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Referencing a Control on a sub Form on a Navigation Form

I have a form frmVenAttendence that I added into a navigation form frmNavigation. the frmVenAttendence has a text box control named businessname which is used on a report to display the contents of that control on the report. The report control Source is =[Forms]![frm_VenAttendance]![businessname] which works fine outside the the navigation form. I know that when you put the form into a navigation form it actually becomes a subform of the navigation form and I need to reference both, but I am having a hard time getting the syntax correct. I have tried
=[Forms]![frmNavigation]![frm_VenAttendance].[form].[businessname]
=[Forms]![frm_VenAttendance]![frmNavigation].[form].[businessname]
neither work and am asked to enter the parameter value for that control.

Fred Webb

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Help!!

IrogSinta

The syntax you listed first is the correct one.
=[Forms]![frmNavigation]![frm_VenAttendance].[form].[businessname]
However, this will only work if frm_VenAttendance is actually visible. If your navigation form is displaying another tab, you cannot reference [business name].

Ron

Fred Webb

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it is visible in the navigation form

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Fred Webb

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however i now have other issues with this, I am beginning to think this was a bad idea.

I have some vba code that does filtering but now it errors as it doesn't know about the navigation form. This is my first foray into Navigation forms and may be my last. Really need some help with this.
the original code

'Filter frmCustomers based on search criteria
      Forms!frm_VenAttendance.Filter = GCriteria
      Forms!frm_VenAttendance.FilterOn = True
      If Me.optWild.Value = 1 Then
        Forms!frm_VenAttendance.Caption = "Vendors (" & Me.cboSearchField & " contains '*" & Me.txtSearchString & "*')"
       Else
        Forms!frm_VenAttendance.Caption = "Vendors (" & Me.cboSearchField & " equals '" & Me.txtSearchString & "')"
      End If

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What I tried to modify for navigation form

        'Filter frmCustomers based on search criteria
      [Forms]![NavigationSubform].[Form].frm_VenAttendance.Filter = GCriteria
      [Forms]![NavigationSubform].[Form].frm_VenAttendance.FilterOn = True
      If Me.optWild.Value = 1 Then
        [Forms]![NavigationSubform].[Form].frm_VenAttendance.Caption = "Vendors (" & Me.cboSearchField & " contains '*" & Me.txtSearchString & "*')"
       Else
        [Forms]![NavigationSubform].[Form].frm_VenAttendance.Caption = "Vendors (" & Me.cboSearchField & " equals '" & Me.txtSearchString & "')"
      End If

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Fred Webb

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Anyone?

IrogSinta

Can you upload your database without any private data on it?

Ron

Fred Webb

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Do to the time constraint I have decided to go a different way and not use the Navigation form, thanks anyway.

Fred Webb

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Because that is what worked no other acceptable solution was provided.