Search Form Basic Problem

[techtony]

You would think every person making an access database would want or does use this at some point, but after hours of searching, I am at a loss.



I have a service ticket system with several tables, one being the customer table.

I know how to create a search form and how to get the results to a report.

Problem is I need the search form to list customers matching the search criteria in a list below the form, then the user should be able to select the record from the list to open that customer's record in the customer entry form. Simple right?

Well I am stumped on how to create a continuous form that would do this.

You don't have to give a complete solution, I am ok with what I should be searching for - trust me - continuous form search in google yields little on how to do this common task (I would think it would be common enough, but apparently not).

Thanks in advance.

[pbaldy]

Is this what you're after? The search form in the sample db here:

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

and perhaps:

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

[techtony]

um, no. This can be done without extensive VBA coding. I have watched a poorly edited you tube video on this type of form, but now I can no longer find it. This is something that is inherent to MS Access, I just don't know how to do it properly.

[June7]

What do you mean by 'inherent'? Unless you use the intrinsic search/filter methods from ribbon or right click shortcut, likely will need code. Some methods to filter a form or report:

1. dynamic parameterized query http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/f...tomfilter.html

2. code constructs criteria and applies to form Filter property http://allenbrowne.com/ser-62.html

3. code constructs criteria and applies to WHERE CONDITION argument of OpenForm (or OpenReport) method - Paul's second link

[pbaldy]

Problem is I need the search form to list customers matching the search criteria in a list below the form, then the user should be able to select the record from the list to open that customer's record in the customer entry form. Simple right?

Funny because the sample db in the first link does the first part and the second link does the second.