Lisa,

The easy part first: to get the drop-down behaviour, you need to use a combo
box instead of a listbox. Open the form in design view and right-click on
the listbox, select Change To Combobox, and that's all there is to it! Its
name will remain unchanged, possibly connotating to a list, but it will work
just fine all the same, if you don't want to to bother to change it... and
so will the code behind the event. In a combo's case, of course, the single
click makes a lot more sense that the double.

Now, on the calendar position... what I had in mind was a separate form,
frmCalendar, with only tghe calenmdar control on it, which(the form) would
open on top of the main one, and I thought the idea was to move the whole
form with the calendar so it anchors to the txtbox. Your description is like
you have put just a calendar control on the same form? I'll try to address
both:

1. Calendar on separate form:
The idea is that frmCalendar is hardly any bigger than the control itself,
and its sole purpose is to host the latter; consequently, it is moved all
together in order to position the calendar. In this case, the form is moved
right after it is opened, from the click event of the txtbox on the main
form:

Private Sub txtDateFm_Click()
ctrl = Me.Name & "*" & Me.ActiveControl.Name
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmCalendar", , , stLinkCriteria, , , ctrl
Forms!frmCalendar!ActiveXCtl1 = Date
Forms("frmCalendar").SetFocus
DoCmd.MoveSize 1440, 1440 'or whatever
End Sub

Likewise for the other textbox.

2. Calendar on the same form:
This is a different approach. The idae is that you put the control on the
same form (it doesn't matter where), and set its Visible property to No.
Then when you need it you position it as required and make it appear,
possibly on top of other controls, hiding them. When its job is done, you
just hide it again.
This would result in slight changes to the code, since there is no separate
form involved now:

Option Compare Database
Public caller As String

Private Sub ActiveXCtl1_Click()
Me.Controls(caller) = Me.ActiveXCtl1
Me.Controls(caller).SetFocus
Me.ActiveXCtl1.Visible = False
End Sub

Private Sub txtDateFm_Click()
caller = Me.ActiveControl.Name
Me.ActiveXCtl1 = Date
Me.ActiveXCtl1.Top = Me.txtDateFm.Top + Me.txtDateFm.Height + 15
Me.ActiveXCtl1.Left = Me.txtDateFm.Left
Me.ActiveXCtl1.Visible = True
End Sub

Private Sub txtDateTo_Click()
caller = Me.ActiveControl.Name
Me.ActiveXCtl1 = Date
Me.ActiveXCtl1.Top = Me.txtDateTo.Top + Me.txtDateTo.Height + 15
Me.ActiveXCtl1.Left = Me.txtDateTo.Left
Me.ActiveXCtl1.Visible = True
End Sub

Note that I am using a Public variable to store the name of the control
calling the calendar, so it knows which control to return its selected date
to.
The code behind the listbox/combo click event and the command button remains
unchanged.

The second approach allows you to easily anchor the clendar to the calling
control, regardless of the form's current position. The first appoach works
well if the main form is maximised, so the clling txtboxes' position is
fixed, but can't follow them around otherwise - I haven't been able to
figure out how to "read" a form's position in the Access app window. The
advantage of the former approach, on the other hand, is one calendar form
can support any number of forms using it.

Hope this is clear now. Good luck,
Nikos

"RusCat" wrote in message
...
Good evening Nikos,

I hope you are having a nice weekend. The weather here in Maine was great
today, but they are forecasting snow for tomorrow! I do love winter.

Your answers to my questions were, as always, very helpful. I'm really
beginning to get the hang of what stuff means and even the whys.

With regards to question #3 and your answer. I thought I understood what
you wrote, but I can't get anything to work.

I did mean the position of the calendar, but within the form, not the
screen. You said "if you want it placed depending on the calling txtbox,
you
can put something like :
Forms("frmCalendar").Set forcus
DoCmd.moveSize 1440, 1440
After the DoCmd.OpenForm in teh txtbox's event code."

Can you clarify for me exactly where to put it.

I would like the calendar to be "attached" or "anchored" to the txtbox.
If
I move the form around the calendar stays stationary. Does that make
sense?
Is that possible?

