Error on Form with combo box control

[vad77]

I have 3 forms built using 3 different queries as the data source. One query shows my active records, one shows my alarm records and one shows all records. The reason for the 3 different forms and queries is that each form need to show different fields. I have a combo box on each form to goes to the selected record from the combo box. The problem is with the form that shows my active records. When I first load the database and select an item from the combo box I get an error "Return without GoSub". When I click OK then I get the macro error.




I find when I go into design view and click on the event procedure and then just exit without doing anything the combo box will start to work.
When I exit the database and start it again is when the combo box stops working again. I never ran into this kind of problem before and really don't know how to correct the issue.
Thanks in advance for your repsonses!

[ItsMe]

Are you using code in the afterupdate or another event handler for your combo? Did you embed a macro in the event properties for the combo? Maybe you can post a screenshot of the Property Sheet for your combo that is throwing the exception. Make sure the Event Tab on the property sheet is selected.

[vad77]

Thanks for your response, I used the combo box wizard to build the combo box. Here are the screen shots of the event property and the embedded macro.
The other odd thing is that I can tell that there is a problem when I open the form. I have two fields that have conditional formatting and my first record meets the criteria but the fields do not show the conditional format. The other is a control box with an expression to calculate the date diff beween a date field and the current date. When the form is open that control box shows #Name? instead of the result. Once I correct the combo box all those other items work.

[ItsMe]

How about getting rid of the macro and using some VBA in the after update event? Looking at the maceo it should work but the Argument is a little on the odd side.

To not have the combo associated with the macro you can erase the text "[Embedded Macro]" from the After Update field. Then you can create an event handler by clicking the elipses (...) and selecting "Code Builder" from the option provided. Now you will need to place some VBA in the event handler you just created. You will have to change the text in red to match your combo name and I am assuming the first column in your combo has a text field and this is the field with cust_name.

Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
If Not IsNull(Me.ComboboxName) Then
    If Me.Dirty Then
        Me.Dirty = False
    End If
    Set rs = Me.RecordsetClone
    rs.FindFirst "[cust_name] = '" & Me.ComboboxName.Column(0) & "'"
    If rs.NoMatch Then
        MsgBox ("Not found")
    Else
          If rs.Bookmarkable = False Then
          MsgBox "Can't bookmark this record"
          Else
          Me.Bookmark = rs.Bookmark
          End If
    End If
    Set rs = Nothing
End If

edit:

Also understand that this code is saving your current record. May not work or may not be what you want in your case.

    If Me.Dirty Then
        Me.Dirty = False
    End If

[vad77]

Thanks again @ItsMe I will try the code you provided. As I get better with code I stay away from macros and this forum has been a big help in finding the code I need. The purpose of this combo box is basiclly to go to a specific record when I need information from that record. This report which has just become my responibilty was in an Excel spreadsheet and yesterday I had the first meeting with the directors to review the spreadsheet. As I imagined it was a pain scrolling back nad forth in the spreadsheet to see the information they wanted to see. I hope to roll this out to them in the future once I work out the kinks and add the filters I need now knowing how they review the report.
I will let you know how it turns out.
Thanks again!!!

[vad77]

It works perfectly!! Thanks again. I created the code then saved and closed and opend the database and I did not get the error. I am going to change the combo boxes on my other forms even though I don't have the problem with those forms.

[ItsMe]

Good to hear. I am not sure what the original problem was but using code like the example above can be helpful if something goes wrong. You can debug the code but breaking down where a macro fails can be difficult.