I’m a newbie to Access and am working on a table to capture client contacts. I have 3 questions that I hope someone can help with.
First, I want the date to auto populate as soon as an entry is made on a form. I entered “Date()” in the default value for Date but it didn’t work. Is it possible I have it entered in the wrong spot?
Second, I have a comments section that I’d like to make it have unlimited characters. Right now it stops at about 32 characters. How can I change it?
Last, is there an easy way to perform a search on a form? In order to more easily find data and enter info, I wanted to add a search/find button on the form but I dont know how to set it up to actually search.
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I’m a newbie to Access and am working on a table to capture client contacts. I have 3 questions that I hope someone can help with.
First, I want the date to auto populate as soon as an entry is made on a form. I entered “Date()” in the default value for Date but it didn’t work. Is it possible I have it entered in the wrong spot?
Second, I have a comments section that I’d like to make it have unlimited characters. Right now it stops at about 32 characters. How can I change it?
Last, is there an easy way to perform a search on a form? In order to more easily find data and enter info, I wanted to add a search/find button on the form but I dont know how to set it up to actually search.
__1 I see no reason why =Date() should not work as long as it is listed in the Properties ==> Data ==> Default Value row for the Field. Make sure the underlying Control Source is defined as a Date/Time Data Type.
__2 In the underlying Table, for the [Comments] Field change the Data Type to Memo which will now allow you to enter 65,535 characters Maximum. Beware, a Memo Field does have its drawbacks. If you know for a fact that you [Comments] Field will never exceed 255 characters, you are better off setting its Data Type to Text with a Field size of 255.
__3 For generic Find Capability on a Form, you can place the following code in the Click() Event of a Command button. It is somewhat flexible in that you can specify several Parameters. One of my favorites is right clicking on a Field and using the Options on the PopUp Menu to search for a specific value in that Field. The only drawback is that the match must be exact. - Screen.PreviousControl.SetFocus
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DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 10, , acMenuVer70
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__1 I see no reason why =Date() should not work as long as it is listed in the Properties ==> Data ==> Default Value row for the Field. Make sure the underlying Control Source is defined as a Date/Time Data Type.
Just one further comment on this. The default of any field will only work when adding a new record and won't work on existing records.
Mary
have you tried putting =date() instead of date()
ADezii 8,834
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__1 I see no reason why =Date() should not work as long as it is listed in the Properties ==> Data ==> Default Value row for the Field. Make sure the underlying Control Source is defined as a Date/Time Data Type.
__2 In the underlying Table, for the [Comments] Field change the Data Type to Memo which will now allow you to enter 65,535 characters Maximum. Beware, a Memo Field does have its drawbacks. If you know for a fact that you [Comments] Field will never exceed 255 characters, you are better off setting its Data Type to Text with a Field size of 255.
__3 For generic Find Capability on a Form, you can place the following code in the Click() Event of a Command button. It is somewhat flexible in that you can specify several Parameters. One of my favorites is right clicking on a Field and using the Options on the PopUp Menu to search for a specific value in that Field. The only drawback is that the match must be exact.
- Screen.PreviousControl.SetFocus
-
DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 10, , acMenuVer70
Thanks Mary. A lot of times I overlook the obvious and make assumptions when I shouldn't. Thanks for being there.
MMcCarthy 14,534
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Thanks Mary. A lot of times I overlook the obvious and make assumptions when I shouldn't. Thanks for being there.
No problem it was just something that struck me in the phrasing of the original question.
Mary
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