tabs and subforms

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Nick Mleczko

Hi,

This one's driving me crazy. I've got a tab control with a subform on
each tab. each subform has a check box. I can access the value of the
checkbox on the first tab, the syntax follows;

Forms!frmMain.sfrmQuoteList.Form.chkCurrentQuotesOnly

the second tab's syntax is the same but differs in subform name and
checkbox name, when I execute the following line I get the dreaded run-
time error 2465! 'Application defined or object defined error

Forms!frmMain.sfrmJCList.Form.chkCurrentJCOnly

What am I doing wrong?

PS Acc2003 Pro

thanks
Nick
 
Double-check the names:
- The Name of the subform *control* may not be the same as the name of the
subform loaded into it (its SourceObject.)

- The Name of the check box may not be the same as the name of the field it
is bound to (its ControlSource.)

Use the Immediate Window (Ctrl+G) to verify Access understands the name as
you expect. Try things like this:
? Forms!frmMain.sfrmJCList.Name
? TypeName(Forms!frmMain.sfrmJCList)
? Forms!frmMain.sfrmJCList.Form.chkCurrentJCOnly.Name

If you are absolutely certain you have the names right, it could be a Name
AutoCorrect flaw, or a bad binary. Here's teh standard steps to recover from
corruption:

1. Uncheck the boxes under:
Tools | Options | General | Name AutoCorrect
Explanation of why:
http://allenbrowne.com/bug-03.html

2. Compact the database to get rid of this junk:
Tools | Database Utilities | Compact

3. Close Access. Make a backup copy of the file. Decompile the database by
entering something like this at the command prompt while Access is not
running. It is all one line, and include the quotes:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft office\office\msaccess.exe" /decompile
"c:\MyPath\MyDatabase.mdb"

4. Open Access, and compact again.

5. Open a code window.
Choose References from the Tools menu.
Uncheck any references you do not need.
For a list of the ones you typically need in your version of Access, see:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html

6. Still in the code window, choose Compile from the Debug menu.
Fix any errors, and repeat until it compiles okay.

At this point, you should have a database where the name-autocorrect errors
are gone, the indexes are repaired, inconsistencies between the text- and
compiled-versions of the code are fixed, and reference ambiguities are
resolved.

If it is still a problem, the next step would be to get Access to rebuild
the database for you. Follow the steps for the first symptom in this
article:
Recovering from Corruption
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html
 
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