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Form Question - How to Avoid Too Many!

I have several databases where I have one form to add a new record and one form
to edit an existing record. I use unbound forms and class modules most of the
time.

What I would like to do is have one form that handles both adding a new record
to the database and editing the same type of record. The form would be altered
in the load event to change whatever needs to be changed to show the form
in an "Add" mode vs. and "Edit" mode (I guess???).

Does anyone have any ideas/experience on this? I'm sure in an truly OOP
environment this is childs play/standard operating procedure. Please let me
know what you think.

Johnny
Nov 13 '05
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"Johnny M" <jm*******@gmai l.com> wrote in message
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I would suggest changing to use bound forms - otherwise you're creating a
lot of extra work for yourself with input validation.


Do you use table level validation rules? Where does you validation occur
when
using bound forms?


It depends. The form can check for incorrect data type for example, but it
has no way to check for constraints such as check or foreign key violations.
You do this in your return code. That's another good reason for using
disconnected recordsets and handling the update youreslf - so you can
intercept constraint violations and return a nice message to the user
instead of the cryptic one that the database supplies.
Nov 13 '05 #11
> I get the impression I am interested in your project. Do you care for an
email discussion?


Tried to email at above address and it failed. Please email me with
correct address (jm*******@gmai l.com)
Nov 13 '05 #12

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