Concept Question

[JC Mugs]

I am having a conceptual problem.
When working with a forms & Code sections which is correct method and how do
they differ when working with fields?
Code
Private Sub CExt1_BeforeUpd ate(Cancel As Integer)
Me!CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) ; this one?
CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) : Or this?
End Sub

Form Control Source
CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) Or is this correct way
to do it?
My problem is when do you use the Me! with a field and when is it not
needed. Or just what the heck is the concept behind them...

Thanks,

JC

[Wayne Morgan]

Some of it is personal preference. Using Me makes it a little more apparent
when reading the code that it is an item on the form/report, not just a
variable. This would be similar to putting "int" on the front of an integer
variable (i.e. intMyVariable). It will also sometimes remove problems if you
have duplicate names because it pins down which item you are referring to;
however, it is better to remove the duplicate names.

As far as placing the equation in the control source, if you do that you now
have a calculated control that the user can't type information into. If
that's what you're after, then that's probably the better way. If you want
the control to be a bound control and you want to change it programmaticall y
also, then you can't put the equation in the control source. By the way, I
don't know if you just did this for the message or not, but if it is put in
the control source, the name of the control on the left side of the equal
sign isn't entered, it automatically refers to the control whose control
source it is in.

Example:

CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) Change the above to
= Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0)
When placing it in the control source of the control CExt1. Also, Me won't
be recognized here.

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Wayne Morgan
Microsoft Access MVP
"JC Mugs" <jc****@hotmail .com> wrote in message
news:10******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com... I am having a conceptual problem.
When working with a forms & Code sections which is correct method and how do they differ when working with fields?
Code
Private Sub CExt1_BeforeUpd ate(Cancel As Integer)
Me!CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) ; this one?
CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) : Or this?
End Sub

Form Control Source
CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) Or is this correct way to do it?
My problem is when do you use the Me! with a field and when is it not
needed. Or just what the heck is the concept behind them...

Thanks,

JC

[Lyle Fairfield]

"JC Mugs" <jc****@hotmail .com> wrote in
news:10******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com:

I am having a conceptual problem.
When working with a forms & Code sections which is correct method and
how do they differ when working with fields?
Code
Private Sub CExt1_BeforeUpd ate(Cancel As Integer)
Me!CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) ; this one?
CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) : Or this?
End Sub

Form Control Source
CExt1 = Nz([CDoz1], 0) * Nz([CPrice1], 0) Or is this correct
way to do it?
My problem is when do you use the Me! with a field and when is it not
needed. Or just what the heck is the concept behind them...

Thanks,

JC

I almost always use

Me.NameofContro l.Value

Is it slower? I'm not sure. Does it remind me that I am dealing with a
control property of the form? Yes. Can I find it in Intellisense? Every
Time.

I am also careful to name my controls with prefixes, txt, cmd, lst, cbo etc
and to be sure that their names are distinct from any fields to which they
may be bound. I name their labels by replacing the prefix with lbl. So
typically, a control lonked to a field called fldFirstName is called
txtFirstName and its label is called lblFirstName.

For fields in the recordsource I wish to use but not see, I create hidden
controls, and name and point to them in the same way.

I haven't used a bang in a very long time.

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Lyle
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