menus and then save. But it saves the chosen values from the dropmenu first and then filters out the data. So, the same data appears for 2011 and 2012.
It should be able to filter about the specific data first and then save.
Is there any way of doing this? for example, creating a "save" button so that it only saves upon a button click?
I think i figured out the solution:
Just link the fields to the comboboxes on click.
stLinkCriteria = "[Program_Name]='" & Me![Combo2] & "' AND [BudgetYear]=" & Me![Combo0]
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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 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.
Hey guys I have a many to many checkbox where a user can select many cities. I have a dropdown list above for selected state. I want to bring back only the regions that belong to that state that is selected.
thanks
Have you considered using a List and Details Screen instead of a dropdown list? You would just need to add both the states and cities tables to the advanced data section.
However, if you really need to use a drop down box, it is very complex but can be done.
You will need to begin a new search screen and lay it out as follows:
Create a group to start. You will need to 'add data item...' and choose Property, StateTable. Name this 'State' and add it to the group.
Create a second group. Again 'add data item...' Choose Query, CitiesTable (All). Name this StateCities. In the side panel, click 'edit query' next to StateCities and set it up as follows:
Return to your design screen by clicking the 'back to -screenname-' just above the filter statement. You should now see three bold items in the sidebar to the left. The first will be your StateTable, the second will be your StateCites query and the third will be your single State query.
Click the dropdown button for the StateCities query and you will see the query parameters at the bottom. You have a parameter called 'id'
Click on the Id parameter from the sidebar and change the parameter binding property (shown on the right hand side bar) to State.Id. If everything has been done correctly, this should hook up to your state query id field.
Once this is hooked up, you should be able to save your screen and run your program with the desired results!
I have a continuous form in Access 2010 with a delete button that shows for each record shown on the form. I only want the delete button enabled on the very last record shown. I am stumped how to do it. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.
In access there is only one instance of a component on any form - in continuous forms its just copied several times. The only way you can have anything different on any single row in a contiuous form is through data (obviously) and through conditional formatting of a data aware component: the textbox.
And the formatting options are also quite limited. So there are two options: EITHER use a textbox that has the same background as the form and create a conditional format that changes the backcolor for the last row OR create table (ID,PICTURE) with two rows - one with a transparent picture (ID=1) and one with the picture of a button (ID=2) - and link it in the recordsource (Somethig along the lines of: SELECT .... pic FROM yourtable INNER JOIN pictable ON pictable.ID = yourtable.isLastRecord ...
I have a combo box on a form that is linked to a SharePoint field, the combo box populates correctly however I am having difficulty trying to add VBA code to select all of the options or to unselect all options.
With a standard combo box you can use:
cmbBox1.value = ""
and that will reset the field. The same thing can be done with a list box that has multi-select enabled however this tosses an error, "This control is read-only and cannot be modified", with the combo box that has multi-select because of the lookup.
I have done some searching however no one seems to have a real answer other than to use a listbox instead and that isn't a solution here.
Has anyone worked with one of these fields and know how to select all of the options using VBA?
Here is a link describing this type of field but it does not discuss how to interact with it using VBA - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/use-a-list-that-stores-multiple-values-HA010031117.aspx.
UPDATE:
There has been some confusion about the type of field I was describing so I have added some screen captures to show the difference between a combo box that allows multiselect, a list box that allows multiple options and a combo box with the option added.
First the field I was describing:
Second the list box:
Lastly the combobox:
These images visualize the issue that was described. As you can see there are multiple check boxes that need to be selected or unselected. Normally I would not create a field like this but as described above this is how Access interprets a combobox from SharePoint that allows for multiple selections.
After a ton of searching and trial and error I figured it out.
To unselect all of the check boxes it is
cmbBox1.Value = Array()
So with this information I figured that to select items they have to be in an array. Creating an array with all of the items that are in the combo box and then setting the combo box equal to the array will select all of the items.
I used a basic loop to set each element of the array
Dim SelVals(), i
ReDim SelVals(0 to cmbBox1.ListCount - 1)
For i = 0 to cmbBox1.ListCount - 1
SelVals(i) = cmbBox1.Column(1,i)
Next i
cmbBox1.Value = SelVals
Obviously then you aren't limited to only using the entire contents - you could assign any array and those would be the values selected.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa140084(v=office.10).aspx
I beleive this covers what you are asking