Address a Control on a PopUp Dialog Form.

[ApexData]

I have a Dialog PopUp Form that is called by the following code:

DoCmd.OpenForm stDocName, , , stLinkCriteria, cFormReadOnly, acDialog

I would like to set the Visible propery of a Label in this form after
the call is made. How can I do this ???

I tried the following code, but I get "Cant Find Field" Error. I also
noticed that error occurs after the PopUp Form is released, suggesting
that my second line of code is not running until the Dialog form is
gone.

Me.[F-BUSPOPUP].Form.lblMyLabel.Visible = True

Thanks

[fredg]

On 8 Mar 2007 08:25:48 -0800, Ap******@gmail.com wrote:

I have a Dialog PopUp Form that is called by the following code:

DoCmd.OpenForm stDocName, , , stLinkCriteria, cFormReadOnly, acDialog

I would like to set the Visible propery of a Label in this form after
the call is made. How can I do this ???

I tried the following code, but I get "Cant Find Field" Error. I also
noticed that error occurs after the PopUp Form is released, suggesting
that my second line of code is not running until the Dialog form is
gone.

Me.[F-BUSPOPUP].Form.lblMyLabel.Visible = True

Thanks

When you open a form in dialog, processing stops until the dialog form
is hidden or closed.

First, set the label's Visible property to No.
Then open the form using the OpenForm's OpenArgs argument.

DoCmd.OpenForm stDocName, , , stLinkCriteria, acFormReadOnly,
acDialog,"X"

Then code the dialog form's Load event:

If Not IsNull(Me.OpenArgs) then
MyLabel.Visible = Me.OpenArgs = "X"
End If

The label will be not visible except when the "X" has been passed in
the OpenForm OpenArgs argument.

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Fred
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[storrboy]

When a form is opened using the acDialog setting, your code branches
out to the form as though you called another function. The calling
code does not resume until the form is closed or hidden. You can pass
other information to the form using the OpenArgs argument. When the
form is opened, code in that form would read the OpenArgs property and
act on it accordingly. Alternatively, a public variable could be
declared and set before opening for the popup to use.

[ApexData]

Thanks guys.

I used a Public Variable and it worked for me.
OpenArgs property is a new animal I will set aside for taming

Greg