Send return to a form field from VBA

[CD Tom]

My form has a field where user can scan a barcode. If the barcode is on file then the form is filled out with the barcode information, this is done in the After Update procedure. If the barcode isn't setup in the barcode table the user is taken to another form so they can set the barcode up. When the users is returned to the original form the barcode is in the barcode field, is there a way to fire off the code in the After update procedure.
Thanks for any help

[jforbes]

You could move the code in the AfterUpdate Event into a new Public Method on the Form. Then call the new Method from both the AfterUpdate and the procedure that does the barcode magic.

' On the Form that you enter the Barcode
Public Sub fillFormFromBarcode()
    ' The code currently in the AfterUpdate
End Sub
Private Sub txtBarCode_AfterUpdate()
    Call fillFormFromBarcode()
End Sub
 
' Then from the procedure that sets-up the barcode,
' Test to see if the Form is open,
' then run the new method.
If CurrentProject.AllForms("TheBarcodeForm").isLoaded Then
    Call Forms("TheBarcodeForm").fillFormFromBarcode()
End If