Take a record value from a subform and use gotorecord in the Mainf

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Chilidog

I'm trying to pass a value from my subform and have the mainform display that
record. I have tried:

Me.Parent![mymainform].SetFocus
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_frm_Subform

That ends with a invalid use of Me keyword.

I have also passed the record number to an textbox on the mainform and then
tried
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_now_on_Mainform

And get "Cannot go to that specifed record.

Any help would be very appreciated.
 
S

strive4peace

Hi Chilidog (what is your name?)

are you trying to echo a value from the current record in the subform
or, for instance, from a calculated control in the subform footer

if one of the above, you can
1. make a textbox on the main form
2. set the controlsource to -->
=[subform_controlname].form.[controlname]

WHERE
subform_controlname is the Name property of the subform control
controlname is the Name property of the control containing the value you
wish to display

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*
 
C

Chilidog

Crystal,

Thanks for taking a look. I have a field called ID that is populated on my
subform, I want to be able to pass that "ID" value to my mainform and have it
become the current record on the mainform. I guess the problem is how I sync
the ID (autonumber) field to what Access sees as the rowsource. E.g I pass
the ID value of 100 and get some random record on my Mainform. As such:


DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, ID

Thus my ID value <> what Access sees as the record source... I really hope
that makes sense.

Thanks again!

Scott


strive4peace said:
Hi Chilidog (what is your name?)

are you trying to echo a value from the current record in the subform
or, for instance, from a calculated control in the subform footer

if one of the above, you can
1. make a textbox on the main form
2. set the controlsource to -->
=[subform_controlname].form.[controlname]

WHERE
subform_controlname is the Name property of the subform control
controlname is the Name property of the control containing the value you
wish to display

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*



I'm trying to pass a value from my subform and have the mainform display that
record. I have tried:

Me.Parent![mymainform].SetFocus
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_frm_Subform

That ends with a invalid use of Me keyword.

I have also passed the record number to an textbox on the mainform and then
tried
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_now_on_Mainform

And get "Cannot go to that specifed record.

Any help would be very appreciated.
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S

strive4peace

Hi Scott,

you're welcome

are you trying to find an existing record on the main form? If so, try
this:

'~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'save current record if it has changed
if me.dirty then me.dirty = false

if me.NewRecord then
msgbox "You are not on a current record",,"No current record"
exit sub
end if

with me.parent
'find the first value that matches
.RecordsetClone.FindFirst "ID = " & me.ID

'if a matching record was found, then move to it
If Not .RecordsetClone.NoMatch Then
.Bookmark = .RecordsetClone.Bookmark
End If
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WHERE
ID is the fieldname on the mainform and the subform -- btw, you really
should change ID to something specific like OrderID or SalesID or
CustID, ...

If not, then you should create the mainform record FIRST -- so make your
subform the mainform

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*



Crystal,

Thanks for taking a look. I have a field called ID that is populated on my
subform, I want to be able to pass that "ID" value to my mainform and have it
become the current record on the mainform. I guess the problem is how I sync
the ID (autonumber) field to what Access sees as the rowsource. E.g I pass
the ID value of 100 and get some random record on my Mainform. As such:


DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, ID

Thus my ID value <> what Access sees as the record source... I really hope
that makes sense.

Thanks again!

Scott


strive4peace said:
Hi Chilidog (what is your name?)

are you trying to echo a value from the current record in the subform
or, for instance, from a calculated control in the subform footer

if one of the above, you can
1. make a textbox on the main form
2. set the controlsource to -->
=[subform_controlname].form.[controlname]

WHERE
subform_controlname is the Name property of the subform control
controlname is the Name property of the control containing the value you
wish to display

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*



I'm trying to pass a value from my subform and have the mainform display that
record. I have tried:

Me.Parent![mymainform].SetFocus
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_frm_Subform

That ends with a invalid use of Me keyword.

I have also passed the record number to an textbox on the mainform and then
tried
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_now_on_Mainform

And get "Cannot go to that specifed record.

