acDialog issue

[ShostyFan]

I have button on a form that does this:
Dim arNumber As String


DoCmd.OpenForm "Frm_Rlookup", acNormal, WindowMode:=acDialog


arNumber = Forms!Frm_Rlookup!cmboARlookup
MsgBox "User input was: " & arNumber
DoCmd.Close acReport, "Frm_Rlookup"

The problem is that once the user selects data from “frm_Rlookup” nothing happens. Adding a form close to afterUpdate crashes the code.
I hope someone can tell me what I am missing and the next step.

[JamesDeckert]

You're opening the form as a dialog box meaning that the code after it won't execute until the dialogbox closes.
So there will be no form to look at when you are looking for it.

What are you trying to accomplish?

You can open a form as a non-dialog box, look at the data in your code. Then have your code close the form. But that'll take some looping to check when the data has been entered.
There is probably a better way, if we know what you're trying to do.

I have a form pop up to select options for a report, but after I've selected the options, I have the form open the report and the report can see the form. Then the form has an exit form button.

[ShostyFan]

Here is what I want to accomplish:
i have 2 forms: "invoice" and "rental"
The user creates a rental and prints it out. they then have to type a few key fields into the invoice form from paper.
What I want is for the user to open the Invoice form, click a button called "new rental", something pops up that asks what the rental number is, the user selects the rental number and the relevant data is copied form "rental" to the invoice.
I have this working fine when there is no popup, all I want to do is move the comboBox selector for the rental number form the Invoice form to a pop up form.
i hope this is clear, thanks.

[pbaldy]

Code will continue if you hide the form rather than close it. You should probably decide whether it's a form or report too.

[lzook88]

Can you post a sample database for us to look at. May give us a better understanding of how we can help you.

What it sounds like is you need to set the form itself to POPUP = YES and not use the windowmode code in the vba side. The POPUP = YES is in the FORM properties in design mode. If you do this and open the form the normal way (not using acdialog) it should open and not pause your code.

Thanks,
Z
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[pbaldy]

If you do this and open the form the normal way (not using acdialog) it should open and not pause your code.

That wouldn't be desirable.

[ShostyFan]

Okay I got it, thank you for the replies.
The issue I had was when the dialog box was open and the user set a value, I was trying to have the non dialog box form import the data.
Now I have a dialog box open, the user sets the data, and before the dialog box closes it sends the data to the main form, then the dialog closes and my vba can go back to work on the main form.
thanks.