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  1. etcrier

    formating code in access

    I am trying to use the build event by RC on a field of a form. when the window comes up i get lots of options to click on that will build a command line for me. I need to understand the syntax of entering information.i need the syntax of the following when a field is changed. I have a form =...
  2. etcrier

    adding records with a button

    I have 3 tables in access with NO SQL just an access DB 1 = customer table 2 = generator table 3 = location table "2" & "3" relate to ID of "1". there can be many 3s to one 2 and many 2s to one 1. I have all three on a form. when I add a "1" record I want to hit a button that will make a...
  3. etcrier

    printing a memo field on a report

    I have a report that prints a query with a memo field that varies in length quite a bit from record to record. For each record that prints i only want to allow space for the memo characters that exist for that record. right now my notes in the memo field either get truncated or too much white...
  4. etcrier

    Form not printing correctly

    I have a form with a print button on it. the 1st form print fine and then gets off 2 lines a form as you print the next forms. its as if i have too many lines on the from for the printer setup. but I have take off 10 -15 lines from bottom just to test and i still gfet the form printing wrong as...
  5. etcrier

    Tabs in forms

    I have several forms that I have on a menu. they all work perfect. I thought I would try a new form with tabs that each tab had loaded as a subform the indiviual forms from the menu. kind try a different look. the form on page 1 has a subform in it. i have a field in that sub form that is set...
  6. etcrier

    validating input

    I am not sure if this is on FAQ as i could not find a subject line that matches. I have a form to add records to a query called "jobs". hte 1st field is a key "clientno" to a master table called "clients" when they enter the clientno I want it to beep and reject the entry immediately if no...
  7. etcrier

    Another Combo box question

    I am using a combox to display 2 fields of a query used on a form. It all seems to work except that after a while making some minor form field format changes i noticed my combo box displays the list but when i click the form does not change to the selected query record. i looked at the code and...
  8. etcrier

    printing a form with variable # of lines

    I have a form with a subform for detail. I want to print just one form (the one I an on) with a print button which all seems to work OK when for is exactly 1 page long. except when there is too few detail lines in the subform of the form then the next form prints at the bottom. is there a page...
  9. etcrier

    updateing a field in a table

    I am having trouble getting records selected from a table that I need to have a price field updated with an addon pct. basically pprice=paddon_pct* pcost. MY TABLE named parts ppartno pdescrip pprice paddon_pct pcost my update query is from table parts 1st and only column defined field =...
  10. etcrier

    printing forms

    I have a form to print and I added a button to "print this form only. it prints perfectly except all forms not just the one i am on. i verified that i chose "print this form only" when I made the button. thanks david god i love this board- you guys are GREAT
  11. etcrier

    Print a single page from a form

    I have a form that needs to be printed. The print format is different from the form format so i need to do a 1 page report. I want a print button on the form. I could not find any properties for a print button that will sync the form to the report and only print one page of the current form...
  12. etcrier

    updateing a field from a calculation on a form

    i cannot find in the FAQ s how you do an event for the following. I have a form with calculated fields on it like tax, totals etc etc. i want to write those solutions back to the underlying table in corresponding fields of the table. it seems the only data i can get written from the form is...
  13. etcrier

    update a query in a form

    i have a query input to a form. the query is made up of 2 other queries. I want to update a field in a table with the current time that the form is displayed and update a time field in a table that is the basis for the query input. how do you update a table field from a fomr when the input to...
  14. etcrier

    default value is an expression

    I have a field in a table that is a ticket # it is an incremented number constant+ record ID (unique KEY) for example 4000+ID on a form i cannot get this to work i have default =4000+[ID] in data tab of properties but only 0 is ever in field thanks
  15. etcrier

    populate order items

    I know i have seen solution somewhere on this board but i can not find it. i have a transaction subform in an order form for sales. the subform lists all the items purchased. i have a inventory file with items in it - item#, description, price, etc. how do i on the subform enter just the item#...
  16. etcrier

    refresh query data on a from

    I have a form whos input comes from a query with a condition. if status field = "complete" then the record is not collected by the query. displayed fields have status="normal" to update on the form they select a drop down box and click on complete option of the status field. Question how do I...
  17. etcrier

    logical test on access form

    i have several contastand fields "descriptions" on a from "COLOR" "EXPANSION" " ADDITITIVE" etc etc each constant above should only display if a corresponding field is not empty for example if(exp) >0 display "EXPANSION" if(color) >0 display "COLOR" etc etc i do not know the format for the...
  18. etcrier

    conditional display of fields on a form

    Hi, I have a form with multiple detail lines (10 lines) each line has qty,description,price,$$extention. how can I not display lines with a zero qty. I am not a vb programmer but I need something like if(qty >0 ) { print qty,description,price, (qty*price) else { print " " } a little...
  19. etcrier

    test multple keys

    i have a form with a sub form that calls another form I want to print. the call requires matching on 2 keys instead of the one key done by the wizard. here is the created code stDocName = "CHGTICKET" stLinkCriteria = "[jid]=" & "'" & Me![jid] & "'" DoCmd.OpenForm stDocName, , ...
  20. etcrier

    multiple key matches on forms call

    I have a data entry form for a job. there is also a sub form (continious) of all the work on that job as individual entries. once they enter a transaction i need to call another form that displays the customer and the selected transaction. The button wizard only gives you a single field from...

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