Re: Skip a line of code and continue

well, i'm glad you posted back, Bob. first, let me fix the code - i left off
the line that closes the If expression, sorry! here's the corrected code, as

Private Sub Form_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer)

If isMissingData Then
Cancel = True
MsgBox "Enter the missing information in the " _
& "highlighted fields, please.", vbExclamation, _
"RECORD SUBMISSION CANCELLED"
End If

End Sub

okay, to answer your question: copy the entire function code (posted
previously) and paste it into the form's module. then, in the form's Design
view, in the Properties box, click on the Event tab and find the
BeforeUpdate event. double click the white space beside the event name, it
will fill in automatically with

[Event Procedure]

at the right is a "build" button (...); click the button and it will open
the form module with the cursor inside the newly create event procedure, as

Private Sub Form_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer)
<cursor blinking here, at the left margin>
End Sub

where the cursor is blinking, paste in the "guts" of the code above, as

If isMissingData Then
Cancel = True
MsgBox "Enter the missing information in the " _
& "highlighted fields, please.", vbExclamation, _
"RECORD SUBMISSION CANCELLED"
End If

so that the complete procedure in your module ends up looking like the first
code i posted above. the code will run every time the form's BeforeUpdate
event fires; that is, when you add a new record or edit an existing record
and then 1) move to another record, or 2) close the form, or 3) move from a
mainform into a subform, or vice versa, or 4) explicitly save the record
from a menu bar or toolbar option or by running code - from a command
button, for instance - to save the record.

hth


"Bob Waggoner" <BobWaggoner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Tina,
Thank you for your help on this. I'm a relative novice - if you could help
me in one more thing...how do I call a function? I don't know where or how
to
place this code so that it activates at the right time.

Thanks
Bob

"tina" wrote:

here's some code that i use to highlight required controls in a
SingleForm
view, when the data isn't entered, as

Private Function isMissingData() As Boolean

Dim ctl As Control

For Each ctl In Me.Controls
If ctl.Tag = "r" Then
If IsNull(ctl) Then
ctl.BackColor = yello
isMissingData = True
Else
ctl.BackColor = wite
End If
End If
Next

End Function

for each control i want to have evaluated, i enter an "r" in the Tag
property of the control. the "yello" and "wite" variables are global
variables that i use throughout my db for consistent coloring. you can
set
variables for the colors you want, or just use the number values
directly.
in my case, i run the code from a command button that releases the
record
from one dept's control to the next dept. but it would work equally well
in
a form's BeforeUpdate event procedure, as

Private Sub Form_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer)

If isMissingData Then
Cancel = True
MsgBox "Enter the missing information in the " _
& "highlighted fields, please.", vbExclamation, _
"RECORD SUBMISSION CANCELLED"
End Sub

hth


"Bob Waggoner" <BobWaggoner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a "Check Work" button a user can click to see if they've
completed
a
record.
Can anyone show me a bit of code that simply pops up a list of skipped
items? For example: VendorCode, TypeofComment, Comment, ContactPerson
are
some of the fields the program checks.

Right now, I have this code evaluating the fields to see if they are
complete:

DoCmd.Echo True, ""
If (IsNull(.EmployeeName)) Then
Beep
MsgBox "Advisory - Please enter the Employee Name.",
vbInformation, "You Forgot the Employee Name"
DoCmd.GoToControl "WebEmployeeName"
Exit Sub
End If

Instead of having code that notifies the user of each skipped box and
then
stops, I'd either like to list the skipped fields or allow the user to
allow
the code to continue checking.

My attempt to allow the user to continue the check goes like this:
DoCmd.Echo True, ""
If (IsNull(.[EmployeeName])) Then
Dim intanswerEmployeeName As Integer
intanswerEmployeeName = MsgBox("Continue?", _
vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Continue?")
If intanswerEmployeeName = vbYes Then

[This is the missing code....]

End If
If intanswerEmployeeName = vbNo Then
MsgBox "Advisory - Please enter Employee Name.",
vbQuestion,
"You forgot to enter the Employee Name"
DoCmd.GoToControl "EmployeeName"
Exit Sub
End If

End If

If you can help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.






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