Sub-form within a sub-form

[PeteB]

This might be a crazy question but, Sub-form within a sub-form - is this possible? If so, how?

 

[CJ_London]

you can have up to 7 levels of subforms.

FormA-subformB-subformC-etc

just drag subformC onto subformB, then subform B onto formA if not already done

Note if formA or subformB are continuous you will get a message saying you can't have subforms on continuous forms. You can - but they have to be in the header or footer. Access will reset the form view to single, just change it back to continuous

 

[MajP]

You can nest subforms, but takes a little art to keep them from being confusing. I find most Access applications with nested subforms are not very user friendly. I tend to do linked subforms, where the subforms are on the same mainform, but not nested. Here is a demo image.

Passing Context Between Forms

Hello everyone... I'm trying to do something with forms and sub-forms that I think *should* be possible, but I'm struggling with the implementation. I'll try and describe what I'm trying to achieve in 2 ways - a high level "what I'm trying to show" and then "how I'm trying to get there". Whilst...

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[MajP]

three part nesting

Are those three linked subforms or "nested". Are any of those inside another subform.