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Hello everyone,

I recently had a request from users to be able to build a custom query thru a Form interface that they can use and check off the options they want.

Not sure even where to start (besides building the form and adding checkboxes).

I was trying to find the best way to do this and im think maybe querydef? But im not sure how to even start.

Thankfully, its only 1 table - [Employee] and a collection of fields - [Status], [StatusDate], [Address], [Phone], [IDNo], , etc.

How can I create a subform/query that will change dynamically based on the corresponding boxes checked, without including, ALL the fields in the table?

Thank you for your help
 

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I'm wondering if Allen Brownes "Search Form" is what you are looking for:-

 

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Although building a WHERE clause on the fly for a form is common and doesn't affect the design of a form, you don't want to build the the SELECT clause on the fly because that impacts the entire form and its controls. However, if you are building a query that will select data for export to Excel or a CSV, then building both SELECT and WHERE clauses is fine.

Please tell us more about your objective.
 

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I want a form that will allow the user to check the fields they want from a specific table and then click a button that will display the query and allow the user to export it to excel.
 

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Already done and more.
Any chance you can send me a copy of that Qry Viewer you posted in that last post?
 

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I want a form that will allow the user to check the fields they want from a specific table and then click a button that will display the query and allow the user to export it to excel.

With the new information you've provided, I wondered if this might be suitable?


If it is, you are welcome to a free copy you can download it from my website here:-



Use coupon code:- voe5p1i to get a free copy.
 

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With the new information you've provided, I wondered if this might be suitable?


If it is, you are welcome to a free copy you can download it from my website here:-



Use coupon code:- voe5p1i to get a free copy.
Thank you! I have imported the columns frm and the necessary code into the button for my form, however, when the I click the button it gives me an error when calling the .fSetUp.

Any suggestions?
 

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however, when the I click the button it gives me an error when calling the .fSetUp.

Any suggestions?

Please send me a copy of your database. Only include the form and table (or tables) that are necessary. Make sure that there is no confidential information. My email address is xx
 
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Please send me a copy of your database. Only include the form and table (or tables) that are necessary. Make sure that there is no confidential information. My email address is xx
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Hi evictme

Unfortunately your database structure is not compatible with my code.

I had a a good look at your database, about an hour I reckon. You have a table with around 150 Fields. This is generally an indication of a design problem.

Many of your field names contain special characters like "/" "#" "-" It is not a good idea to use them in your field names, it makes VBA programming very difficult. See Microsoft help here for more information:-


In particular I draw your attention to to this statement from Microsoft

If the field name contains a number sign (#), you receive the following error message:
The expression you entered has an invalid date value.

A lot of your field names have spaces in, again, I refer you to Microsoft above, don't use spaces.
 

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Hi evictme

Unfortunately your database structure is not compatible with my code.

I had a a good look at your database, about an hour I reckon. You have a table with around 150 Fields. This is generally an indication of a design problem.

Many of your field names contain special characters like "/" "#" "-" It is not a good idea to use them in your field names, it makes VBA programming very difficult. See Microsoft help here for more information:-


In particular I draw your attention to to this statement from Microsoft

If the field name contains a number sign (#), you receive the following error message:
The expression you entered has an invalid date value.

A lot of your field names have spaces in, again, I refer you to Microsoft above, don't use spaces.
Thank you for your time and help. Yea, renaming fields and better design is on the "todo" list, for now, Im maintaining.
 

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