[AccessD] Add new record + fill fields with last entered data?

...that "wizard" simply bites ...I'd create a "duplicate" button that saves
the pk of the current record to a variable or tag and then a query using the
saved pk to append a "new" record that is a duplicate of the saved one
except for the pk ...that would get you a dupe of every form field including
any subform.

William Hindman
ipsedixitism: something is true because I myself have said it is true ...the
philosophy of Noam Chomsky :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brock, Christian T, HRC-Alexandria"
<Christian.Brock at hoffman.army.mil>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
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Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Add new record + fill fields with last entered data?


> Why go to the trouble?  From the statement of intent, What the user really
> wants is a duplicate current record button, instead of a new record
button.
> The Access XP command button wizard will allow you to create a button that
> will duplicate the current record.
>
> It creates the following lines of code
>     DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 8, , acMenuVer70
>     DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 2, , acMenuVer70
>     DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 5, , acMenuVer70 'Paste Append
>
> Obviously MS did not update the wizard to use readable code.  The
following
> will work as well.
>     DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSelectRecord
>     DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdCopy
>     DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdPasteAppend
>
>
> Christian Brock
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk]
> Sent: Thursday, 01 April 2004 09:36
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Add new record + fill fields with last entered
data?
>
>
> Hi Tina
>
> > I begin to understand.  At the OnCurrent Event for the Form, the Event
> > Procedure will set the DefaultValue of each TextBox to the values
> > determined to already be stored in the record just saved.  Is that
> > correct?
>
> Yes and no. No saving needs to take place:
>
> At the OnCurrent Event for the Form, the Event Procedure will set the
> DefaultValue of each TextBox (or ComboBox etc.) to the values for the
> current record of those controls.
>
> > Does this require explicitly listing each TextBox of the form?
>
> Yes.
>
> /gustav
>
>
> >>>How does one set the DefautlValue at OnCurrent?  I don't know how to do
> >>>that.
> >>
> >>That's not difficult - something like this:
> >>
> >>  Dim txt As TextBox
> >>  Set txt = Me!txtYourTextBox
> >>
> >>  txt.DefaultValue = txt.Value
> >>
> >>  Set txt = Nothing
> >>
> >>However, DefaultValue should be a string which means that if your
> >>textbox contains decimals or a date/time value you must be careful and
> >>convert to a string in US format:
> >>
> >>  txt.DefaultValue = LTrim(Str(txt.Value))
> >>
> >>or
> >>
> >>  txt.DefaultValue = _
> >>    Format(txt.Value, "\#mm\/dd\/yyyy hh\:nn\:ss AM/PM\#")
> >>
> >>/gustav
> >>
> >>>>Tough day? No coffee?
> >>>>
> >>>>Set the DefaultValue at OnCurrent.
> >>>>
> >>>>As for Stuart's note on the KeyPreview, it's not a user feature, but a
> >>>>property of the form.
> >>>>
> >>>>/gustav
> >>>>
> >>>>>when a user clicks the 'Add new record' button (s)he wants the data
of
> the current record to be displayed in the new record.
> >>>>>So if a user is on record 999 with field username filled with AAA and
> then clicks on 'Add new record' then a new record (1000) must appear with
> the field username filled with AAA.
>
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