asked on 3/28/2018

Populate form field with a DLookup

I should know how to do this but I'm drawing a blank. I have a field on a form. Its record source is a field in the bound table. I want to populate it and have it drop in the field in the table with a DLookup like:

=DLookUp("[dbUserID]","LOCALtblCurrentUser")

but I can't figure out where to put that code. I've tried the onopen event of the form and also the beforeupdate event of the form but it doesn't work.

Any help much appreciated.

Microsoft Access

Last Comment

SteveL13

3/28/2018

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

PatHartman

3/28/2018

THIS SOLUTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS.

View this solution by signing up for a free trial.

Members can start a 7-Day free trial and enjoy unlimited access to the platform.

See Pricing Options

Start Free Trial

SteveL13

3/28/2018

ASKER

Perfect. Thanks.

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.

226K

Questions

Followers

Top Experts

Get a personalized solution from industry experts

Ask the experts

"Invaluable tool for our organization"
Josh Regalski
"This is the best money I have ever spent."
@rwheeler23
"Your help has saved me hundreds of hours of internet surfing."
@fblack61
"Just a dang good service!"
@golferski
"Worth every penny."
Steve Hougom
"It’s been a life saver."
Maria Halt
"Best support site I’ve seen!"
Bob Schneider
"I would be lost without them."
@fblack61
"Saved my job multiple times."
Walt Forbes
"I love this site."
Maria Duwe
"Friendly respectful help."
Andrew Kowtalo
"Such top-notch experts."
@magento
"The best money I have ever spent."
@rwheeler23
"Beyond any comprehensible value"
George Morris
"Invaluable tool for our organization"
Josh Regalski
"This is the best money I have ever spent."
@rwheeler23

Read over 600 more reviews

TRUSTED BY