Opening a form within a form

[shawba]

Hi,

I have placed a command button in one form that when pushed, brings up a different relevant form. The new form pops up behind the current form, but I would like for it to show up in front of the current form instead. How do I do that?

[RuralGuy]

Use the acDialog parameter.

[shawba]

Hi,

I'm not very good with Access. Could you spell out what I need to do?

[RuralGuy]

Post the code you have to open the other form.

[shawba]

Private Sub CustForm_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_CustForm_Click
Dim stDocName As String
Dim stLinkCriteria As String
stDocName = "Customers"

stLinkCriteria = "[Customer]=" & "'" & Me![Customer] & "'"
DoCmd.OpenForm stDocName, , , stLinkCriteria
Exit_CustForm_Click:
Exit Sub
Err_CustForm_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_CustForm_Click

End Sub

[RuralGuy]

This should do it:

Private Sub CustForm_Click()
   On Error GoTo Err_CustForm_Click
   Dim stDocName As String
   Dim stLinkCriteria As String
   stDocName = "Customers"
   stLinkCriteria = "[Customer]='" & Me![Customer] & "'"
   DoCmd.OpenForm stDocName, , , stLinkCriteria, , acDialog
Exit_CustForm_Click:
   Exit Sub
Err_CustForm_Click:
   MsgBox Err.Description
   Resume Exit_CustForm_Click
End Sub

[shawba]

Thank you! Not sure I would have ever figured that out, but knew it had to be something simple. Thanks again!

[RuralGuy]

You're very welcome. If you highlight OpenForm and hit F1, the VBA help will show you all of the options.