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Creating 2 subforms on a form
I am trying to create a form that utilizes 2 subforms - one to link toa table
with customer contact info (linked fields - [CustomerID]), the other to link to a table that keeps track of equipment lent to the customers (linked fields - [LoanID].) The main form has the [LoanID], as well as the loan date, and return date. This is based on yet another table. Problem: the main form and customer contact subform work OK. But, the loan items subform does not open in the main form. The error message I get is: "This expression is typed incorrectly, or is too complex to evaluate...Try simplifying parts of the expression by assigning parts of the expression to variables." I am a very simple user of Access - and do not code. I have been able to make pretty complex programs using only the drag and drop apps and queries. So please explain to me what, in theory I am doing wrong... like, should this be based on a query instead of direct tables, or something like that. Thanks. |
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Creating 2 subforms on a form
Hi 4charity,
the loans are related to the customer. Imagine that you want to show all the loans for a single customer - you would find all the records in the loans form that have the same CustomerID as the Main form. I am assuming that the loans table is related to the customer table via the customer ID. If your setup is like I have described above, you could link the second subform to the main form via the customer ID field. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "4charity" wrote in message ... I am trying to create a form that utilizes 2 subforms - one to link toa table with customer contact info (linked fields - [CustomerID]), the other to link to a table that keeps track of equipment lent to the customers (linked fields - [LoanID].) The main form has the [LoanID], as well as the loan date, and return date. This is based on yet another table. Problem: the main form and customer contact subform work OK. But, the loan items subform does not open in the main form. The error message I get is: "This expression is typed incorrectly, or is too complex to evaluate...Try simplifying parts of the expression by assigning parts of the expression to variables." I am a very simple user of Access - and do not code. I have been able to make pretty complex programs using only the drag and drop apps and queries. So please explain to me what, in theory I am doing wrong... like, should this be based on a query instead of direct tables, or something like that. Thanks. |
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