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Problems with form filters in Access 2007

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Access Forms, Access Coding/Macros

Tags:

Microsoft, Access, 2007, ApplyFilter

Im having a problem with form filters in Access 2007. Ill try to explain it clearly&

- I have a form called Contact General whose record source is the table Contacts.

- On the form are two unbound controls, named FNameFilter and LNameFilter and a command button named NameFilter Button.

- The user enters values (including wild card characters) in the FNameFilter and / or the LNameFilter control, and then clicks NameFilterButton.

- This runs a macro whose only line is ApplyFilter, with the Filter Name argument set to NameFilter which is a stored query.

- That querys source is the Contacts table, and there are two fields from that table used, which are FName and LName.

- The query criteria for FName is Like IIf(IsNull([Forms]![Contact General]![FNameFilter])=True,"*",[Forms]![Contact General]![FNameFilter])

- The query criteria for LName is Like IIf(IsNull([Forms]![Contact General]![LNameFilter])=True,"*",[Forms]![Contact General]![LNameFilter])

This routine allows the user to enter anything (including wild card characters) or nothing in either form control and thereby filter the underlying table based on everything he/she knows about the first and / or last name of the desired contact(s). It has worked fine in every version of Access until 2007. In Access 2007, it will work the first time the button is clicked, but then if different values are entered in the form controls and the button pressed again, the results are the same as the first time. This occurs even if the Show All action is applied in between filter applications. The only way to apply different values is to close the form and reopen it and then enter the different values in the form controls, or to open the form in design view and erase the string on the Filter line of the forms properties box. Neither is very practical.

I gather that others are having similar problems with filtering in Access 2007. One poster said MS had acknowledged it as a bug, but I have no confirmation of that. This is a feature of my applications that my users love, so Id like to find a solution.

Any ideas?

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Question Stats

Zone: Software

Question Asked By: synergycompany

Solution Provided By: harfang

Participating Experts: 3

Solution Grade: A

Views: 167

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