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Data Entry in Form
Hello,
I have created a data entry form, but cannot enter data into it. The fields are frozen. Under the Data Tab for form properties; Data Entry is marked Yes Allow Additions is marked Yes Allow Deletions is marked Yes Allow Edits is marked Yes What am I missing. Is there some other data or event that needs to be enabled? Using Access 2007. Thank you for any assitance. |
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Data Entry in Form
Make sure each data entry control has properties enabled=true and locked=no.
How are you opening the form? -- Dorian "Give someone a fish and they eat for a day; teach someone to fish and they eat for a lifetime". "Novice2000" wrote: Hello, I have created a data entry form, but cannot enter data into it. The fields are frozen. Under the Data Tab for form properties; Data Entry is marked Yes Allow Additions is marked Yes Allow Deletions is marked Yes Allow Edits is marked Yes What am I missing. Is there some other data or event that needs to be enabled? Using Access 2007. Thank you for any assitance. |
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Novice2000 wrote:
Hello, I have created a data entry form, but cannot enter data into it. The fields are frozen. Under the Data Tab for form properties; Data Entry is marked Yes Allow Additions is marked Yes Allow Deletions is marked Yes Allow Edits is marked Yes What am I missing. Is there some other data or event that needs to be enabled? Using Access 2007. Thank you for any assitance. Make a backup of your database first. Then look at the "Record Source" of the form (use the Properties window and select Form in the drop-down at the top). The Record Source could be a single table, or a query based on one or more table. Open the table or run the query as appropriate. Try adding a record. If you can't, then solve that problem first. If you can, then we need to look at the form. Incidentally, the "Data Entry" property on a form tells Access to open the form ready to input a new record, rather than displaying the first record. If you're new to this, then try creating a basic test table, and put a record or two in it. Create a simple query based on that table. Then use the Form Wizard to create a form based on the query. See if you can update that - most likely you can. Might give you a useful frame of reference. HTH Phil, London |
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At this point it is brand new and I am opening it by clicking it no
switchboard. All of the fields are enabled=yes and locked=no except for one field that I do not want others to be able to change. Still not allowing data entry. "Dorian" wrote: Make sure each data entry control has properties enabled=true and locked=no. How are you opening the form? -- Dorian "Give someone a fish and they eat for a day; teach someone to fish and they eat for a lifetime". "Novice2000" wrote: Hello, I have created a data entry form, but cannot enter data into it. The fields are frozen. Under the Data Tab for form properties; Data Entry is marked Yes Allow Additions is marked Yes Allow Deletions is marked Yes Allow Edits is marked Yes What am I missing. Is there some other data or event that needs to be enabled? Using Access 2007. Thank you for any assitance. |
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If, as it sounds, your form is based on a query, made up of multiple tables,
and you cannot add or edit records when opening the query directly, goto http://allenbrowne.com/ser-61.html and read Allen Browne's explanation and suggestions for correcting the problem. -- There's ALWAYS more than one way to skin a cat! Answers/posts based on Access 2000/2003 Message posted via AccessMonster.com http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/For...arted/200909/1 |
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Thank you both. The problem turned out to be two items. I had two tables
joined to the main table with an Automatic ID Key when I should have made the key part of the customer number which is key in the main table. The other item was that in the Property Sheet Data tab I had Data Entry marked no. "Philip Herlihy" wrote: Novice2000 wrote: Hello, I have created a data entry form, but cannot enter data into it. The fields are frozen. Under the Data Tab for form properties; Data Entry is marked Yes Allow Additions is marked Yes Allow Deletions is marked Yes Allow Edits is marked Yes What am I missing. Is there some other data or event that needs to be enabled? Using Access 2007. Thank you for any assitance. Make a backup of your database first. Then look at the "Record Source" of the form (use the Properties window and select Form in the drop-down at the top). The Record Source could be a single table, or a query based on one or more table. Open the table or run the query as appropriate. Try adding a record. If you can't, then solve that problem first. If you can, then we need to look at the form. Incidentally, the "Data Entry" property on a form tells Access to open the form ready to input a new record, rather than displaying the first record. If you're new to this, then try creating a basic test table, and put a record or two in it. Create a simple query based on that table. Then use the Form Wizard to create a form based on the query. See if you can update that - most likely you can. Might give you a useful frame of reference. HTH Phil, London |
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