Access 2013: Perform action when a drop-down list item is selected in a form

Hello. I have a drop down list with some items in a form and I want when one of these items is selected, an action to be performed.

To be more specific, there is a list of dates that a person visited my office. When I select a date, I want a subform to open with the details of this (and only this) visit. If a select another date, I want to see the details of this other date.

How easy is this to be performed?

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks for looking.
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Jim Dettman (Microsoft MVP/ EE MVE)President / OwnerCommented:
In the AfterUpdate event of the control, you would use the date from the control and the current visit PK as part of the WHERE argument for the open form:

Here's an example of constructing the WHERE argument first as as string, then opening a pop-up form to display data:

strWhere = "[InvoiceDate] = #" & Me.txtInvoiceDate & "# AND [CustID] = " & Me.cboCustID
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmDuplicates", acNormal, , strWhere, acFormReadOnly, acDialog

Jim.

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Anders Ebro (Microsoft MVP)Microsoft DeveloperCommented:
You can use the AfterUpdate event of the combobox to open a form
Private Sub ComboBox_AfterUpdate()
docmd.OpenForm formName:="MyForm",Wherecondition:="DateEntered=#" & me.combobox & "#"
end sub

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AlfaDBAuthor Commented:
@Jim Dettman:

Used this code

Private Sub AptDateBox_AfterUpdate()

strWhere = "[AptDate] = #" & Me.AptDateBox & "# AND [Ptn_ID] = " & Me.cboPtn_ID
DoCmd.OpenForm "Frm_Ptns_Dates_Exams_EchoCard", acNormal, , strWhere, acFormReadOnly, acDialog

End Sub

where AptDateBox is the combo box caption, AptDate the name of the field in the table, txtAptDate is the name of the combo box Label and Ptn_ID the ID of the person.

I get an error for Me.txtAptDate : Method or data member not found

Any thoughts?
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AlfaDBAuthor Commented:
Fixed some things. Now when I select a value from the combo, a pop-up window is asking

Enter paramete value:

AptDate

There, I must write a value visit date in order to continue.

Any ideas?
AlfaDBAuthor Commented:
I get the same error with both solutions you provided (Jim Dettman & Anders Ebro)
Anders Ebro (Microsoft MVP)Microsoft DeveloperCommented:
Make sure that aptDate is part of the recordsource of the form you are opening.
AlfaDBAuthor Commented:
Hello again.

What I have succeeded so far.

The database refers to Patient Visits to my office and data collected in each visit.

The Frm_Ptn_VisitDate enters the Dates a Patient Visits my Office.

In the Frm_Testing I have a Form/Subform Configuration. If I select a Date in Combo17 (AptDate1 Label), it correctly changes the name of the Patient and the data collected in the specified date on the Subform.

1) What I can NOT do, is to have Combo17 show ONLY the dates a certain Patient visited my Office and not all the visits from all the Patients.

2) Another (better?) solution would be to create Cascaded Combo Boxes. For this cause I have added Combo19 from where you can select a Patient Name (I removed the duplicate values). Based on this Combo Box I would like Combo17 to show ONLY the dates this certain Patient visited my Office.

Thanks for your help. Waiting for your feedback.
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AlfaDBAuthor Commented:
Found my way through it. Show the following video and helped too.

http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/flashfiles/combobox2.html
AlfaDBAuthor Commented:
Sorry guys. I am new to this. I didn't split the points correctly. Wanted to give you both 250 points...
Jim Dettman (Microsoft MVP/ EE MVE)President / OwnerCommented:
No worries....

Jim.
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