Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Sun Sep 25 20:35:53 CDT 2011
I just checked the first posting and there's a reply from Allen himself: > With Me.Child0.Form > .Filter = "ExternalEvents Is Not Null" > .FilterOn = True > End With His Filter above was specific to the question he was asked, of course. He's assuming that your filter command button is on the main form, which seems logical enough, but it may mean that you cannot use the built-in Filter-By-Form thing, and instead may have to create your own dialog for this situation. If it's always the same fields, then that shouldn't be a problem. Another approach: you could open a dialog based on the subform's record source, then filter it by form, then grab the Filter property, close the dialog and plug the filter into the above code, which would live in the parent form. Arthur P.S. Interesting exercise. I think build a little toy program and see if I can make it work. On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>wrote: > I just googled "filter on an Access subform" and I suspected, got led > immediately to Allen Browne's site (and others). There are several hits. I'd > try Allen's first. IIRC A.D. Tejpal's written something on this. I haven't > had a need for this particular capability but google as I did and you should > get your answer. > > HTH, > Arthur > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>wrote: > >> Dear List: >> >> I'm trying to set the filter of a subform from parameters on the main >> form. >> The first line is >> >> Me.subfrmAccountsReceivable.Form.Filter = "" >> >> But it wasn't working - so I put: >> >> MsgBox Me.subfrmAccountsReceivable.Form.Filter >> >> right after the first line and it prints "False" >> >> >> After that first line there's code which I've written a dozen times to >> accumulate the filtering criteria (in this case an account number and a >= >> and <= date range) but always for the parent form - never for a sub form. >> >> What am I doing wrong? (Besides not drinking some Scotch and making dinner >> at 6:15 on Sunday night.) >> >> MTIA >> >> Rocky Smolin >> Beach Access Software >> 858-259-4334 >> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> >> www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >