Edited / re-written due to jmcilhinney's comment...
I have a project which uses several DGVs bound to an Access db. The form designer show 3 data sets for some reason, even though the solution explorer shows only one and all the tables are shown in that one data set's designer.
I can edit the first DGV but not another on the same form, the first is filled with the following...
Me.PingMonitorPLC_IPsTableAdapter.Fill (Me.PingMonitorDataSet.PingMonitorPLC_IPs)
And the other is filled with the following code...
Me.ActiveAlarmsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.PingMonitorDataSet1.ActiveAlarms)
jmcilhinney's comment is that I must be doing something wrong, the form load event only runs the code listed above.
I dont know why I have 3 data sets listed on the form designer and I am too scared to go deleting things as I have lost an entire project before because I corrupted the designer by deleting controls etc.
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I am building a database for breeding geckos. I am trying to change the record source and source objects to use a different database and some different sub forms. Without changing the setting of the combo box it defaults to leopard geckos. It's going back that is an issue.
The code is:
Forms!MainForm.RecordSource = "LGMain"
OffspringList.SourceObject= "LGOffspringsub"
This changes it back to the Leopard Geckos main database and the subform back to show the offspring. The other sub forms work fine when switched back, just this continuous one is blank. I've tried several ways to requery, refresh, change records, nothing works. Can you please advise
Firstly, I apologise for my terminology and sometimes stupidity, as I am completely self/internet (mostly on here) taught. I've been developing an app for the past few years, mostly to help me with work, and more for kicks and giggles. I have now run into a problem that has me stumped! So I am calling out for any suggestions please :)
Okay, some background, I use colours on all forms to identify blocks of data based on an ID - it looks pretty, okay; and sometimes it's a quick identifier of which block the data belongs to when skimming through tables. So I have a form where I or the user can change these colours to whatever suits their eyes, needs etc. and there is a table that holds this information. Now these colours are applied using the 'Conditional Formatting' (when ID = 1 then background this colour, font that colour, etc). When a Form is opened in the FormLoad() code there is a check to see if the colours have been changed and if so then a module is called which updates all the 'Conditional Formats' on the Form (I should add here that it's only applied to the tables on the form), and everything looks pretty and more important works! Now this process is relatively slow (a couple of seconds on some forms), too slow to run every time the form is opened. So ages ago I found a way to force Access to save the design, including the 'Conditional Formatting':
DoCmd.RunCommand (acCmdDesignView)
Forms!PrePlanner!BtnHelp.Caption = "Help"
DoCmd.Save acForm, "PrePlanner"
DoCmd.Close acForm, "PrePlanner", acSaveYes
This works perfectly on some forms but not on other!!
At first I thought it was something to do with the subForms, as it WASN'T working on all the forms that have subForms and the ones it was working on had no subForms... So I copied one of a simple subForms (a recently created form) which can open as a normal form, made changes to the colours opened the TEST form, the colours updated as expected, closed the form with the above code and the Formatting WASN'T saved! :( (If I change the Help Button to say "Help!" this change IS saved)
The Forms that don't save with the above code are also the most recent Forms that I have designed, the ones that do save are older forms (a couple years old and designed on a different computer but the same version of Access). I copied one of these older Forms, changed the colours, etc etc and this it DID save!!!
I've been through and compared all the properties of a working form and a nonworking form and nothing, I've tried exporting and importing... Please any thoughts would really help my sanity!!
Thanks in advance
....I forgot to say that I'm using Access 2016 on a 64bit Windows 10 machine.
Additional Info.
Having played around this morning, I created a new form (from scratch) configured the records so that the Conditional Formatting can be applied, etc. Opened the new form the Conditional Formatting was updated, the form closed and saved. Upon reopening the new form everything was as it should be the Conditional Formatting was saved. So I then add a subForm, and tried again, the Conditional Formatting was updated, the from closed BUT this time without saving the Conditional Formatting!! I then removed the subForm and repeated the test, this time the Conditional Formatting was saved.
So it seems to be something to do with subForms, what changes to the form properties does adding a subForm trigger that would stop the Conditional Formatting from being saved? Is this a quirk in Access?
Thanks again.
Have you tried running your code to apply the formatting while the form is in design view? It seems like conditional formatting and properties don't save when updated via VBA while the form is in normal view mode. I've had good luck reopening the form in design, running the code, and then saving the form.
Building a Maintenance log book in access. Had to redo a data entry form so I started over with a new form in a new database then copied some working code from the old form to the new. In doing so I changed the names of a couple of combo boxes in the new form in order to keep things consistent. Problem is, the code I copied has the old name of some of the combo boxes and I can't change those names to the new names. The new names don't present when using autofill, just the old ones. Is there a way to correct that.(Easy, I Hope)
Example: in the old form the name of a combo box was actionCB. In the new form the box is named ActionCB, but now any code I write uses the old name.
This might be happening because you have compilation errors. Try compiling the application and fixing any errors. Or possibly this could happen if you happened to be stepping through the code at the same time (but I doubt it from your description)? Also VBA is beautiful in the fact that almost always you can make code changes while stepping through the code... but I've experienced the changes not saving from time to time.
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As to your second question below in the comments. You can view and select a Form or Reports controls by using the Forms Property Sheet. If you look at the combobox at the very top of the property sheet it lists all Form or Report controls. You can select these objects by simply selecting them from the combobox.
Access is not case sensitive
"Example: in the old form the name of a combo box was actionCB. In the
new form the box is named ActionCB, but now any code I write uses the
old name."
If you're code is not updating to reflect the "ActionCB" name automatically, then you're probably trying to reference it where it's not available. This isn't going to generate an error if you don't have Option Explicit statement at the top of your module.
It'll just assume you know what you're doing and assign it to a Variant data type.
Put Option Explicit at the top of all your modules, and the debug | compile untill all errors are fixed.
To start, I am using Access 2003 and have a similar project that works correctly that I designed.
I am stumped as to why a particular field will not change dynamically like every other field until I "refresh".
Currently I have a task list that lists all items that need to be works. Containing a Status: New, Open, Closed; The account number, person who is working it and more.
The tasklist is just a form with a subform with a datasheet view that opens the task when you double click it. If a user opens a task, that task will be locked until they move on. If any information that is viewed in the task list is changed, it dynamically updates, all but the Status (which really is the most important) until the user manually refreshes it.
Does anyone know what I need to look for that would cause this? The Status is stored as an integer that joins with it's true value. I thought this may be the reason, however I have a similar tool I designed does not have this issue.
I've look into how they are joined, the code that changes this value, everything seems the same between the working and not working.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance.
edit any fields that are JOINED, do not seem to dynamically update until I hit refresh. However, the other database has this working. What am I missing that is different between them.
Solved.
I changed the object displaying the field from a textbox to a combobox, showed two columns with widths 0";1" and it works.
I have a VB windows Form project that connects to several DataTables in an Access DB. On my form I have several textboxes, comboboxes and datetimepickers that are bound to those sources. With one table in particular when I try to update the tableadapter after editing one of the textboxes the update method fails. No exceptions are thrown, but the update method returns a zero value and the data is not updated. The update will work when just the comboboxes or datetimepickers are edited, but as soon as a textbox is edited also, update will not work.
Other DataTables within the project are set up in the same manner but are not having update issues. I can't figure out what about this one particular table is causing an issue. Can anyone give me any thoughts on where or what to troubleshoot?
Thanks!
try adding another textbox or other control pointed to the same source and see if you can get that one to update. Could be something funky with the control's settings that you're missing, and if you start over, it would be fine.