Bill Benson
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Fri Dec 26 12:35:42 CST 2014
Thanks Jim for confirming.
On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net>
wrote:
>
> Think I understand now, but what your looking for is not built-in.
>
> Even if a filter has a control reference (it can be 'formulaic'), it's not
> automatically going to be applied because a control changes. It's just not
> wired up the same way as a bound control is to a record source.
>
> One way or another (menu or code), the filter needs to be applied.
>
> Jim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Benson
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 10:38 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] trying to filter a form on a control's value
>
> That's what I thought Jim. As I wrote, since this filter doesn't reapply
> itself the way a control source would, I gave up on filter.
>
> To better explain, what I really wanted was a filter to be formulaic. But
> it never is, it can be set US ING a formula, but it is always going to be
> a fixed string.
>
> By contrast, a controlsource is also a string but Access recomputes what it
> should display - and can be set to depend on a function or another control.
> A filter apparently doesn't do those kinds of things, I was just using
> wishful thinking.
> On Dec 26, 2014 9:35 AM, "Jim Dettman" <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I guess I am missing the point of the question and not understanding what
> > you are trying to do.
> >
> > You've got to set the filter. It can be a generic control reference in
> the
> > filter string, but your still going to need to do something in the
> > AfterUpdate of a control to force the form to apply the filter even so.
> >
> > Jim.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Benson
> > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 06:22 PM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] trying to filter a form on a control's value
> >
> > But that is not any better than using the UDF Jim (well, a tiny bit less
> > overhead and a bit more direct). However, when the control changes there
> > will be no change to what the filter evaluates to when the control
> changes
> > value. And that is my goal.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
> > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 6:18 PM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] trying to filter a form on a control's value
> >
> >
> > You were close....correct syntax is:
> >
> > Me.Filter = "[FKCompanyID] = " & [Forms]!frmOrders![txtWholesalerID]
> >
> > if this is frmOrders, then that can be shortened to:
> >
> > Me.Filter = "[FKCompanyID] = " & Me.[txtWholesalerID]
> >
> > This assumes a numeric. If ID is text, then:
> >
> > Me.Filter = "[FKCompanyID] = " & chr$(34) &
> > [Forms]!frmOrders![txtWholesalerID] & chr$(34)
> >
> > Jim.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Benson
> > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 05:50 PM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject: [AccessD] trying to filter a form on a control's value
> >
> > I want to filter a form, when a toggle is depressed based on a control
> > value
> > on my form. When that control changes, I want the filter to be applied. I
> > have tried without success to set the filter a myriad of different ways,
> > and
> > whatever I try, the filter is ineffective (returns no records) when I use
> > any of these attempts.
> >
> > I have tried:
> > Filter = "FKCompanyID= [Forms]!frmOrders![txtWholesalerID]"
> > Filter = "FKCompanyID= [Forms]!frmOrders!txtWholesalerID"
> > Filter = "FKCompanyID=
> > [Forms]!frmOrders!Controls("txtWholesalerID")
> > Filter = "FKCompanyID= [Forms]!frmOrders!cboWholesaler.Column(0)
> > Filter = "FKWholesalerID=
> > Forms(""frmOrders"").Controls(""cboWholesaler"").Column(0)"
> > Filter = "FKWholesalerID=
> > Forms(""frmOrders"").Controls(""txtWholesalerID"")"
> >
> > Finally, getting desperate, I tried a UDF GetWholesalerID() which
> returned
> > the value of one of the controls above, and that would work in the
> filter.
> >
> > Filter = "FKWholesalerID=" & GetWholesaler()
> >
> > The annoyance though, is that I need to call this in the AfterUpdate
> event
> > of the control that drives it, since the function is not volatile - as
> > reference to a control would be on its own.
> >
> > Is there any form of compliant syntax which will allow me to establish a
> > direct dependence between the filter and the referenced control?
> >
> >
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