[Cialug] Access

[Kevin C. Smith]

Me. means something like look in "current form" in this case.
Type Me. and you will see your various options. 

Okay. You want the field to be actually "required" "must be filled".
I don't have a Windows machine (Access) in front of me now, but I 
bet there is a required option for fields. Look to turn it on/off as 
shown with the "visible" option. I'll check later myself.

On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 13:13 -0800, David Stout wrote:
> What does the Me. represent in front of the field name?
> 
> "Kevin C. Smith" <kevin@linuxsmith.com> wrote: 
>         
>         > I know this is not a forum for this type of post however I
>         have exhausted
>         > all other forums and documentation to find my answer. So I
>         have resorted
>         > to taking a chance at getting yelled at.
>         >
>         > Here goes:
>         >
>         > At work I am creating an Access2003 Database I have a form
>         with a field
>         > called Determined Not Reportable By and a field called
>         Status. The
>         > Determined Not reportable is only required if Status = "Not
>         Reportable".
>         > How do I create validation to make the field Determined Not
>         Reportable By
>         > when Status = "Not Reportable"?
>         >
>         > Thank you in advance
>         >
>         I'm not sure I understand the question.
>         
>         "How do I create validation to make the field Determined Not
>         Reportable By
>         when Status = "Not Reportable"?"
>         
>         You can set the field to be not visible on the form, and then
>         if "Stat us"
>         = "Not Reportable" use VB to set the field to visible.
>         
>         On "Determined Not Reportable" set visible to "No" (under
>         Format)
>         On "Status" field in Event "After Update" enter an Event
>         Procedure:
>         Something like:
>         
>         If Me.Status = "Not Reportable" Then
>         Me.Determined Not Reportable.Visible = True
>         Else
>         Me.Determined Not Reportable.Visible = False
>         End If
>         
>         You can have it check the "Status" field on form load also if
>         needed.
>         Not sure I helped, but this may be a start.
>         
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> David Stout
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