Disabling and Enabling subforms

[vt800c]

I have a 'Welcome' screen that is modal,so that users can't "hurt" themselves when using the application. The welcone screen has a large tab control which contains a single subform under each tab. These were created as separate forms and then dragged and dropped into the tab control. There is a button on each subform that will 'enable' the editing of a record, or to allow creating a new record. The code is a call that sets "Thisform"(Defined as Screen.ActiveForm) AllowEdits, AllowAdditions and AllowDeletions properties to 'True".



This works fine when each form is opened individually. But when I go through the 'Welcome' form, it doesn't work. I think it's because "Thisform" ends up being the welcome form.

If I try to enable the tab control using the Me!PgeName.enable (when the default value for me!pgeName is disabled), the button is also disabled and the thing just looks at me.

The reason behind this approach is so a user can be restricted from adding a new record by hiding an 'add record' button, and prevented from editing a record by hiding an 'Edit' button for each subform (one per tab)

[NTC]

If I understand your post; I think that you did identify your solution.

If these are indeed subforms - then your property manipulation needs the subform syntax if the control is on the main form, rather than the subform. ie:
Me.SubformObjectName.Properties.AllowAdditions=Tru e

(actually I'm having a momentary brain freeze and am not 100% sure of that syntax so please check it.....)

On the otherhand if the control/button is indeed on the subform - then it should work....if it doesn't then possible the editability properties of the mainform are at False and over ride the subform property settings - - not 100% sure of this either - just a consideration for the moment...

Let me know if you find the fix.

[vt800c]

We're getting close. it has to do with how to set a form-level property on a subform. I am being greedy, and writing an 'IF-THEN' loop that if I'm NOT on the "Welcome' form I will change the properties of the form. Thats working fine.

But if I AM on the 'Welcome' form, I'm trying to change the 'form-level' properties of AllowEdits, AllowAdditions and AllowDeletions of the subform. That part is not working so hot.

[vt800c]

ok..learning as we go along here. I found out that the value I move in to test for a users privileges is occuring too late, as I am doing it on the Mainform, and not the sub-form I guess I will need to do it as part of the initial login. but I think that is do-able.