Re: What is Automation ID?

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On Aug 10, 8:34 am, "Tony Williams" <t...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Yes the control is linked to a field in my table.
Thanks
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On Aug 10, 8:12 am, "Tony Williams" <t...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm getting errors when I start to complete a control on a form that has
a
has a format "ABCD"/000/0000;0;_ that says the Automation ID is not
available. What does this mean?
Thanks
Tony

Is it linked to a field in a table? BTW, you can do a better job of
formatting the input if you ditch the format property and use the
keydown event to format your data. The format property has issues.- Hide quoted text -

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Have you figured it out, or do you still need help? Look at the
properties of the field and see if it is an autonumber.

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