Running code from a control in a continuous subform

[martingaleh]

I have a subform B in form A. Subform B is a continuous form to which I added a button. This same button, of course, appears in every record so I have to figure out which record is the active record after the button is clicked.

When I create the button, I added an event procedure for the click event. The program takes me to Private Sub Command21_Click(), to which I added the code below:

Private Sub Command21_Click()
    MsgBox ("Hello!")
End Sub

I know I'm in the right place, because on the top of the ide window are the words (essentially) Form_B subform(Code)

When I click the button, there is no msgbox. When I put a stop, the code doesn't stop.

I then made a macro for the click event with two items
runcode - Forms!A!B.Form!Command21_Click
Msgbox ("Did it work")

A msgbox pops up with "Did it work"
No msgbox for "Hello"
This same result happens when I step through the code

Then I tried runcode Forms!A!B.Form!Command21_Clickthisshouldn'twork

Same thing happens

Then I tried runcode expletives deleted
Msgbox ("Did it work")

And step through the code. The error comes up, can't find expletives deleted To access procedures in other forms etc. etc.

How can I get code to fire for a click in the subform

Here are some pictures





There's more. When I look at the controls that the IDE acknowledges, Command21, my button isn't even listed




But when I added the Controltiptext, just to see if the properties window on the side is real, the text shows up upon hovering


Can I just say that javascript is infinitely easier. There's no form subform nonsense. The objects aren't nested on into the other, and when there's an error, the browser throws it.

[June7]

Cannot replicate issue. Works perfect in my db. If you want to provide db for analysis, follow instructions at bottom of my post.

[Perceptus]

Can I just say that javascript is infinitely easier. There's no form subform nonsense. The objects aren't nested on into the other, and when there's an error, the browser throws it.

Right, but Javascript in browser would require you to implement your own async callbacks to achieve the same level of integration.

Can you set a break point in the continuous forms events and trap it? If you can you can highlight a related object and shift + F9 the object.

[martingaleh]

Can you set a break point in the continuous forms events and trap it? If you can you can highlight a related object and shift + F9 the object.

i can't set a breakpoint because the delegate doesn't actually fire. You can see I tried to set a breakpoint, but it didn't break

I don't know what you mean by I can highlight a related object and shift f9 but it sounds intriguing. Does that mean if I highlight a procedure or function of some sort and hit f9 it will tell me the full object name life forms!formname.subform!form!procedure. I'm going to try to upload a subset of this thingy of mine.

i've learned access isn't so great with the multithreading because sometimes you have to do weird things for tables to refresh or forms to fill out. It's like they aren't subscribing to threads correctly

Finally, the sync calls in JavaScript aren't hard if you use dojo. Well that's not true any more. It used to be .addCallback, but now it's .on and in the future it's going to be something else. No sense programming now if the whole ground will shift in 2.0. That's why I'm using access now. I need something that's stable for at least a decade

[June7]

Did you see post 2?

[martingaleh]

Did you see post 2?

I referred to it with the "I'm going to try that upload thingy" part of my post. BUT, I found the solution!! I dont' have time to try to repeat it, but here it is.

Step 1. Save all and Quit
Step 2. Play Street Fighter 2 on a program that makes the pc pretend its a super nintendo as Guile. Guile always loses to Ryu. ALWAYS. This will make you more frustrated than Access.
Step 3. Watch Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Step 4. Open database again. It will suddenly work. Inexplicable but true!! Some thread must have failed to resolve, finally did when newly opened and voila. My button click event fired and my delegate executed.

Thanks so much for your help.