Clear Data on Form

[jalverson]

I searched the forum and couldn't find a thread to answer my question so here goes . . .

I have a form to lookup item number information. The user enters the item number and clicks on a "refresh" button to view information related to the item. Also the user can edit some of the fields using text boxes and a save command button.

I want to create a "clear" button which the user will click that will clear all of the data off the form before going to the next item. The form is bound to a table so I do not want to delete the data in the table, only clear the form. I have read that the form can be cleared by advancing to a new record. However, we do not want the user to create new records from this form. If you can tell me how to prevent the user from creating a new record, then the "advance to a new record" method could be a solution. I welcome any other ideas that you have to clear the form.

Thanks for you help,

Jeff

 

[BarryMK]

Do you want the user to input or edit data on this form or will it be read only?

 

[allan57]

Try the following

Private Sub cmdClearForm_Click()
'Create a command button called 'cmdClearForm' on your form and create this event

On Error Resume Next

'Create label on form called 'lblDisplayMessagePleaseWait' and set visible = false
lblDisplayMessagePleaseWait.Visible = True
me.repaint
Application.Echo False
DoCmd.Close acForm, Me.FormName, acSaveNo
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmYour_Form_Name_Here", acNormal

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()

On Error Resume Next

DoCmd.Maximize
Application.Echo True

End Sub