[AccessD] MS Access 2007 Subform Sort

William Hindman wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Fri Sep 4 18:55:49 CDT 2009


...I kept looking for that bloody icon with the "rubber" on it but all I 
could find was one with an eraser ...shame, that ...I can think of more than 
a few uses for an icon with a "rubber" on it, eh :)

William

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From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 7:36 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access 2007 Subform Sort

> You need to use that bl**dy ribbon.
>
> On the left hand side of  the "Sort & Filter" group  are three icons
> 1. AZ and a down arrow
> 2. AZ and an up arrow
> 3. AZ and a rubber.
>
> The tooltip for the third one is "Clear all sorts"
>
> -- 
> Stuart
>
> On 4 Sep 2009 at 18:52, Robert wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure how else to explain this...
>>
>> In Access 2007 (and with an .mde) they added a small "down Arrow" 
>> dropdown
>> box for each field header (column) for datasheet forms. Among a bunch of
>> filter options, you have sort options A-Z and Z-A.
>>
>> If you open Access 2007, open a form (with fields of course) in datasheet
>> view, you will see what I'm talking about. It's completely Access driven, 
>> no
>> code needed at all. Not trying to change the record source, just trying 
>> to
>> remove a sort via the same Access driven mechanism that allows you to 
>> apply
>> the sort.
>>
>>
>> WBR
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
>> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 6:21 PM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access 2007 Subform Sort
>>
>> OH, yeah, sure.  In code.  In the click event of a command button or 
>> after
>> update in a combo box.  So is that the case Robert?  Are you trying to
>> change the record source of the subform to sort on a different field and 
>> it
>> doesn't seem to work?
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
>> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:38 PM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access 2007 Subform Sort
>>
>> Rocky, maybe I am missing the question. If you have two sql one sorted by
>> Name the other by ID (say) then it is possible to change the rowsource 
>> from
>> Qry 1 to Qry 2 of the form in code, is it not?
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
>> Sent: 04 September 2009 22:19
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access 2007 Subform Sort
>>
>> "because in a Access 2007 .mde you can apply a sort "
>>
>> How do you do that in an mde?
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert
>> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 7:34 AM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access 2007 Subform Sort
>>
>> Rocky,
>>  It's strange, because in a Access 2007 .mde you can apply a sort (one 
>> for
>> each field header), but it doesn't appear as if they give the option to
>> remove the sort from a field.
>>
>>  I can't even code against (beside removing ALL of the sorting) If the 
>> user
>> has sorted on more than one field then it's almost impossible to code a
>> button on the main form to remove that one sort.
>>
>>  Really starting to look like yet another MS monumental omission in
>> features...
>>
>> Thanks for responding Rocky! Oh BTW it's a program that I'm developing 
>> (.mdb
>> in Access 2007), I know call me crazy.. ;-)
>>
>> WBR
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
>> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 10:12 AM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access 2007 Subform Sort
>>
>> I don't think they can.  Mde doesn't allow design changes.  Did they make
>> the mde themselves? Do they have access to the mdb where they could do 
>> the
>> change and then make the mde? It could be done through code, but they'd 
>> have
>> to implement that code in the mdb first, then compile.
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert
>> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 6:50 AM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: [AccessD] MS Access 2007 Subform Sort
>>
>> Ok,
>>  How does a runtime .mde user remove a sort (Field Header) from a subform
>> after applying it? I see no way to do this..? Is this a monumental 
>> omission?
>>
>> WBR
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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