Charlotte Foust
cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Wed Feb 25 10:19:23 CST 2009
Are the parent and the subform bound to the same dataset? That's what usually causes write conflicts in my world, because you have two datasets open, or at least two connections to the same dataset. What happens if you force an update on the parent form after setting the value? Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:16 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] Write Conflict ...first time I've seen this one ...cbf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Option Compare Database Option Explicit Private Sub cboParticipantType_AfterUpdate() ' Force save and refresh records On Error GoTo HandleErr DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSaveRecord Me.Requery exithere: Exit Sub HandleErr: Select Case Err Case Else MsgBox Err & ": " & Err.Description, vbCritical, _ "Error in Form_frmCompanyEventsSub.cboParticipantType_AfterUpdate" End Select Resume exithere Resume End Sub Private Sub Form_Dirty(Cancel As Integer) 'MsgBox "Record Changed" On Error GoTo Form_Dirty_Error Parent!txtUpdated = Date 'update the LastUpdated to today's date if the form record was changed. Parent!txtUpdateBy = Environ("USERNAME") Me.Repaint On Error GoTo 0 Exit Sub Form_Dirty_Error: MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & " (" & Err.Description & ") in procedure Form_Dirty of VBA Document Form_frmCompanyEventsSub" End Sub ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- ...the Form_Dirty is the new code ...works elsewhere in main forms without problems ...but this is a sub and I'm changing field data on the parent. ...I get a Write Conflict dialog box "This record has been changed by another user" with three buttons: "Save Record" "Copy to Clipboard" "Drop Changes" ...annoying to say the least ...any idea why this is happening? William -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com