[AccessD] Question 2...returning to a form

Max Wanadoo max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Fri Jan 8 13:23:58 CST 2010


Don’t know Gary, do you know, I have never ever used data entry
form....true.

So John, if it is a data entry form you are using, Gary will give you the
answer.

Max


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: 08 January 2010 19:21
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Question 2...returning to a form

If you have the form set as a data entry form maybe you can't return
to an existing record?

GK

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:07 PM, John Clark <John.Clark at niagaracounty.com>
wrote:
> huh?! ;o)
>
> Seriously though, I'm not sure what this is. I will look it up
though...thanks for the tip!
>
>>>> "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> 1/8/2010 2:00 PM >>>
> If you want to return to the record, save the Bookmark and then
 reposition
> on it.
>
> Max
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Clark
> Sent: 08 January 2010 18:54
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Question 2...returning to a form
>
> OK, for those of you that might have read my other post, this is the next
> question...
>
> For those of you that may not have read it...or maybe your attention span
is
> like mine and...where was I...oh, yeah...maybe you just need a reminder...
>
> I've got an entry form, w/a button on it. Press the button and a voucher
is
> created from the data, and you get a print preview of said voucher. When
you
> close the preview, you are returned to the data entry form. But...and
herein
> lies the question...you are returned to record #1, and not where you were.
>
> This isn't a huge problem, because in reality, you would almost always be
> done w/a record, once you print and wouldn't need to return to it. But,
the
> whole reason it goes to a preview to begin with, is that you can check and
> amend data. So, if there is a reason to change something, I don't want it
> going to record one and need to travel back to the current record.
>
> An easy, although not perfect, approach to this, might be to just open the
> form to the last record...contemplating this anyhow. Most of the time we
> will be printing the last record anyhow, so this would probably get us by,
> for the most part.
>
> However, if for no other reason, I'd like to do this, just so I can learn
> how to do it. So, how can I have my calling form return to its last known
> record?
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