Refer to main form

[terryvanduzee]

Hello



In a subform, is there a way to refer to the parent form without referring to it by name?

Ex:
subform name: subform1
Main form name: Main form 1

From subform1 is there a way to refer to the main form without explicitly referring to "Main form 1".

I see there is a "parent", but I can't seem to figure out how to use it.
If the subform1 is active, I should be able to refer to the main form as Me.parent.cbo_button, but that does not seem to work.

Thank you
Terry

[SoftwareMatters]

You are almost there - try this: Me.parent!cbo_button

[dcrake]

Is there any particular reason for wanting to do this? The only one I can think of is having the same subform being used in one or more main forms. But as the subform is loaded before the main form you usually reference controls the other way round, if I am not mistaken.

David

[terryvanduzee]

Hello

Thank you, and you are right, I am going to be using the same subform on several forms and I want to refer to the parent so that I do not have to use an if statement to check for each parents' name.

Thank you

Terry