Referencing forms from other forms ?

[liamfitz]

This link in FAQ http://access.mvps.org/access/forms/frm0031.htm , suggests the following format, to reference a mainform's control's property from another form ...

Forms!Mainform!Controlname.property

However I continually get, " Cannot find the referenced form (formname )". I've tried several Mainforms, and the spelling/case of letters, is definitely correct. Could it be the syntax ?

 

[Trevor G]

Do you have spaces in your form name, if so you may need to use square brackets

 

[mdlueck]

I found this page most helpful when becoming comfortable with referring to controls on forms.

http://access.mvps.org/access/forms/frm0031.htm

I prefer not to use the ! deliminator syntax, and instead use function () type syntax:

    'Refresh the prior window UI
    Call Forms("adminauth").Refresh_Click(intAuthID)

So, this LOC reaches into the Forms collection and looks for a form named "adminauth", once found it sends that form the Refresh_Click event a message to be run, passing it one arg intAuthID.

 

[Shallo9]

Greetings

Please provide the name of the form and then the name of the control and the property you'd like to change?

 

[liamfitz]

My command line is ...

Forms!frmAfAIS(test)!lblTest.Caption

I take the point about 'miscellaneous' characters - maybe the brackets are an issue. I'll ltry the SQUARE Brackets technique. Thank you.

 

[mdlueck]

I take the point about 'miscellaneous' characters

I would suggest only letters a-z, numbers 0-9, and underscore _ characters to achieve the best compatibility.

 

[liamfitz]

I've changed the form's name, and now it works ( no special characters ! ) Thank you.