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I want to exit the field without saving
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try this in the beforeupdate event of the control for main account (txtAccount in this code)<br />
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private sub txtaccount_beforeUpdate(ca<wbr />ncel as integer)<br />
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if dcount(&quot;*&quot;,&quot;tablesubform&quot;,<wbr />&quot;accountnu<wbr />mber=&quot; &amp;&nbsp;me.txtaccount)&gt;0 then<br />
&nbsp; msgbox &quot;duplicate account&quot;<br />
&nbsp; cancel=true<br />
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end if<br />
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end sub
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try this in the beforeupdate event of the control for main account (txtAccount in this code)

private sub txtaccount_beforeUpdate(cancel as integer)

if dcount("*","tablesubform","accountnumber=" & me.txtaccount)>0 then
  msgbox "duplicate account"
  cancel=true
 
end if


end sub

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Is there a way to not save the record and jump back to the previous record in the subform?
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Is there a way to not save the record and jump back to the previous record in the subform?

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I have a subform on a form. There are two fields that show on the form.<br />
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The first field is a Main Account number and what this &quot;Main&quot; account number listed only once. If the user types in this main account number again on the subform i want a pop up to tell them this is a duplicate and delete it. 
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I have a subform on a form. There are two fields that show on the form.

The first field is a Main Account number and what this "Main" account number listed only once. If the user types in this main account number again on the subform i want a pop up to tell them this is a duplicate and delete it. 

Access 2003 duplicate record in subform want to autodelete and let user know

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