ACCESS FEED: RE: [MS_AccessPros] Split Database Issue 1- search not working in accde

Amanda-

You didn't answer my question about where you test your master file and on
which machine is the error occurring.

Try my suggestion about adding a MsgBox just to see if the event is even
firing.

John Viescas, Author
Microsoft Access 2010 Inside Out
Microsoft Access 2007 Inside Out
Microsoft Access 2003 Inside Out
Building Microsoft Access Applications
SQL Queries for Mere Mortals
http://www.viescas.com/
(Paris, France)

-----Original Message-----
From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amanda B
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:45 PM
To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MS_AccessPros] Split Database Issue 1- search not working in
accde

I'm saying that the user types their search term in the textbox, then uses
the dropdown arrow to see the results of the search. When they select an
item in the search, the form should repopulate with the data for that animal
(the dropdown is bound to the Animal ID). When I say it doesn't work in the
FE, I mean that when you select a name, nothing happens, the form remains on
the record it had before the update.

--- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, John Viescas wrote:
>
> Amanda-
>
> If all you want to have happen is the Row Source of the combo box gets
> updated when the user types in a search, then you need do nothing
more.
>
> Are you saying that when you select something in the filtered combo
that the
> AfterUpdate is not working? I see no reason why it shouldn't work
except
> that the FindFirst is redundant if you are also applying a filter.
>
> By "not working," do you mean nothing happens?
>
> You could try putting a MsgBox in the After Update event temporarily -
> something simple like
>
> MsgBox "Filter applied!"
>
> .. just to see if the code is even getting called.
>
> When you test the "master" file, is it running on the same machine as
the
> one having the problems with the .accde? If not, try running the
master
> file from the offending machine.
>
> John Viescas, Author
> Microsoft Access 2010 Inside Out
> Microsoft Access 2007 Inside Out
> Microsoft Access 2003 Inside Out
> Building Microsoft Access Applications SQL Queries for Mere Mortals
> http://www.viescas.com/ (Paris, France)
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amanda B
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 2:51 PM
> To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MS_AccessPros] Split Database Issue 1- search not
working in
> accde
>
> Hmmm, what I want to do is change the filter for the form based on the
name
> the user selects from the ComboSearchNames choices (so not necessarily
the
> first one).
>
> I suppose that makes the purpose of the code below for
> ComboSearchNames.AfterUpdate ambiguous/useless.
> Me.Recordset.FindFirst "[Animal ID] =" & Me.ComboSearchNames
>
> When I comment this line out, the Master file still works, but when I
make a
> new FE with the changes, it does not.
>
> I'm unclear when you say "do the call". I assume you mean call the
> ComboSearchNames AfterUpdate routine. All the VB I've done in Access
has
> been a little tinkering with Event Procedures as aspects of a form
object's
> properties- so each of those is a subroutine waiting to be called- I
don't
> really follow an idea of "running a program" when I open the form
(although
> I suppose that is what happens)
>
> Could you be a little more specific?
>
> --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, John Viescas JohnV@
> wrote:
> >
> > Amanda-
> >
> > After you update the Row Source of the combo box, it will acquire
the
> > value of the first row. If you want to filter on that value, do the
> > call to the combo AfterUpdate after you set the Row Source.
> >
> > John Viescas, Author
> > Microsoft Access 2010 Inside Out
> > Microsoft Access 2007 Inside Out
> > Microsoft Access 2003 Inside Out
> > Building Microsoft Access Applications SQL Queries for Mere Mortals
> > http://www.viescas.com/ (Paris, France)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amanda
B
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:10 PM
> > To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [MS_AccessPros] Split Database Issue 1- search not
> > working in accde
> >
> > Thanks John!
> >
> > Where exactly are you suggesting to add the
ComboSearchNames_AfterUpdate?
> > To the AfterUpdate of the form?
> >
> > As far as the Requery and Refresh- I have no training in VB, just
some
> > experience from a decade ago writing VBScript for websites- so
> > everything I do in Access is pretty piecemeal. I probably copied
that
> > code from somewhere else and never realized it wasn't necessary to
> > update the value of the form.
> >
> > ~ Amanda
> >
> > --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, John Viescas
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Amanda-
> > >
> > > Changing the value of a control (in this case, your combo box)
won't
> > > fire the AfterUpdate event of the control. If you want to fire it
> > > from the AfterUpdate of the combo box, you need to add:
> > >
> > > ComboSearchNames_AfterUpdate
> > > .. to fire the event from code and apply the filter to the form.
> > >
> > > By the way, you don't need to Requery the combo box. Resetting
the
> > > Row Source does an automatic Requery. I'm also wondering why you
> > > have included Me.Refresh.
> > >
> > > John Viescas, Author
> > > Microsoft Access 2010 Inside Out
> > > Microsoft Access 2007 Inside Out
> > > Microsoft Access 2003 Inside Out
> > > Building Microsoft Access Applications SQL Queries for Mere
Mortals
> > > http://www.viescas.com/ (Paris, France)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > > [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Amanda
> > > B
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:40 PM
> > > To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [MS_AccessPros] Split Database Issue 1- search not
working
> > > in accde
> > >
> > > I posted a couple of weeks ago- we started having corruption
> > > problems with our Access database, so I followed recommended
> > > procedures for creating a front end file on the local pcs, and a
> > > table file on the shared
> > server.
> > >
> > > The setup now consists of 3 files: a file on the server with the
> > > backend of the database, a "master" file on the server that is
still
> > > combined- with forms and linked tables (linked to the same backend
> > > file, used to make design changes), and a copy of a front end file
> > > on each
> > user pc.
> > >
> > > I'm continuing to have three problems since this split. All three
> > > problems are not issues with the master file. The first is
> > > described below (I'll write up the others in separate posts)
> > >
> > > 1. Search functionality on the primary search form is not working.
> > > It did work temporarily, but we had a glitch. I restored a backup
> > > of the file and modified it several times- each time the search
> > > worked fine in the master, but failed in the front end file.
> > >
> > > The search works with an Unbound text box to enter text for the
search.
> > > This box has an "AfterUpdate" event with the following code:
> > >
> > > Private Sub txtString_AfterUpdate() Me.ComboSearchNames.Requery
> > > Dim strQuery As String strQuery = "SELECT [Animal Records].[Animal
> > > ID], [Animal Records].[House Name], [Animal Records].[Aliases]
> > > FROM [Animal Records] WHERE ([Animal Records].[House Name] LIKE
> > > '*" & Me!txtString.Value & "*'OR [Animal Records].[Aliases] LIKE
> > > '*" & Me!txtString.Value & "*') ORDER BY [Animal Records].[House
> > > Name];"
> > > Me!ComboSearchNames.RowSource = strQuery
Me!ComboSearchNames.Visible
> > > = True Form.Refresh End Sub
> > >
> > > There is a Dropdown next to the Searchbox that populates with the
> > > results of the search so the user can select the appropriate one.
> > >
> > > Private Sub ComboSearchNames_AfterUpdate()
> > > Me.Recordset.FindFirst "[Animal ID] =" & Me.ComboSearchNames
> > > Form.Filter = "[Animal ID] =" & Me.ComboSearchNames
> > > Form.FilterOn = True
> > > Form.Refresh
> > > Me.txtString = Null
> > > End Sub
> > >
> > > When using the front end file to access the database, the dropdown
> > > populates correctly, but the form does not refresh to the
appropiate
> > > record. When using the Master file, the form goes to the correct
> > > record
> > just fine.
> > >
> > > I have decompiled and recompiled, but this did not help.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions about changes to the code that might work more
> > consistently?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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