[AccessD] Continue Incrementing

I tried your suggestion and it didn't make any difference.

Va.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 6:36 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Continue Incrementing


Hi Virginia

As you describe it, your form should work ...

You may wish to save it though after update of the number field.
The easiest way is:

    Me.Dirty = False

/gustav


> Do I just need to create a "save" command button and use that or does the
> following need to be placed within the same code below we've been
discussing
> (within the doubleclick event of the field). " DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar,
> acRecordsMenu, acSaveRecord, , acMenuVer70"

> If so, can you tell me where to place it? 

> I hope this takes care of it.  I'm so frustrated and I just thought that
if
> the document number created through code on the form is saved when moving
to
> the next record (and it actually shows up in the table), that the code
would
> look at the table for the next record and increment by one.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:48 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Continue Incrementing


> Hi Virginia

> I think so (not quite sure how your form is working).

> /gustav


>> Do you mean it has to save the record first? Even if it is adding the
>> document number to the table?

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hollis,Virginia [mailto:HollisVJ at pgdp.usec.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:09 PM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Continue Incrementing


>> Well, the document number (i.e. BOM-2601-0010) populates the appropriate
>> field in the table.  I thought that the coding would look at the table
>> field
>> and see that there is this document number already there and increment by
>> one.

>> Va.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 11:39 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Continue Incrementing


>> Hi Virginia

>> It looks like you don't save the new document number ....

>> /gustav


>>> When I open my form and add a new record and (say there is already a
>>> record
>>> in the table "BOM-2601-0010"), the next number given is correct
>>> ("BOM-2601-0011").
 
>>> However, if I add another record and use the same prefixes as before
>>> "BOM-2601"......the next number given is the same as the previous
>>> ("BOM-2601-0011"). For some reason, I can only get it to increment one
>>> time only and that's all.
 
>>> Is there something I can insert in the following statement (which is a
>>> doubleclick event that assigns the Document Number), which tells it to
>>> continue incrementing even though the prefixes are the same?
 
>>> ******************************
>>> Private Sub DocumentNumber_DblClick(Cancel As Integer)
>>> Dim intMax As Integer, strPrefix As String
 
>>> If Me.DocumentNumber = "" Or IsNull(Me.DocumentNumber) Then
>>> strPrefix = Me.[cboDocType].Column(0) & "-" & Me.cboWBSCodesSelect & "-"
 
>>> If DCount("DocumentNumber", "DocumentList",
"Mid([DocumentNumber],6,4)='"
>>> & Me.cboWBSCodesSelect & "'") > 0 Then
>>> intMax = DMax("Val(Mid([DocumentNumber],11))", "DocumentList",
>>> "Mid([DocumentNumber],6,4)='" & Me.cboWBSCodesSelect & "'")
 
>>> Me.DocumentNumber = strPrefix & Format(intMax + 1, "0000")
>>> Else
>>> Me.DocumentNumber = strPrefix & "0001"
>>> End If
>>> End If
>>> End Sub

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