[AccessD] doCmd.SaveRecord not firing Form_Before_Update event

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sun Jan 18 07:46:54 CST 2015


I've never tried it with individual controls.  I always set the Form's Dirty property with Me.Dirty 

On 18 Jan 2015 at 8:26, Bill Benson wrote:

> No tried first thing, but I could not. Got an error about control not
> being in focus. If you need more details I will try to recreate it. I
> tried to make for dirty on every unbound combo after update. No go. On
> Jan 18, 2015 4:05 AM, "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> wrote:
> 
> > You can also just set "Me.Dirty = True" in code.
> >
> > On 17 Jan 2015 at 22:41, Bill Benson wrote:
> >
> > > Using my own noodle, here is what I determined:  The Beforeupdate
> > > event is apparently bypassed if the form is not "dirty". If the
> > > Help says that, I am not able to see anything about it. Since the
> > > controls driving this exercise were unbound, changing them and
> > > expecting that a Form Save would call the BeforeUpdate event was
> > > apparently unreasonable (!) on my part... so my update routines
> > > were not firing. I have since added some bound controls on the
> > > form, and updated those when the unbound controls change - and
> > > this is enough to make the form feel dirty, and then saving is
> > > calling the BeforeUpdate event (which I no longer even need, ha ha
> > > - since the bound controls are taking on the value of the unbound
> > > controls)... however this still makes me want to peeuuke.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Bill Benson
> > > <bensonforums at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am getting nearly work out with Access not behaving as I would
> > > > expect - and in this case, as Help tells me it should. I have a
> > > > process which needs to save an order record then create an
> > > > invoice. The invoice will have amounts for various types of fees
> > > > calculated as either based on an amount entered per bottle, or a
> > > > flat amount; but if a field FeeTypeid is set to a value such
> > > > that looking up that feetypeid in the FeeType table yields a
> > > > feeType of 'N/A', I do not want the amount to be calculated (ie,
> > > > should be zero).
> > > >
> > > > This determination is to be made in the Beforeupdate event.
> > > >
> > > > However, upon saving the record, that event is not firing. I
> > > > have verified in the form property sheet that this event is set
> > > > to fire.
> > > >
> > > > Any help out there? Arrrggghghhgg!
> > > >
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