[AccessD] Strange Filter By Form Problem.

Lawrence Mrazek lmrazek at lcm-res.com
Mon May 7 11:36:39 CDT 2012


Another strange thing ... the filter works fine if I hand-code the
interaction via unbound comboboxes.

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Lawrence Mrazek <lmrazek at lcm-res.com>wrote:

> Hi Rocky:
>
> No, they are simply bound comboboxes ... they display the text from the
> related table, but the ID from the related table is bound. Hmmm ... but the
> name of the controlsource is the same as the field (EX: field=facid,
> combobox name= facid).
>
> Could this be an issue?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>wrote:
>
>> Is FacID in a bound text box on the form? If so, is the name as well as
>> the
>> controlsource of the text box FacID?
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lawrence
>> Mrazek
>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 9:01 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: [AccessD] Strange Filter By Form Problem.
>>
>> Hi Folks:
>>
>> We have a couple of users that like to use the built-in filter by form
>> functionality in Access 2007.
>>
>> We have a form that has a 3 combo boxes on it, plus a number of textboxes
>> and a subform.
>>
>> If the user does a filter-by-form and chooses only one of the comboboxes,
>> the filter works fine. However, if you try to filter multiple combo boxes,
>> the system throws an error message saying the "The Microsoft Office Access
>> database engine does not recognize "FacID" as a valid field name or
>> expression". (FacID) is on the main form's recordsource.
>>
>> Has anyone seen this sort of behavior?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Larry Mrazek
>> lmrazek at lmrazek@lcm-res.com
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