I have a list that I will have users enter data into, each user needs to select their own location. First I created a drop down field with all the options. The column can be set to force unique values, but this doesnt check until the end when the user goes to save.
Is there a way to check if the users selection is already entered, immediately when the option is selected? (without having to hit save)
OR
Another option I tried was:
Create a separate list with two columns: name and saved. Call it Location_List
Create a view that displays all where saved = no on Location_list
Populate the options on the mainList from a look up the the Location_List. This works.
Add a workflow action to mainList that updates saved = yes on the Location_List. This part doesn't work. Does sharepoint allow this though?
Is there an easier way to accomplish this?
My second option worked, had simply forgotten to update the workflow setting to "Start automatically when item is created" for it to run accordingly.
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I have an UltraGrid in my project. Data can be entered into each cell, which is then saved to the database. I want to be able to disable all of the cells in the current row EXCEPT for one called Product_Code. Once data has been entered into the active row column (this is entered via a ValueList), I then want all of the other cells to become available for entering data into.
So far I have tried
If Me.ugProducts.ActiveRow.Cells("Product_Code").Value.ToString = "" Then
Me.ugProducts.ActiveRow.Cells("Product_Volume").Activation = Activation.Disabled
Else
Me.ugProducts.ActiveRow.Cells("Product_Volume").Activation = Activation.AllowEdit
End If
But to no success. When the project is built, all of the cells are immediately available to type into, despite no value having been entered.
Why is it not working? What is the best way to do this?
I saw a previous comment on here that has since been deleted, for some reason... However, one solve you can try is:
In the form load; add in ugProducts.DisplayLayout.Override.CellClickAction = CellClickAction.CellSelect - This will mean all of the cells are disabled, but you'll still be able to select the ValueList for Product_Code
Now, in the CellListSelect event of ugProducts, use the following code ugProducts.DisplayLayout.Override.CellClickAction = CellClickAction.Edit (After any validation checks or anything that you have in the method already, it will go in here somewhere, just keep trying things if you aren't too sure where)
Anyway, this should now let you fill them in as you wish.
I have a continuous form which displays a small amount of data from each record in my table ProjectT (i.e. project name, status) and a command button in the footer which I would like to open the selected record in its expanded single form (where all of the relevant info is displayed).
At first I set this button up using Access's wizard, but realized that Access opens a selected record by filtering the data on the form. The problem with this is that once the expanded form is opened, I want a user to be able to move to other records without having to select to unfilter the results. If I change the button on my continuous form to simply open the expanded single form, is there code I can run to make the form open to the selected record without putting a filter on?
Initially I thought to set the expanded form's (named ProjectF) default value to Forms!ProjectListF!ProjectID (where ProjectListF is the continuous form and ProjectID is the autonumber primary key for ProjectT), but this was not successful, I think because there is more than one ProjectID displayed on ProjectListF.
Another thing to consider is that I have another button on my Main Menu form which opens the ProjectF form in data entry mode to prevent the user inadvertently changing/deleting an existing record when they are trying to add a new one; I have no idea if this might be important when trying to find a solution to my issue.
I'm open to any suggestion--I have an okay handle on SQL, and have delved into a little VBA but am completely self taught. Any ideas? Thanks!
You can open the detailed form with this command:
DoCmd.OpenForm "ProjectF", , , "[ProjectID] = " & Me!ProjectID.Value & ""
Goal:
To create a database with documentation about drivers. The idea is to create both vendor and protocol entries, and to link them, as follows: Inside the protocol creation form, I would like to select which vendor supports this protocol.
Approach:
I used the Create your own! button to create the following 2 Applications:
Vendors
Protocols
Inside the protocol creation page I've put a Database List field. With the following properties:
Name = vendors
Display type = select
Multiple select = false
hibernate query : I left this field blank.
xwiki class name = VendorsCode.VendorsClass
ID field name = doc.name
value field name : I left this field blank.
Problem:
To my surprise this works, but not entirely. When I open the form to add a protocol, in the vendor dropdown list there are now not only vendors but also a couple of other objects such as : "Blog.BlogIntroduction". Obviously I don't want that in the list. Why is it in there, and how can I get it out ?
I tried to add the value doc.name in the value field name box as well. But that actually only makes it worse. Now the list only contains "Blog.BlogIntroduction".
Notice that this is a clean fresh installation of xwiki. There's nothing special in this database.
What is going on here?
