finding a record in a table from a form

[smartenuk]

I am desperate at this point, I have looked everywhere and I know it is something simple but I need help. I am a novice at access and am trying this because no one else will.

I am in a form that uses a table and I need to look up a record that matches a particular field. The table is "tblVolunteers" the table key is "Volunteers_ID" and I need to find a record whose key matches text box "VolID". Any help would be appreciated

 

[pbaldy]

Either this:

http://www.baldyweb.com/wherecondition.htm

Or try the combo box wizard, choosing the third option "find a record..."

 

[smartenuk]

I need to do the lookup "on Load" of the form.

 

[pbaldy]

There would be no value in the textbox when the form loaded, so no way for it to filter. If the value comes from a different form, the first option should work.

 

[smartenuk]

thanks again. I did look up your page and I have tried them with no luck yet.

 

[pbaldy]

If you get stuck, post your code and the relevant data types.

 

[smartenuk]

I get the error message " The expression you entered refers to an object that is closed or doesn't exist"

 

[smartenuk]

is there some way I can send you what I have, posting it has too much in it

 

[pbaldy]

Well, you didn't post the code, but presumably the form you're referring to in it isn't open.

 

[pbaldy]

Likely all I need is the code this bit is in, and what object it's in.

 

[smartenuk]

I am trying this
DoCmd.GoToRecord "Volunteer_ID" = Me.volid
volid is a number that I need the table to go to

 

[smartenuk]

btw, the value I am trying to use as the lookup key, VolID is a tempvar

 

[pbaldy]

The = would have to be within the quotes, but that isn't the syntax of GoToRecord anyway:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vba/access-vba/articles/docmd-gotorecord-method-access

I don't know the context, but a bookmark might be more appropriate. This could be adapted:

http://www.baldyweb.com/Bookmark.htm

 

[smartenuk]

Bookmark looks as my best chance. how do I code this line:
lngBookmark = Me.[TempVars]![VolID]

 

[pbaldy]

I haven't used TempVars, but it looks like the syntax is

lngBookmark = TempVar!VolID

 

[smartenuk]

tried it as you wrote and also replaced the tempvar with a txtField and still couldn't get it to work, but thanks a lot for the effort. Still have to get this done by Monday.

 

[pbaldy]

Hard to help when you don't post the code. Or the db.

 

[smartenuk]

Thank You, Thank You. You saved my life with the BOOKMARK app. I was up most of the night troubleshooting the code only to finally find that I had a fat-finger hiccup in your answer causing the errors. Once I moved the tempvar to a txt file it worked.

 

[pbaldy]

Glad it worked for you!

 

[Pat Hartman]

@smartenuk,
You made this much harder than you needed to. Paul's first suggestion to use an unbound combo and let Access build it was essentially a no code colution.