copy a certain record into a new one in the same form.

[mar7632]

Hi again,

In my form I have one important field called "Reference". Usually, this value is unique but there are sometimes that we receive the same reference with almost the same data, Only there are 2 or 3 fields which are different.



So, In order to avoid timeconsuming copying again all the fields from another record. Is it possible to to build a button which selects a certain reference and copy all the data again and change the fields which have to be changed?

Thank you in advance.

[alansidman]

Maybe something like this:

Private Sub copyrecordbutton_Click()

On Error GoTo Err_copyrecordbutton_Click

Dim txtOld1 As Variant

Dim txtOld2 As Variant

Dim txtOld3 As Variant

Dim txtOld4 As Variant



txtOld1 = txtcurrent1.Value

txtOld2 = txtcurrent2.Value

txtOld3 = txtcurrent3.Value

txtOld4 = txtcurrent4.Value



RunCommand acCmdRecordsGoToNew



txtnew1.Value = txtOld1

txtnew2.Value = txtOld2

txtnew3.Value = txtOld3

txtnew4.Value = txtOld4





Exit_copyrecordbutton_Click:

    Exit Sub



Err_copyrecordbutton_Click:

    MsgBox Err.Description

    Resume Exit_copyrecordbutton_Click



End Sub

[mar7632]

Thank you for your reply alansidman.

I suppose that this code localize the current record you are and then copy all the data to a new one. right?

Hello everyone, I have found another way to perform this:

Private Sub cmd_copyrecord_Click()
    Dim currentID As Long
    
    'TO DO: change all instances of 'BookID' with the actual name of your table's ID or primary key
    
    If IsNull(BookID) Then
        MsgBox prompt:="Please select the record to copy first.", buttons:=vbExclamation
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    currentID = BookID
    DoCmd.GoToRecord record:=acNewRec
    
    'TO DO: set the fields to be copied (those that most likely will have the same values)
    'FORMAT: fieldName = Dlookup("fieldname", "tableName", "primaryKeyField=" & currentID)
    
    Author = DLookup("Author", "Books", "BookID=" & currentID)
    Country = DLookup("Country", "Books", "BookID=" & currentID)
    Language = DLookup("Language", "Books", "BookID=" & currentID)
    Genre = DLookup("Genre", "Books", "BookID=" & currentID)
    Publisher = DLookup("Publisher", "Books", "BookID=" & currentID)
    
    Title.SetFocus      'TO DO: change 'Title' with name of field that is going to be edited by the user
    
End Sub

this is the link where I found the information: https://www.datanumen.com/blogs/quic...ecords-access/

Thank you all.