When I create a new control, or change the location of an existing one, the tab order index is changed for almost all the controls across the form.
I have many controls in this form. The controls are a combination of textfields and comboboxes. I have carefully selected the tab index for each control manually, and the user can now tabulate through the fields in the correct order. If I later change the position of just one control, or add a new one, all the manually set tab indexes for the controls automatically change so the order is horizontal across the form.
How do I stop the automatic change of tab order index? It is frustrating to manually set this for all fields, when just a small change is needed.
I am trying to come up with automatic line numbers for each specific order. So for example, I have job number 123456 that has ordered 3 items, what I would like is that item 1 has a field with a 1 in it automatically, and item 2 has a 2 in the field and so on. But the trick is that when order 123457 gets entered and has 5 items entered, I would like it to start over at 1 and go to 5. Does this make sense? Is it possible to do this in a table? Or can this happen on the form? That I assign a value to a field. I am using Access 2010, have been for a few years now, but I have lots to learn.
I have a query that allows the user to see how many hours we've flown, sorted by month for the current year.
Problem is that in the query I have to manually put in the criteria "january 2007" or "february 2007" or etc....
What I would like it to be able to do is based on the current year (2007 for instance) set the criteria by itself. Someday I might not be around to reset the year in the criteria so therefore it should be automated.
Anybody have an idea what I'm talking about and a simple solution a hack of a programmer could figure out?
I have a training database that I have set up and utilize to track attendee data and who is registered to which course.I have a course registration table that has a course title field which is a drop down list populated by course titles from the courses table, and a trainee id field.
For whatever reason, when I view reports or queries that draw from this table, access will make changes to the first record in the course registration table course title field i.e. it will take whoever is in the first record, and change the course they were registered to.
I created a query that shows the Student ID, First Name, and Last Name.I then created a split form from the query.Finally I added an unbound text box called search with a button next to that has a macros within it:
Code: [LastName] Like "*" & [Forms]![SearchID]![Text14] & "*" Or [FirstName] Like "*" & [Forms]![SearchID]![Text14] & "*"
1. I love that it searches for the name you type in and displays the record 2. What I don't like is that you can edit the record.
I tried to set the AllowEdit in the form properties to no but that also took away the ability to type in the search text box. Is there a way to allow typing in the text box but not allow changes in the record?
I have a subform embedded in a mainform which contains loan payment details over a number of months. The record starts with the payment period number ie 1,2,3 etc. The problem is that every now and again the subform changes the display order of the records so that I get 4,5,6,1,2,3.
When I look at the underlying table the order is OK as is the non embedded sub form. I cannot see any reason for the change and it only happens randomly (apparently).
The numbers are not autonumbering but manually input. Hope someone can help please.
When I make the column graph the data seems to not be in any order. The report is in order by the number of days in ascending order.
How can I have the columns with the largest number show up first and the columns get smaller. I would like the largest column all the way to the left, proceeding the next one in size so it goes from largest to smallest.
I want to use buttons on a form to change the sort order on a continuous form. In the buttons click event I am using a public function (named Sort_1) to change the sort order. The first element of the event call is the name of a generic query (named Sort_1_Query1) and the query field to sort (LAST_NAME OR FRIST_NAME, depending on the button.)This is the Click Statement.
=Sort_1("Sort_1_Query1","LAST_NAME")
This is the Public Function Public Function Sort_1(SortName As String, FieldName1 As String) DoCmd.ApplyFilter SortName, FieldName1 & "between 'A' and 'Z'" End Function
I think the problem is in the use of quotation marks or trying to pass the query field name to the Do Command or the use of an ampersand.
I created a help file for a using a db I created, though I am thinking it would be nice to have it "look more professional" something similar to the Contexts and Index help option found in IE.
I am think a form would be the easiest to do with a subform for each element in the contents, so when the user clicks on an element on left form (which is the contents) the detail of that page appears in the right form the subform (perhaps just using the visible property)
There are tab options for a form so I can use that to make the contents, Index, search, favorites
some questions come to mind though... 0) how would I create collapsible menu (like a tree menu) see the contexts and Index help option found in IE. 1) how to create a search field to look for anything in the db except the code (i.e. part of a record, a description of the record, etc.) ? 2) how would I create a favorites section (a place to save help topics viewed) ? 3) how do i create a navigation system (back and forward through the subforms) - it seems I would need to track which forms are displayed and when then use that to navigate back and forward ? 4) how create various options such as stop or refresh search queries, and perhaps turning on/off select highlight
Finally is there something similar to this already out there that I can just customize various options off of, perhaps even a tutorial.
thanks for any direction you might be able to provide.
When I load a spreadsheet I can't add an index because it is a linked table, so I want to save it in MDB format so that I can add an index and then export it to SQL. However, when I save the file as an MDB file the data is all still linked as a spreadsheet and I still can't add an index. (I would add the index at the last step in SQL, but Pervasive SQL is very temperamental.)
Basically I just want to export an Excel spreadsheet into SQL and add an index.
Can anyone tell me why access puts the primary key field in the index list twice for the same table? For example i have a primary key called CustID, when i go into design view and click on the index button on the toolbar, i see it listed twice, once as primary key and then again as its own field?! I dont see the reason for this but often times with many of my databases i see this happen to many of my tables. :confused:
Have the situation where a database backend is on a number of sites and if changes have to be made to the design structure of the backend database I would like to run a VB generated report to check that all indexes are correct. While this is not an issue with single field indexes, I have issues with multi field indexes.
Don’t Understand why , tab index change’s All 55 fields are in the same order as the tables. The field is custname the frist fiels. Go to my Customer form Thery are 55 fields, The frist field is ( custname ) I go to the properties Then I go to tab index And I type in 1 Then I exit. Save form Then I open the form and the cursor is not on the frist field ( custname ) I go back to the properties And back to tab index Now it is 44 I have don e this procedure several times. And the tab index changes sometimes it is 44 , sometimes it is 49 And other times it is 36. How can I keep the fields in the same order that I set up the tables..??? What can i do about this. John527
I don't know why, but my Microsoft Access 2000 Help's Answer Wizard and Index Tabs are completely empty! These pages are completely blank, with no dialog boxes or anything. How can I fix this?
Can't figure out why I can't create a one to many relationship between two tables:
TableA uses a composite key as its primery key (field1, field2). The table has a unique index comprised of these keys. The index even has a name. The table also doesn't contain any duplicate information, so the fields comprising my Primary Key are unique. The table I'm joining tableA is unpopulated at this time.
