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Access default value on form and subform

I want to set the default value of 2 fields in a parent form and 2 fields in a subform when a new record is added.

We have 1 table (Table A) containing 1 record having 4 fields that is used to retain the values that I want in the forms.

We have a parent form (Form 1) that contains a subform (Form 2). Table A is not a data source for either form. Other tables are required as the data sources. There are at least 15 form controls on each form.

When a new record is entered into Form 1, we want 2 fields from Table A to be the default value in 2 form controls. Same when a new record is entered into Form2, we want 2 fields from Table A to be the default value in 2 form controls.

Tried setting the default value of each form controls to the corresponding value in the Table A field but get a #Name error.

Any experts out there that can suggest how I might approach solving this? Thanks!

Simon

something like this pseudocode?

on form_current()
if me.newrecord then
set rsdefaults=currentdb.openrecordset("TableA")
me.control1.value = rsdefaults("ctrl1").value
me.control2.value = rsdefaults("ctrl2").value
set rsdefaults =nothing
end if
end sub

But I'd ask the question why you don't just set the default values in the tabledefs? Is it because you need dynamic defaults?

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SimonAdept

Believe I can get this to work.
Would this code go into the form_current for each form?

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Thanks