What you see is the default value for the select item in the Database List, as it is stored in the template page for "Protocol" objects.
A new Database List is initialized to show a list of blog posts, by having a default value of Blog.BlogPostClass for the "XWiki Class Name". (You can try this by creating a new Database List field in step 2 and open the edit view that field; just delete it after you are done.) For a fresh installed wiki there are two blog posts: the "blog page template" in Blog.BlogPageTemplate and the blog intro post in Blog.BlogIntroduction. Exactly these two items are shown initially.
After you fill in the value of your class in the "XWiki Class name" field, XWiki has a chance to find the actual list of possible values.
However it keeps the selected "default value" from the first attempt around (even though it makes no sense).
This looks like a bug to me, at least from a user experience.
How to fix it
First Step: The reason why your list only contains the bogus "default value" might be that the class you have given does not exist.
From what I see in the screenshot the class name looks ok for me, but then this field is not tolerant to any kind of typos, even something like a space before the class name. If the name does not fit exactly, it gives a (nearly) empty list.
If you cannot get it working with the class name and want to go the HQL route instead, use for the HQL field
, BaseObject as obj where doc.fullName = obj.name
and obj.className = 'VendorCode.VendorClass'
and doc.fullName != 'VendorCode.VendorTemplate'
and doc.fullName both as id and value field. This has the additional benefit that the template vendor is not available in the drop down, only the "real" objects.
After you managed to fix the name of the class, you should see a list of all vendor objects (including the VendorCode.VendorTemplate, unless you went the HQL route), and the remaining bogus default value. Now you can continue to the next step:
Second Step: if you managed to fix the class name, you will see your vendors in the drop down beside the default value; now it is time to get rid of the bogus default value. For this go to the template object of the application; e.g.
follow the "Edit Application" link on the start page of the "Protocol" application
then look at the box with the three checkboxes below the field definitions; the uppermost of the checkboxes says "Update class template"
this part contains a link to something called "ProtocolTemplate".
click the link and you end up at the template page
on the template page, click on edit and choose some other value from the drop down of vendors, and then click save.
The "BlogSomething" value should be gone now from the selection of vendors.
Optional step (not answering the quesion, but might be of interest anyway)
If you prefer to have no value at all preselected in the template, you need a few more steps:
in the application edit, edit the field and choose "multiple select" and display type "checkbox"
go to "next step" in the editor, then back to field edit with "previous step"
uncheck the checkbox beside the selected vendor entry, then open the field editor and set "display type" back to checkbox and unset the "multiple select" checkbox.
go the "next step" and "finish"
Afterwards if you create a new "protocol" entry, this is has an empty "vendor" preselected.
Newer to access...I am trying to copy the value selected from the combobox on the log in screen to a field on the new form that opens after successful login.
The field I need copied is called cmoemployee on the Login form.I need that to go to the username field on the mainframe form.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I have tried many different ways but I can't seem to get it.
Haha,
I actually know what you mean here. This can be a complete pain as the variables are deleted when you open a new form In general it is better to show what you have tried so people are able to help you fix it. Anyway, I've tried to do this so I know how frustrating it can be. There are two main ways that this can be done. You can open the form with openargs (I do not think this is a good option for you as you will have to have the openargs constantly transferring from one form to the next and will be cleared if one form misses them.
A better option would be to use tempvars which are not deleted. This is the code I used to do something similar:
I am going to assume your combobox is two columns (but only displays one) and the bound column is the primary key to an employee table. In which case this would work (or you can modify it to meet your needs)
Log in:
'Check Password (or however you check it
If StrComp(txt_Password, DLookup("[Password]", "tbl_Employee", "[ID] = " & cmoemployee), 0) = 0 Then
TempVars.Add "MyEmpID", cmoemployee.Value 'TempVars will store the combobox value
Else
Msgbox "Incorrect Password Please try again"
End If
On Load event of mainfraim form:
[UserName] = TempVars!MyEmpID
That should get you started, so you can build the rest. Let me know if you have any questions.
So I have a combobox and i wanted to validate it. I've got the presence check all done, now i just need to make sure that the user it only contains one of the drop-down options (instead of something they have typed in themselves). I've tried:
If Not combobox1.text.Equals("BookingID") And Not combobox1.text.Equals("Booking_date") Then
errors.Enqueue("Please select a field to search by")
End If
This results in me always getting the error message, whether i've selected one of the options or not.