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Sam Summers

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I am trying to force one field of all the records on a continuous form to text that is selected from a combo box in the header who's data comes from another table.

When the user selects the option i want the same field in all the records to change to that and be saved in the associated table.

This is because of the way the data is presented (basically a list with tick boxes alongside each record).
When the user ticks the box the current date is automatically inserted alongside the record.

This is my third day on this so many thanks if someone can shed some light on it?

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Hi. Have you tried using an UPDATE query?
 

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Hi. Have you tried using an UPDATE query?
Hi, i haven't but maybe that is the best way. I'll dabble with that and get back to this thread.
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Right that worked to an extent apart from the first record in the continuous form (The one that has the focus on form opening).
Closer than before though
 

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And i'm getting a 'write conflict' message when i try and close the form?
 

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Right that worked to an extent apart from the first record in the continuous form (The one that has the focus on form opening).
Closer than before though
That depends on what your UPDATE query looks like.
 

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And i'm getting a 'write conflict' message when i try and close the form?
Ah, that means you're updating the table while also updating the form at the same time. Try saving the form edit first before updating the table.
 

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Fantastic! That got it. Onto the next problem now.

Thank you!!

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