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help with DAO. adding selected listbox items from two seperate listboxes

Asked by: lightcross


'''Right here I have all items in "ListBoxWaferID" selected and I am creating a new record for every item
 For Each varItm In Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemsSelected
   Me.tmpWaferID.value = Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemData(varItm)
   varWaferID = Me.tmpWaferID
     
     Set rstWaferTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferID", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
     With rstWaferTable
      .AddNew
            rstWaferTable![LotID] = varLotID
            rstWaferTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
      rstWaferTable.Update
      rstWaferTable.Close
      End With
 
'Right here I am putting the same "varWaferID"  in a seperate table
    Set rstLayerTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferIDToLayer", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
    With rstLayerTable
      .AddNew
            rstLayerTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
      rstLayerTable.Update
      rstLayerTable.Close
      End With

'Right here I would like to append data from "listBoxLayerInfo" to the "varWaferID" created in "tblWaferIDToLayer".  
'There are about 6 columns in the listbox
'[Layer], [Field], [Address Size], [Mask Grade], and [Percent Clear]
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Answers

 

by: rthomsenPosted on 2003-12-11 at 15:32:40ID: 9924566

I'm not sure if I understand your question but I think you are trying to figure out how to access the 6 columns in your other listbox to add it to the database.

Try using this
for index = 0 to lstbox.listcount -1
   If listbox.Selected(index) = True Then
       col1value = listbox.Column(0, index))
       col2value = listbox.Column(1, index))
       col3value = listbox.Column(2, index))
   End If
next index

I hope this helps

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 15:38:22ID: 9924598

yes thanks.  i know how to access the columns however i dont know how to include it into my current code.  the column data needs to be included as you have it for each waferid added in table "tblWaferIDToLayer".

 

by: rthomsenPosted on 2003-12-11 at 15:47:34ID: 9924656

Do you  need to get the ID generated from the database when you added the Record to the tblWaferIDToLayer table?

With rstLayerTable
      .AddNew
            rstLayerTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
            IDvariable = rstLayerTable.fields("GeneratedIDFieldName")
      rstLayerTable.Update
      rstLayerTable.Close
      End With

Otherwise why can it not be added using the same method as above with varwaferID variable?

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:19:36ID: 9924844

ok, think of something like this
For Each varItm In Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemsSelected
   Me.tmpWaferID.value = Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemData(varItm)
   varWaferID = Me.tmpWaferID
     
     Set rstWaferTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferID", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
     With rstWaferTable
      .AddNew
            rstWaferTable![LotID] = varLotID
            rstWaferTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
      rstWaferTable.Update
      rstWaferTable.Close
      End With
   
    Set rstLayerTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferIDToLayer", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
    With rstLayerTable
      .AddNew
            rstLayerTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
For LayerIndex = 0 To ListBox.ListCount - 1
   If ListBox.Selected(Index) = True Then
       rstLayerTable![LayerNameRev] = listbox.Column(1, index))
       rstLayerTable![Field] = listbox.Column(2, index))
       rstLayerTable![AddressSize] = listbox.Column(3, index))
       rstLayerTable![MaskGrade] = listbox.Column(4, index))
       rstLayerTable![PercentClear] = listbox.Column(5, index))
   End If
Next LayerIndex
           
      rstLayerTable.Update
      rstLayerTable.Close
      End With
   Next

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:20:09ID: 9924846

i understand what i just coded will not work.  but how can i make it work?

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:24:05ID: 9924865

or maybe something more like this....

For Each varItm In Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemsSelected
   Me.tmpWaferID.value = Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemData(varItm)
   varWaferID = Me.tmpWaferID
     
     Set rstWaferTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferID", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
     With rstWaferTable
      .AddNew
            rstWaferTable![LotID] = varLotID
            rstWaferTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
      rstWaferTable.Update
      rstWaferTable.Close
      End With
   
    Set rstLayerTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferIDToLayer", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
    With rstLayerTable
      .AddNew
            rstLayerTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
For Each LayerIndex In Me.ListBox.ItemSelected
       rstLayerTable![LayerNameRev] = listbox.Column(1, index))
       rstLayerTable![Field] = listbox.Column(2, index))
       rstLayerTable![AddressSize] = listbox.Column(3, index))
       rstLayerTable![MaskGrade] = listbox.Column(4, index))
       rstLayerTable![PercentClear] = listbox.Column(5, index))
Next LayerIndex
           
      rstLayerTable.Update
      rstLayerTable.Close
      End With
   Next

 

by: rthomsenPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:24:57ID: 9924867

For Each varItm In Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemsSelected
   Me.tmpWaferID.value = Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemData(varItm)
   varWaferID = Me.tmpWaferID
     
