Main form text box reflects update of subform record
I have a parent form with a total weight text box and a subform. Each subform record contains a weight. After each subform record is created or changed the total weight textbox on the parent form should reflect the total. I can use a select statement to query the uderlying subform table to calculate the total. My question is where do I put the select statement or what code do I need to add so that the parent form textbox reflects the total weight after a subform record is added or changed? Thanks.
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borki,
Do I put a text box in the subform footer that totals the weight? Do I reference the subform textbox with Forms!SubformName!txtBoxNa
Do I put a text box in the subform footer that totals the weight? Do I reference the subform textbox with Forms!SubformName!txtBoxNa
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borki,
This worked as you said. However I neglected to say that the tot weight field that is updated in the main form is a field in a table. The form serves as data entry to a table. I can update a textbox fine. How do I update the total weight control in the main form that is a field in the table? I don't know how clear this is. Don't know how else to explain it. Hope you can help. Thanks.
This worked as you said. However I neglected to say that the tot weight field that is updated in the main form is a field in a table. The form serves as data entry to a table. I can update a textbox fine. How do I update the total weight control in the main form that is a field in the table? I don't know how clear this is. Don't know how else to explain it. Hope you can help. Thanks.
OK, you are saying that the total eight is not only just shown but is also a table field in the table that is bound to the main form. Generally, it is not recommended to have calculated fields in a table.
Once again there is an elegant solution: The filed showing the total from the subform needs to be unbound, it can not have the total weight as a control source. You the add another text box with the total weight as the control source. You set this text box's visible attribute to 'No'. You then add an event procedure to the 'Before Update' (and maybe 'Before Insert', if you are adding records to the main table) event. The code would simply be
Me.HiddenBoundTotalWeightF
with the appropriate control names used.
HTH
Once again there is an elegant solution: The filed showing the total from the subform needs to be unbound, it can not have the total weight as a control source. You the add another text box with the total weight as the control source. You set this text box's visible attribute to 'No'. You then add an event procedure to the 'Before Update' (and maybe 'Before Insert', if you are adding records to the main table) event. The code would simply be
Me.HiddenBoundTotalWeightF
with the appropriate control names used.
HTH
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borki,
I now have a bound text box called TotWeight and a unbound textbox called txtTotWtDisplay in the Main Form. txtTotWtDisplay contains the total weight from the subform and this appears to work fine. In the BeforeUpdate event of the Main Form I have Me.TotWeight = Me.txtTotWtDisplay. Unfortunately the TotWeight field remains empty even after I have closed out of the form. I also tried this in the BeforeInsert event with the same result. Am I missing something? Thanks.
I now have a bound text box called TotWeight and a unbound textbox called txtTotWtDisplay in the Main Form. txtTotWtDisplay contains the total weight from the subform and this appears to work fine. In the BeforeUpdate event of the Main Form I have Me.TotWeight = Me.txtTotWtDisplay. Unfortunately the TotWeight field remains empty even after I have closed out of the form. I also tried this in the BeforeInsert event with the same result. Am I missing something? Thanks.
I think you are starting to stretch the scope of the original question...
As I said before, calculated field values are always a bad idea, because the minute someone edits the related table's value (weight in your case) the data in your main table is invalid.
To get back to your immediate problem, I suspect that no data is changed in your main form, therefore the OnUpdate event probably does not fire...
Your best option is to initialise the weight when you first open a record (hence overwriting the existing value) using another bit of code:
Private Sub Form_Current()
Me.TotalWeight = DSum("Weight", "tblSub", "MainID = " & Me.ID)
End Sub
HTH
As I said before, calculated field values are always a bad idea, because the minute someone edits the related table's value (weight in your case) the data in your main table is invalid.
To get back to your immediate problem, I suspect that no data is changed in your main form, therefore the OnUpdate event probably does not fire...
Your best option is to initialise the weight when you first open a record (hence overwriting the existing value) using another bit of code:
Private Sub Form_Current()
Me.TotalWeight = DSum("Weight", "tblSub", "MainID = " & Me.ID)
End Sub
HTH
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Thanks for the help. I see what you mean about calculated fields in a table.
In your subform add a total text box, that autosums the weights in the form. You can then reference that total text box in your main form.
See:
MS Access documentation onthe web