help in using subform

[newcomer333]

1. I have created a table1 with the ID field as the primary key;


2. I have created another table (called table2) with ID as one the fields;
3. I have created a one-to-many relationship between the two;
4. I have created the corresponding input forms (called form1 and form2);
5. In form1, I have created a command button to call up form2;

The question is:-
When I completed in handling the data entry of record N in form1 and pressed the said button, how do I get the content (especially the ID ) of record N of table1 displayed and subsequently be used as inputs for table2?
At present, the best that I can get is the remains of the data previously inputted in form2!

Note: Solution using Access 2007 directly (without going too deep into macro/SQL/...) is appreciated from a newbie

Thanx

[ajetrumpet]

here's the basic rundown of what you might want to know:

when you open a 2nd form like that and pass anything to it, you can use more than one method. Some people use "openargs", others just pass it hardcoded.

the one thing to remember though, is that when you pull the value off of the first form you have to use the control name and not the actual field name that is bound. does that make sense?

so, for example, if you're opening form #2 from a button, and you want to fill the ID in from the parent record you already have in form #1, the button could would look like this:

docmd.openform "form2"
     forms!form2!IDcontrolName = forms!form1!IDcontrolName

alternatively, you can use "openargs" (which is part of the docmd.openform method, but to my knowledge you can't populate a new record with anything. It is only used to search for records.

I could be wrong on that...