Also, something related back to the listbox: How can I make the "list"
drop
down below the box when I move my curser there. Now the list just scrolls
in
the box I made, but I see other lists that drop down and then the user can
click on their selection.

Thanks again for the great direction. What I have learned from you with
this form is going to help me with alot of other projects. I really
appreciate the time you take to post on the board.

:-)
LisaB.


"Nikos Yannacopoulos" wrote:

Lisa,

1. No, it doesn't matter. It's just a question of preference. I go for
double because double is deliberate, single can be accidental or
intended
just to set focus.

2. Yes. Again, to me, double click is deliberate, single can be
accidental
(aimed at the row above or below).

3. I take it you mean position the calendar form on the screen? Yes, you
can. The method is:
DoCmd.MoveSize 1440, 1440
The numbers correspond to the vertical and horizontal distance of the
upper
lefthand corner from the upper lefthand corner of the application
window,
and are in twips (1/1440 of an inch). The method has two more optional
arguments:
DoCmd.MoveSize [right][, down][, width][, height]
that set the form's size.
If you want the form always placed at the same position, you can put
this
command in the calendar form's On Open event. If, on the other hand, you
want it placed depending on the calling txtbox, you can put something
like:
Forms("frmCalendar").SetFocus
DoCmd.MoveSize 1440, 1440
after the DoCmd.OpenForm in the txtbox's event code. I use the SetFocus
to
make sure the calendar form is the active one when the movesize is
executed, because by default it acts on the active window.

4. Add an extra line of code at the end of the procedu
Private Sub ActiveXCtl1_Click()
sep = InStr(1, OpenArgs, "*")
frm = Left(OpenArgs, sep - 1)
ctl = Right(OpenArgs, Len(OpenArgs) - sep)
Forms(frm).Controls(ctl) = Me.ActiveXCtl1
DoCmd.Close
End Sub

5. Yes, you can, but you will no longer be able to just enter and type
in a
date. Again, a user interface decision.

6. I can think of: one possible reason: the form was already open from
the
first textbox, because the calendar's click event didn't have the extra
line
to close it, just hidden behind the main form when you manually set
focus
back to the main one. If that's the case, when you double-click (or
click)
the second textbox the calendar form reappears but it was already open,
so
the OpenArgs are not passed again, thus still pointing to the From
txtbox.
Had the calling textbox name been hardcoded in there I would suspect
that,
but the way it is (retrieved by reference: Me.ActiveControl.Name) I
don't
see how that could be, unless there's code preceding the snippet I gave
you
that moves focus back to the From txtbox before the calendar form is
opened;
very unlikely!

HTH,
Nikos


"RusCat" wrote in message
...
Wow Nikos !

I used to be self taught, years and years ago. I used to program in
dbase
and in Clipper. Before the windows environment was around. I did
some
great
stuff and really enjoyed the 'puzzle' aspect of programming. Working
to
figure out how to make something work. I just taught myself by trial
and
error. THEN.... I had kids and my brain turned to mush!! Things have
changed ALOT in the last 10 or 12 years. I'm enjoying the challenge
again
now that my youngest is in school all day.

This is helping me SO much. Not only is it solving a problem but it
is
teaching me SO much. Your directions are clear and easy to follow.

What you explained is working well. I finally got everything in the
right
place and it is doing what I wanted it to do !! Mostly.

I have some questions about the actual operations:

1. Does it matter whether the code is behind the Click or
DoubleClick?
One
click seems to work best for me, but if that is not the correct way to
set
things up, then I'll stay with DClick.

2. Can the event for the Listbox also be just Click?

3. I did go with option 2 and played around with the format stuff -
very
cool. Can I tell it somehow exactly where I want the calendar to
appear?

4. When the calendar does appear, I click on a date (which appears in
the
textbox), but the calendar does not disappear. How do I make it do
that?

5. Can I put the exact same code in the OnEnter event for the
Listbox?
That way you can select the item by clicking or entering?

