Button to open form with relative information...

[darkyetlovely39]

Here is my DB:
Attachment 3367
What I am trying to figure out is the best way to have, when the button is pressed, class form open with ONLY classes relative to the session selected. How can I do this?

[pbaldy]

See if this works for you:

BaldyWeb wherecondition

[darkyetlovely39]

I'm not exactly sure how to use that code for my form. Did you look at my form? What I want is for when Session 1 is chosen from the drop-down, all classes in that session will appear (either on that form or by opening a new form...)

How would I apply your code for this?

[pbaldy]

You can either use the Where Condition argument in your existing macro, or replace the macro with the VBA code equivalent, which is what I have in the link. If you're unsure how to put in VBA code:

http://www.baldyweb.com/FirstVBA.htm

[darkyetlovely39]

I'm still unsure of how to make your code work with my DB. Would this be correct?

DoCmd.OpenForm "Classes", , , "Session = '" & Me.Still not sure what to put here??? & "'"

[pbaldy]

Me.TheNameOfTheControlContainingTheSession

Control means textbox, combo, etc.

[darkyetlovely39]

Okay...
Now here's my problem. I have the button set (thanks to your help!) to open the Classes form. But it's opening the form with ALL classes, even though I enter the parameter value for Session 1 when it opens. I only want it to make available classes that are in the desired session. How do I do this?

[darkyetlovely39]

Here's is my DB:
Attachment 3371

[darkyetlovely39]

I need it to open the classes within the selected session... when those are opened, I want to have a list box to choose a class period (Period 1, Period 2, Period 3, or Period 4) and for that command to, in turn, make available only the classes within that period.

[pbaldy]

You get the parameter prompt because there is no session field in the data source of the classes form. I don't know your data well enough to know the relationship, but this technique requires the field be in the source (that's the only way it can filter it).

[darkyetlovely39]

I put it in and now the form shows nothing when I open it...

[pbaldy]

Put what in? As I see it, there's no way for the program to know what classes are associated with what session. I'd expect a session field in the classes table.

[darkyetlovely39]

Disregard my last post...

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I added Session and Period to the Classes table. This should allow me to filter which appears on the class form that opens, correct?

[pbaldy]

Yes; once the source of the classes form includes a session field, that code should work. If you use a numeric ID field like in the sessions table, it would be:

DoCmd.OpenForm "Classes", , , "Session = " & Me.Session

Intriguing name by the way. I'm married to a DarkAndLovely woman.

[darkyetlovely39]

How funny. My name is based off a piece of poetry back from the Bible days, lol.

Anyway, there's a problem. Here's the code I have entered for my button:
DoCmd.OpenForm "Classes", , , "Session = '" & Me.Session & "'"

When I click I get the error message: "Run-time error '3464': Data type mismatch in criteria expression.

What to do?