on current event only working going forward

[SeadooRider]

I have textboxes that become enabled based on a listbox so users can enter data. However, I'd like them to stay not enabled if no text is inputted. The code I have in the "current" even, makse this happen but only when I move forward through the records. If I move back, the textboxes enabled from other records remain enabled, even if there is no text in them.

Ex. rec 1 has data in txtbox 1
rec 2 has data in txtbox 3

When you move from rec 1 to rec 2 txtbox 1 becomes no enabled since there is no data in it. All good, but when I go from rec 2 to rec 1, txtbox 3 remains enabled when it should be not enabled since there is no text in that box for rec 1.

See attached code:

[Rabbit]

As a rule of thumb, I do not download attachments from strangers. Please post the code in the thread instead. Surround the code in code tags when doing so.

This sounds like an Access question, if so, you are in the wrong forum. Let me know and I'll move it to the Access forum.

[SeadooRider]

yes, it is an access question. sorry

[NeoPa]

Rabbit:
Please post the code in the thread instead. Surround the code in code tags when doing so.

@SeadooRider.
Please pay attention to what's posted - especially when posted by a moderator (They have "Mod" in green below any avatar over on the left). To help you we need to see your code.

As for your question, you need to ensure the code that is run does both of :

1. Sets the visibility to True when it should be visible.
2. Sets the visibility to False when it should not be visible.

Otherwise you'll see exactly what you report. Once any record sets the visibility to True it will stay True for ever.

[NeoPa]

Rabbit:
Please post the code in the thread instead. Surround the code in code tags when doing so.

@SeadooRider.
Please pay attention to what's posted - especially when posted by a moderator (They have "Mod" in green below any avatar over on the left). To help you we need to see your code.

Does anyone else ever get that feeling of déja vu?

[SeadooRider]

Ok, so I have a listbox with OfcHW and OfcSW among others in it.
With the code below, as I click an item, the corresponding txtbox becomes enabled.

Private Sub Mylist_AfterUpdate()
      Dim i As Long
      For i = 0 To MyList.ListCount - 1
          If MyList.Selected(0) Then
            txtOfcHW.Enabled = True
          Else
            txtOfcHW.Enabled = False
        
          If MyList.Selected(1) Then
            txtOfcSW.Enabled = True
          Else
            txtOfcSW.Enabled = False
          End If
          End If
      Next i
      
End Sub

And on current, I have the following code which should check to see if the txtboxes have data. If not they are not supposed to be enabled.

Private Sub Form_Current()
  If txtOfcHW <> "" Then
   txtOfcHW.Enabled = True
  Else
   txtOfcHW.Enabled = False

  If txtOfcSW <> "" Then
   txtOfcSW.Enabled = True
  Else
   txtOfcSW.Enabled = False
End If
End If
End Sub

However, it seems to be remembering what was selected for the 2nd record because the 2nd txtbox remains enabled when returning to the 1st record even when there is no txt in the box in the 1st record.

I'm sure that is clear as mud but I'm sure it has an easy fix I'm just not putting together or I'm conflicting what I want to form to do.

Thx.

[Rabbit]

Are you sure it's a blank string and not a null? They sometimes look the same but are not.

[SeadooRider]

I changed it to read:

Private Sub Form_Current()
    If Not IsNull([txtOfcHW]) Then
            txtOfcHW.Enabled = True
        Else
            txtOfcHW.Enabled = False
            If Not IsNull([txtOfcSW]) Then
                    txtOfcSW.Enabled = True
                Else
                    txtOfcSW.Enabled = False
            End If
    End If
End Sub

and it does the same thing. seems to disable fields without text in them if I'm advancing, but not when I'm going to previous records.

I also tried putting this code into the next and previous command buttons with no success there either.

[Rabbit]

Please use code tags when posting code.

That is odd, you may have to zip and attach the database so we can examine it closer.

[NeoPa]

Even though your code is not indented to indicate it, your second If statement (Line #7 from post #8) is included within the first (which is why it will not work reliably when going backwards, but only in certain restricted circumstances).

Try instead :

Private Sub Form_Current()
  With Me.txtOfcHW
    .Enabled = (.Value > "")
  End With
  With Me.txtOfcSW
    .Enabled = (.Value > "")
  End With
End Sub

PS. Checking a control's value is <> "" or even > "" works for Null results as well as ZLS ("") ones.

[SeadooRider]

I'm not sure I understand how it would be written if they aren't supposed to be separate If statements.

[Seth Schrock]

They should be separate IF statements, but the way that you have your code, the second IF statement is inside of the first. So you would need to add an End If in line 8 of the first block of code and line 6 of the second block and then remove the End If in line 14 of the first block and line 12 of the second block to make them separate IF statements.

[SeadooRider]

Thanks Seth, works perfectly. On to the next question.

[Seth Schrock]

As that is a different question than was originally asked, it must be asked in a different thread. Also, when you do repost it, please use code tags. The button just above where you type that says <CODE/> adds the code tags for you. It is incredibly hard to read code that doesn't have these included to format it.

[SeadooRider]

Thanks, will do. sorry, learning my way around this site. Lots of great help. thanks again.