     Set rstWaferTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferID", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
     With rstWaferTable
      .AddNew
            rstWaferTable![LotID] = varLotID
            rstWaferTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
      rstWaferTable.Update
      rstWaferTable.Close
      End With
   
    Set rstLayerTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferIDToLayer", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
    With rstLayerTable
         For LayerIndex = 0 To ListBox.ListCount - 1
      If ListBox.Selected(Index) = True Then
        .AddNew
         rstLayerTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
         rstLayerTable![LayerNameRev] = listbox.Column(1, index))
         rstLayerTable![Field] = listbox.Column(2, index))
         rstLayerTable![AddressSize] = listbox.Column(3, index))
         rstLayerTable![MaskGrade] = listbox.Column(4, index))
         rstLayerTable![PercentClear] = listbox.Column(5, index))
         rstLayerTable.Update
      End If
   Next LayerIndex
            rstLayerTable.Close
      End With
Next

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:30:21ID: 9924895

ok, now we are on to something.  

current problem is that it is only adding the first item in listbox rather then only the items that are selected.  

 

by: rthomsenPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:37:38ID: 9924923

I can't see why it wouldn't be adding all of the selected items in listbox.  You should set a break in the code and step through it using F8 to see why only 1 record is being added.

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:39:13ID: 9924930

it is not adding only 1 record.  it is adding only the first record 10 times.  10 times is the number of total items in the listbox.

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:42:03ID: 9924944

it appears to be having a problem with this:
rstLayerTable![LayerNameRev] = listbox.Column(1, index))


if i change it to this then it is okay.  but its the reason why its adding only the first item in listbox.  
rstLayerTable![LayerNameRev] = listbox.Column(1)

possibly there is something wrong with this:
 For LayerIndex = 0 To ListBox.ListCount - 1  
      If ListBox.Selected(Index) = True Then

 

by: rthomsenPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:44:22ID: 9924952

Here is the problem:

For LayerIndex = 0 To ListBox.ListCount - 1  
      If ListBox.Selected(Index) = True Then

You are incrementing a variable called Layerindex but using a variable called index to access the list.

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:47:56ID: 9924963

nope... i found the problems.  

(1)we somehow started interchanging "LayerIndex" and "Index"!    

(2)we had one too many parenthesis in our column code.

so here is the final which works perfectly!  thanks for all your help!  you did exactly what I wanted I just made things more difficult by trying to adjust your "index" to something more understandable to myself and neglected to implement it elsewhere.

For Each varItm In Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemsSelected
   Me.tmpWaferID.value = Me.ListBoxWaferID.ItemData(varItm)
   varWaferID = Me.tmpWaferID
     
     Set rstWaferTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferID", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
     With rstWaferTable
      .AddNew
            rstWaferTable![LotID] = varLotID
            rstWaferTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
      rstWaferTable.Update
      rstWaferTable.Close
      End With
   
    Set rstLayerTable = db.OpenRecordset("tblWaferIDToLayer", dbOpenDynaset, dbAppendOnly)
    With rstLayerTable
         For Index = 0 To ListBox.ListCount - 1
     
      If ListBox.Selected(Index) = True Then
        .AddNew
         rstLayerTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
         rstLayerTable![LayerNameRev] = ListBox.Column(1, Index)
         rstLayerTable![Field] = ListBox.Column(2, Index)
         rstLayerTable![AddressSize] = ListBox.Column(3, Index)
         rstLayerTable![MaskGrade] = ListBox.Column(4, Index)
         rstLayerTable![PercentClear] = ListBox.Column(5, Index)
         rstLayerTable.Update
      End If
   Next Index
            rstLayerTable.Close
      End With
Next

 

by: rthomsenPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:50:04ID: 9924977

Great!.  I'm happy it worked out for you.

Thanks

rthomsen

 

by: lightcrossPosted on 2003-12-11 at 16:54:32ID: 9925001

i have one more question for you though...

how would i make it error proof if any one of the column values were null

         rstLayerTable![WaferID] = varWaferID
         rstLayerTable![LayerNameRev] = ListBox.Column(1, Index)
         rstLayerTable![Field] = ListBox.Column(2, Index)
         rstLayerTable![AddressSize] = ListBox.Column(3, Index)
         rstLayerTable![MaskGrade] = ListBox.Column(4, Index)  ''' <-------for instance, maybe this value is empty.  currently it errors out.  i would like it to continue to next
         rstLayerTable![PercentClear] = ListBox.Column(5, Index)

 

by: rthomsenPosted on 2003-12-12 at 07:15:47ID: 9928688

The column property won't return null.  If it is blank it will return "", the empty string.  Make sure in your table you have the allowzerolength property set to true for all text fields.

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