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Add A Comments Form to an existing form

I have a form that displays information on certain measurements for tools.

A new feature is being requested-

To add a command button that pops up a Comment form to add comments. The Comment form is associated with a table. On this form, if a note is made on a certain measurement, we want to  have a flag on the form to indicate that that tool number has a note associated with it.

Sounds easy, but we can't add anymore fields to tool measurement form, so no yes /no, field etc.

Is there a way to do  a search that somehow checks to see if a note was made on a particular record like say on an onCurrent event?
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If this field is on the same table then (AFAICT) a "popup" form is overkill and complicates the system more than it needs to be.

What's the reason why you can't add the notes on the main form itself?
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As I said before, we cant add anymore fields to the table- and I am just doing what my boss tells me. He wants a form that has not just a note, but customers name, date, etc. This is for customer service purposes
<As I said before, we cant add anymore fields to the table>
I apologize, ...I missed that part...

Try this:
Access-EEQ27831568-AddChildRecor.mdb
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Exactly what I was looking for, Thank you
Great.

As I thought about this, actually your "separate table" requirement is actually a better design approach.
Now with a separate (child) table/form you can now have "Multiple" notes for each Part.

;-)

Jeff