Any help would be very appreciated.
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C

Chilidog

That worked PERFECTLY!!! Thanks so much, I really appreciate it!

strive4peace said:
Hi Scott,

you're welcome

are you trying to find an existing record on the main form? If so, try
this:

'~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'save current record if it has changed
if me.dirty then me.dirty = false

if me.NewRecord then
msgbox "You are not on a current record",,"No current record"
exit sub
end if

with me.parent
'find the first value that matches
.RecordsetClone.FindFirst "ID = " & me.ID

'if a matching record was found, then move to it
If Not .RecordsetClone.NoMatch Then
.Bookmark = .RecordsetClone.Bookmark
End If
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WHERE
ID is the fieldname on the mainform and the subform -- btw, you really
should change ID to something specific like OrderID or SalesID or
CustID, ...

If not, then you should create the mainform record FIRST -- so make your
subform the mainform

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*



Crystal,

Thanks for taking a look. I have a field called ID that is populated on my
subform, I want to be able to pass that "ID" value to my mainform and have it
become the current record on the mainform. I guess the problem is how I sync
the ID (autonumber) field to what Access sees as the rowsource. E.g I pass
the ID value of 100 and get some random record on my Mainform. As such:


DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, ID

Thus my ID value <> what Access sees as the record source... I really hope
that makes sense.

Thanks again!

Scott


strive4peace said:
Hi Chilidog (what is your name?)

are you trying to echo a value from the current record in the subform
or, for instance, from a calculated control in the subform footer

if one of the above, you can
1. make a textbox on the main form
2. set the controlsource to -->
=[subform_controlname].form.[controlname]

WHERE
subform_controlname is the Name property of the subform control
controlname is the Name property of the control containing the value you
wish to display

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*




Chilidog wrote:
I'm trying to pass a value from my subform and have the mainform display that
record. I have tried:

Me.Parent![mymainform].SetFocus
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_frm_Subform

That ends with a invalid use of Me keyword.

I have also passed the record number to an textbox on the mainform and then
tried
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_now_on_Mainform

And get "Cannot go to that specifed record.

Any help would be very appreciated.
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S

strive4peace

you're welcome, Scott ;) happy to help

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*



That worked PERFECTLY!!! Thanks so much, I really appreciate it!

strive4peace said:
Hi Scott,

you're welcome

are you trying to find an existing record on the main form? If so, try
this:

'~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'save current record if it has changed
if me.dirty then me.dirty = false

if me.NewRecord then
msgbox "You are not on a current record",,"No current record"
exit sub
end if

with me.parent
'find the first value that matches
.RecordsetClone.FindFirst "ID = " & me.ID

'if a matching record was found, then move to it
If Not .RecordsetClone.NoMatch Then
.Bookmark = .RecordsetClone.Bookmark
End If
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WHERE
ID is the fieldname on the mainform and the subform -- btw, you really
should change ID to something specific like OrderID or SalesID or
CustID, ...

If not, then you should create the mainform record FIRST -- so make your
subform the mainform

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*



Crystal,

Thanks for taking a look. I have a field called ID that is populated on my
subform, I want to be able to pass that "ID" value to my mainform and have it
become the current record on the mainform. I guess the problem is how I sync
the ID (autonumber) field to what Access sees as the rowsource. E.g I pass
the ID value of 100 and get some random record on my Mainform. As such:


DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, ID

Thus my ID value <> what Access sees as the record source... I really hope
that makes sense.

Thanks again!

Scott


:

Hi Chilidog (what is your name?)

are you trying to echo a value from the current record in the subform
or, for instance, from a calculated control in the subform footer

if one of the above, you can
1. make a textbox on the main form
2. set the controlsource to -->
=[subform_controlname].form.[controlname]

WHERE
subform_controlname is the Name property of the subform control
controlname is the Name property of the control containing the value you
wish to display

Warm Regards,
Crystal

Access Basics
8-part free tutorial that covers essentials in Access
http://www.AccessMVP.com/strive4peace

*
:) have an awesome day :)
*




Chilidog wrote:
I'm trying to pass a value from my subform and have the mainform display that
record. I have tried:

Me.Parent![mymainform].SetFocus
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_frm_Subform

That ends with a invalid use of Me keyword.

I have also passed the record number to an textbox on the mainform and then
tried
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "mymainform", acGoTo, recordID_now_on_Mainform

And get "Cannot go to that specifed record.

Any help would be very appreciated.
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