6. I've done something wrong with the textboxes.... Click the first
box,
calendar appears, click date, date goes to first textbox. Click
second
box,
calendar appears, click date, date ALSO goes to the first textbox. I
checked
the code and I have the right names. Where might I be going wrong?

Well, 6 problems/questions is enough for right now. thanks again for
the
help.
:-)
LisaB.
"Nikos Yannacopoulos" wrote:

Lisa,

Glad I could help. Not a big believer in classes, I'm self-taught in
most
everything I do with a computer (and when I got my first PC back in
'87
the
internet was practically unheard of!). Anyway...

On the drop-down calendar: there are two approaches:
1. You can use the Date and Time Picker active X control instead of
textboxes. You can set their value in code just like the textboxes,
but
you
can't set them to Null for Custom; they have to have a value, so you
would
set them to, say, current date instead, as a basis for the user to
start
from. Also, because the DTPicker has a time part as well, even
though
you
don't see it, you would have to use an Int() function on the control
references in the query criteria, so as to get "clean"dates, without
the
hour part (date/time in Access is actually a number, 0 being Dec.31,
1899,
the integer part being the date, and the decimal part being the
time).

2. You can leave the textboxes as they are and use their
double-click
event
to pop-up a separate form with a Calendar active X control on it, to
select
a date and return it to the textbox on the main form, while the date
can
still be typed in if desired. Also, the calendar control has no time
part,
so no bneed to worry about that, and you can still Null the
textboxes
for
Custom. Incidentally, I answered a post on thi this very subject
yesterday,
I have the "how-to" ready! Here it goes:

The calendar control is on a separate form, opened by the
double-click
(or
click?) event of the text boxes. I'll assume the following names in
my
example, and you'll have to change to the real ones:

Form with calendar: frmCalendar
Calendar control: ActiveXCtl1

The code behind the double-click event of the text boxes must be
something
like:

Private Sub txtDateFm_DblClick(Cancel As Integer)
ctrl = Me.Name & "*" & Me.ActiveControl.Name
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmCalendar", , , stLinkCriteria, , , ctrl
Forms!frmCalendar!ActiveXCtl1 = Date
End Sub

(same for txtDateTo)

This way, you are passing the form and control names (separated by a
*)
as
an opening argument to frmCalendar.

The code behind the click event of the calendar should be something
like:

Private Sub ActiveXCtl1_Click()
sep = InStr(1, OpenArgs, "*")
frm = Left(OpenArgs, sep - 1)
ctl = Right(OpenArgs, Len(OpenArgs) - sep)
Forms(frm).Controls(ctl) = Me.ActiveXCtl1

End Sub

This will work with different forms as well!

If you go for option 2, play around with the properties on Format
tab
for
the form to get rid of record selector, navigation buttons, control
box
etc
wich are meaningless in this case. In either case, to put an ActiveX
control
on a form, go Insert ActiveX control.

Good luck!
Nikos


"RusCat" wrote in message
...
Good evening Nikos,

I just want you to know that my jaw is laying on the floor !!
Your
help
and
code did EXACTLY what I was wanting to do. Thank you thank you
thank
you.

I didn't understand most of it, but I spent part of yesterday and
most
of
today figuring it out and it works GREAT !!! It was the query
that
gave
me
the most trouble. But then again, I usually have the most trouble
with
queries.

I appreciate you and the many others that frequent this board and
help
those
of us who are lost. I live in rural Maine with no opportunity to
take
a
class in Access, so this board has been a wonderful learning
experience.

I'm going to see if I can incorporate a drop down calendar on the
Custom
date from and to. I've researched it here and know that it can be
done.

Any additional help you can offer will be most appreciated with
regards to
the calendar.

Thank you again for sharing your skills and knowledge. It really
means
something to me.
:-)
LisaB

"RusCat" wrote:

Nikos,

I am completely flabbergasted at the detail of your reply.
Thank
you so
much for taking the time and effort to help me. I appreciate it
very
much.

To be honest, I don't understand all of it, but I'm going to
begin
trying to
dissect it this evening and see where I get.

I hope you will continue to be available for additional
questions,
which
I
will undoubtedly have !!

Thank you again.
:-)
LisaB.

