This course is designed for those interested in learning about how to create power search with subforms in Microsoft Access.
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Hello, my name is Bruce. I am a self-employed Access programmer and general computer consultant to small and medium-sized businesses. I got into programming because I was tired of all the jargon most programmers use and how they don't seem to care about business. "Technology is great but I've always been more interested in how it can be used to make companies more profitable." - Bruce I live in Portland, Oregon and have many long-term relationships with local businesses. Many of the sy
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Take what you learned in the Intermediate Access VBA Course to a level that is probably far beyond what you thought was possible. This course takes the Prototype System introduced in the Intermediate VBA course to a much higher level by adding the ability to incorporate unlimited subforms!
I spent a solid month of programming greatly expanding this system while, at the same time, making it simpler to work with! I’m pretty happy with the way it turned out and I think you will be too!
Restrictions like having your form have the same name as the recordsource table are GONE, and you can name the List form anything you want. You can add unlimited subforms to your main form and use any or all of them in search! Best of all, now you can save your searches!
To help make saved searches more valuable, two new Date Criterias have been added: MTD and YTD. Put one of these into your criteria and the search will automatically calculate the date from the beginning of the month or year through today, every time you run the search!
Searches can be setup with criteria on just one of your subforms, or all of them or any combination of the main form and subforms. Save the search with a descriptive name and then retrieve it at any time. You can also have an unlimited number of main forms and have searches running in ALL of THEM AT THE SAME TIME! If you close the database without ending the searches, they will all be there when you open the database again!
Follow along as I take you step by step through the inner workings of this radically improved database. We will cover VBA syntax that is far beyond what you thought possible with subforms.
This system contains all the code and capabilities from the Intermediate system, but also shows you how to :
- Make the menu buttons change color when you move the mouse over them.
- Create “Quick Search” pulldowns that integrate with the regular search.
- Use the prototype form to quickly setup an existing form to have all the functionality of the Customer form in the course.
- Easily add unlimited subforms to your main form and have them work in search also.
- Use all the search criteria methods from the Intermediate course within your subforms.
- Save an unlimited number of searches on each of your main forms.
- Remove or modify saved searches easily.
- Use the new MTD and YTD criteria in any main form or subform date field.
- Understand the tables that search automatically creates for you.
If you take the time to master doing a demo with this database, you will instantly impress potential clients with your capabilities.
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By the end of this course, you will have a clear understanding of how to create power search with subforms.
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Course Curriculum
| Section 1 - System Overview And Demonstrations | |||
| What This System Is And How It Can Help You | 00:00:00 | ||
| System Demo – The Minor Changes From The Intermediate Database | 00:00:00 | ||
| System Demo – The Quick Search Pulldowns | 00:00:00 | ||
| System Demo – The Orders Subform | 00:00:00 | ||
| System Demo – The Tasks Subform | 00:00:00 | ||
| System Demo – The Search System | 00:00:00 | ||
| Database Download Links | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 2 - How Keyflash Works | |||
| Setting RGB Colors With The Mouse Move Event | 00:00:00 | ||
| The FKeyColors Subroutine | 00:00:00 | ||
| How Are The Key Colors Reset Back To Default? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 3 - How To Resize The Notes Box | |||
| Find The Code For Resizing Notes | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 4 - How Quick Search Works | |||
| Examine The Company Search | 00:00:00 | ||
| Examine The Company Search AfterUpdate Sub | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Company Search Got Focus Event | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 5 - The Order Subform | |||
| The Order Subform Enter Subroutine/Testing For No Records | 00:00:00 | ||
| More On The Orders Subform Enter Subroutine | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Order Subform Exit Subroutine | 00:00:00 | ||
| How The GO button In The Orders Subform Works | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 6 - The Task Subform | |||
| Overview Of The Task Subform | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Add New Task Menu Command | 00:00:00 | ||
| The All Tasks Report Command | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Tasks Due Report Command | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 7 - Details On How Search With Subforms Works | |||
| Quick Overview Of FormControl And FormSubControl Tables | 00:00:00 | ||
| UnlinkSubforms Subroutine | 00:00:00 | ||
| Remove The Search Tables And Test SetupSearch | 00:00:00 | ||
| Examine The SetupSearch And SetupSrchTbl Subroutines | 00:00:00 | ||
| Step Through SetupSearch Part 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
| Step Through SetupSearch Part 2-SetInputMasks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Process Search Part 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
| Process Search Part 2 – Building The FStr | 00:00:00 | ||
| Process Search Part 3 – Building The Keylist Table Query | 00:00:00 | ||
| Process Search Part 4 – LinkToSearch And Finish | 00:00:00 | ||
| Step Through Processing A Search | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 8 - Ending, Saving And Retrieving Searches | |||
| Cancel Or End Search – Code Step Through | 00:00:00 | ||
| Save Search – Code Step Through | 00:00:00 | ||
| Retrieve Search – Code Step Through | 00:00:00 | ||
| Delete Search – Code Step Through | 00:00:00 | ||
| Setup Search On Open Form – Code Step Through | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 9 - Using The Prototype And Prototype List Forms | |||
| Setup A New Form Using The Prototype Form | 00:00:00 | ||
| Modify The VBA Editor Toolbar And Create Subform Enter/Exit Subroutines | 00:00:00 | ||
| Create Subform Menus | 00:00:00 | ||
| Create A New Continuous List Form | 00:00:00 | ||
| Using The Prototype List Form | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 10 - Conclusion | |||
| Conclusion – How To Get The Most Out Of What You’ve Learned | 00:00:00 | ||
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