Push values from bound form to undound, edit, then pull back

[Dickie Black]

Hi,

I've seen answers to similar questions, but none of them quite work. I have
a main bound form with various bound controls. I wish to be able to click a
button which will do the following:

open another (unbound) form
populate with some of the values from the main form, so they can be edited
close the new form
transfer the edited values back.

I know about "DoCmd.OpenForm, "MyForm", , , , , acDialog " to pause the
code until the new form is hidden, but how do I then tell the new form to
use values from the main form?

If I try

Forms.SessionDesc.SessionDescText = Forms.[Session test].SessionDescText
Forms.SessionDesc.SessionPrimary = Forms.[Session
test].PrimaryLecturerText
Forms.SessionDesc.SessionSecondary = Forms.[Session
test].SecondaryLecturerText

I get "Object doesn't support this property or method" errors, whether this
code is in the OnClick event of the button, or the Form_Current event of the
unbound form.

I'm sure it's something relatively simple I'm missing...

Dickie

 

[Dickie Black]

Thanks, I knew it would be something that simple!

Dickie

you should be using exclamations to separate your object
names, not periods.
eg) Forms!SessionDesc!SessionDescText

Periods preceed a method or property name that has been
assigned by Access. Exclamations preceed an object name
that has been assigned by the user.
eg) Forms!SessionDesc.Requery

Good luck.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I've seen answers to similar questions, but none of them quite work. I have
a main bound form with various bound controls. I wish to be able to click a
button which will do the following:

open another (unbound) form
populate with some of the values from the main form, so they can be edited
close the new form
transfer the edited values back.

I know about "DoCmd.OpenForm, "MyForm", , , , , acDialog " to pause the
code until the new form is hidden, but how do I then tell the new form to
use values from the main form?

If I try

Forms.SessionDesc.SessionDescText = Forms.[Session test].SessionDescText
Forms.SessionDesc.SessionPrimary = Forms.[Session
test].PrimaryLecturerText
Forms.SessionDesc.SessionSecondary = Forms.[Session
test].SecondaryLecturerText

I get "Object doesn't support this property or method" errors, whether this
code is in the OnClick event of the button, or the Form_Current event of the
unbound form.

I'm sure it's something relatively simple I'm missing...

Dickie


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[John Vinson]

Forms.SessionDesc.SessionDescText = Forms.[Session test].SessionDescText

Use ! instead of . - it's confusing because they will both *often*
work interchangably but they're not quite interchangable. The ! refers
to an item in a collection (such as the Forms collection, or the
Controls collection of a form), and that's what you need here.