"Nikos Yannacopoulos" wrote:

Lisa,

To begin with, I would add two textboxes on the form (called,
say,
txtDateFm
and txtDateTo, formatted as date - same format as the date
field
in
the
table), and set their Visible property to No in form design.
These
will be
used for holding the from and to dates, populated by the
listbox
(while
still invisible) on every other choice, and made visible to be
filled
manually when custom is selected.

The query for the records would reference these two text boxes
in
its
criterion on the date field, like:

= Forms![Form Name]![txtDateFm] and = Forms![Form
Name]![txtDateTo]

I would use the double click event of the listbox (assumed
name
List0)
to
calculate the dates and requery the subform (assumed name:
Subform1)
with
the records. Of course, when custom is selected, the user has
to
enter
the
dates and then somehow requery the subform. For this I would
use a
command
button (called Command2 in my sample code, caption something
like
Refresh or
Get Data, also hidden in the form design) which is toggled
between
visible
and invisible together with the textboxes.

Here's the code behind the Command2 button:

Private Sub Command2_Click()
Me.Subform1.Requery
End Sub

And, finally, here's the code behind the listbox's double
click
event:

Private Sub List0_DblClick(Cancel As Integer)
Select Case Me.List0
Case "Today"
Me.txtDateFm = Date
Me.txtDateTo = Date
Me.Subform1.Requery
Case "This Week"
dt = Date
If Weekday(dt, 3) = 7 Then dt = dt + 7
Me.txtDateFm = dt - Weekday(dt, 3)
Me.txtDateTo = dt - Weekday(dt, 3) + 6
Me.Subform1.Requery
Case "This Month"
Select Case Month(Date)
Case 12
y1 = Year(Date)
m1 = Month(Date)
y2 = y1 + 1
m2 = 1
Case Else
y1 = Year(Date)
m1 = Month(Date)
y2 = y1
m2 = m1 + 1
End Select
Me.txtDateFm = DateSerial(y1, m1, 1)
Me.txtDateTo = DateSerial(y2, m2, 1) - 1
Me.Subform1.Requery
Case "Last Week"
dt = Date
If Weekday(dt, 3) = 7 Then dt = dt + 7
Me.txtDateFm = dt - Weekday(dt, 3) - 7
Me.txtDateTo = dt - Weekday(dt, 3) - 1
Me.Subform1.Requery
Case "Last Month"
Select Case Month(Date)
Case 1
y1 = Year(Date) - 1
m1 = 12
y2 = y1 + 1
m2 = 1
Case Else
y1 = Year(Date)
m1 = Month(Date) - 1
y2 = y1
m2 = m1 + 1
End Select
Me.txtDateFm = DateSerial(y1, m1, 1)
Me.txtDateTo = DateSerial(y2, m2, 1) - 1
Me.Subform1.Requery
Case "Custom"
Me.txtDateFm = Null
Me.txtDateTo = Null
Me.txtDateFm.Visible = True
Me.txtDateTo.Visible = True
Me.Command2.Visible = True
GoTo skip_hide
End Select

Me.txtDateFm.Visible = False
Me.txtDateTo.Visible = False
Me.Command2.Visible = False

skip_hide:
End Sub

Don't forget to change the object names to your real names!

HTH,
Nikos

"RusCat" wrote in message
...
Good morning,

Here is something I'm tryng to do, but can't seem to get a
handle
on. I
am
hoping for some direction.

I have the following things listed in a listbox: today,
this
week,
this
month, last week, last month, custom

I want to be able to click on THISWEEK and have all the
records
for
this
week to show up on my form.

It is a projects table where our employees log in the hours
they
have
spent
on a project. I need them to be able to see the data by the
choices
above.

ALSO: how would I create a CUSTOM set of data? Click on
CUSTOM,
some
sort
of boxes appear where I could type in the 2 dates and
everything
between
those dates would show up on the form.

I've tried queries, but I'm just not getting it. I
understand
the
logic
behind it, but just not how to get it done. I'm a novice
Access
user, so
please be gentle in your help and explainations !!

Thank you so much.
LisaB.