Form Error

[Mnewton911]

I am creating this form and there is an issue.

Before i started creating this form -

I have a combo box within the form which pulls values from another table to populate some of the boxes - where the other boxes are manual entry boxes.

When i start up the form i have a macro which basically defaults the form to default to a new record when it opens up . When i drop the combo box down to select a record and have it populate. i get the following error

"The Expression AFTERUPDATE you entered as the event property setting produced the following error: Invalid Outside Procedure"
This is the Description
"This error occurs when an event has failed to run because Microsoft Office Access cannot evaluate the location of the logic for the event. For example, if the OnOpen property of a form is set to =[Field], this error occurs because Access expects a macro or event name to run when the event is fired."

Since I am relatively new to this, could someone explain in laymans why this is happening and any potential solutions?

THANK YOU!! - Any or All help is thoroughly appreciated

 

[boblarson]

Well, first of all, when you put in the AfterUpdate event did you type this part manually or let Access put it in for you:

Private Sub Form_AfterUpdate()

End Sub

If you typed it in then you probably made an error in entering it and put it where it can't be.

 

[boblarson]

Or did you put the word AFTERUPDATE in the event PROPERTY dialog instead of in the VBA Window?