Disabling Fields

[dolovenature]

Hi,

I have a FORM based on a Table with some text fields, some combo and three command button.

What I want is..

If I select a combo value = "NO" then all the text fields and other combo will be disabled.

How to achieve that?



regards
Saikat

[pbaldy]

This type of thing is one way:

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

If you have a lot of controls, you may want to loop them instead of listing each.

[Missinglinq]

As Paul said, if you're talking about a fair number of Controls being Enabled/Disabled, you may want to set the Tag Property of those to be handled, then loop through them and Enable or Disable, according to the Value of your Combobox. Code also needs to be in the Form_Current event in order to have the formatting stay appropriate as you move from Record-to-Record.

In Form Design View

• Hold down <Shift> and Click on the Controls to be Looped, in order to select them
• Right-Click then Click on Properties
• Go to Other Tab
• In the Tag Property enter Tagged (without Quotation Marks)

Now use this code, replacing ComboboxName with the actual name of your Combobox.

Private Sub ComboboxName_AfterUpdate()

Dim ctl As Control

If Me.ComboboxName = "No" Then
 
 For Each ctl In Me.Controls
      
  If ctl.Tag = "Tagged" Then
   ctl.Enabled = False
  End If
  
  Next

Else

 For Each ctl In Me.Controls
      
  If ctl.Tag = "Tagged" Then
   ctl.Enabled = True
  End If
  
  Next

End If

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()

Dim ctl As Control

If Me.ComboboxName = "No" Then
 
 For Each ctl In Me.Controls
      
  If ctl.Tag = "Tagged" Then
   ctl.Enabled = False
  End If
  
  Next

Else

 For Each ctl In Me.Controls
      
  If ctl.Tag = "Tagged" Then
   ctl.Enabled = True
  End If
  
  Next

End If

End Sub

Linq ;0)>