Disappearing data in sync'd forms

[prototype]

I have a small sized text box in a form called frmMain. This text box may or
may not contain a large amount of text. If the text box does contain alot of
text I want to open up a new form called frmLargeText that contains a larger
text box to allow the user to easily see and edit the large amount of text. I
also need the two forms to stay in sync. i.e. if the user moves to a new
record then both forms move to the same record. I thought I could do this by
setting the recordset of frmLargeText to equal the recordset of frmMain as
follows:

Dim frm as Form_frmLargeText
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Set rst = Me.Recordset
Set frm = New Form_frmLargeText
Set frm.Recordset = rst
frm.Visible = True

This all works fine untill the user edits the data in frmLargeText. Here's
what happens.
1) User edits text box in frmLargText
2) User switches back to frmMain and edits a diferent field but as soon as
the user types something this field the original text in the field disappears.

Both forms are set to Record Locks = Edited Records.

Why is the original text disapering? Is there a way to prevent the original
text from disappearing?

Thanks,

 

[John W. Vinson]

I have a small sized text box in a form called frmMain. This text box may or
may not contain a large amount of text. If the text box does contain alot of
text I want to open up a new form called frmLargeText that contains a larger
text box to allow the user to easily see and edit the large amount of text.

An alternative approach is to train the user to hit Shift-F2 to open the built
in Zoom box.

I also need the two forms to stay in sync. i.e. if the user moves to a new
record then both forms move to the same record. I thought I could do this by
setting the recordset of frmLargeText to equal the recordset of frmMain as
follows:

Dim frm as Form_frmLargeText
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Set rst = Me.Recordset
Set frm = New Form_frmLargeText
Set frm.Recordset = rst
frm.Visible = True

This all works fine untill the user edits the data in frmLargeText. Here's
what happens.
1) User edits text box in frmLargText
2) User switches back to frmMain and edits a diferent field but as soon as
the user types something this field the original text in the field disappears.

Both forms are set to Record Locks = Edited Records.

Why is the original text disapering? Is there a way to prevent the original
text from disappearing?

You now have two completely independent and unrelated recordset objects, one
for each form.

John W. Vinson [MVP]