Duplicate record on form including subform records and multivalued fields

[MinkeAccess]

Please can you help? I am trying to duplicate a form from a button using vba. This has worked for years using Allen Browne's "Duplicate the record in form and subform." http://allenbrowne.com/ser-57.html

Now I want to change one of the fields to multivalue. I understand the difficulties with multivalued fields, but this is a 10 year old database and all I need to do is make this field be able to store multiple values, so think this will be easier than creating a new join table and updating everything related.

I am currently getting *Invalid use of Property* at the *rstmv = rstmv.Value line* (Line #36 below).

I have tried numerous versions and get different errors.

I think I should be opening the values of the multivalue field as a separate recordset, updating it then looping through the values but I am getting confused as I am not really sure what I am doing.

Any help will be greatly received.

Thanks

Here is the code I have been using:

Private Sub Command53_Click()

'On Error GoTo Err_Handler
    'Purpose:   Duplicate the main form record and related records in the subform.
    Dim strSql As String    'SQL statement.
    Dim lngID As Long       'Primary key value of the new record.
    Dim rst As Recordset
    Dim rstmv  As Recordset2
    
        'Save and edits first
    If Me.Dirty Then
        Me.Dirty = False
    End If
    
    'Make sure there is a record to duplicate.
    If Me.NewRecord Then
        MsgBox "Select the record to duplicate."
    Else
        'Duplicate the main record: add to form's clone.
        With Me.RecordsetClone
            .AddNew
                !Site_Name = Me.Site_Name
                !Date_of_Dive = Me.Date_of_Dive
                !Time_of_Dive = Me.Time
                
     Set rst = Me.RecordsetClone
       Set rstmv = rst!Staff.Value
                
                Do While Not rstmv.EOF
    
   rsp.Edit
    rstmv.Edit
    
    
    rstmv.AddNew ' Add a new record to the asp Recordset
    rstmv = rstmv.Value
    rstmv.Update ' Commit the changes to the asp Recordset
    imt.MoveNext
Loop
    .Update
               
                !O2 = Me.O2
                !First_Aid = Me.First_Aid
        !Spares = Me.Spares

'etc for other fields.
            .Update
            
            'Save the primary key value, to use as the foreign key for the related records.
            .Bookmark = .LastModified
            lngID = !Dive_Number
            
            'Duplicate the related records: append query.
            If Me.[DiveDetailssubform].Form.RecordsetClone.RecordCount > 0 Then
                strSql = "INSERT INTO [DiveDetails] (Dive_Number, CustDateID, Type, Price) " & _
                    "SELECT " & lngID & " As NewID, CustDateID, Type, Price " & _
                    "FROM [DiveDetails] WHERE Dive_Number = " & Me.Dive_Number & ";"
                DBEngine(0)(0).Execute strSql, dbFailOnError
            Else
                MsgBox "Main record duplicated, but there were no related records."
            End If
            
            'Display the new duplicate.
            Me.Bookmark = .LastModified
         MsgBox "Dive Sucessfully Duplicated. DONT FORGET TO CHANGE THE SITE NAME."
        
        End With
    End If

Exit_Handler:
    Exit Sub

Err_Handler:
    MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description, , "Duplicate_Click"
    Resume Exit_Handler
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim varID As Variant
    Dim strDelim As String
    'Note: If CustomerID field is a Text field (not a Number field), remove single quote at start of next line.
    'strDelim = """"

    varID = DLookup("Value", "tblSys", "[Variable] = 'DiveIDLast'")
    If IsNumeric(varID) Then
        With Me.RecordsetClone
            .FindFirst "[dive_number] = " & strDelim & varID & strDelim
            If Not .NoMatch Then
                Me.Bookmark = .Bookmark
            End If
        End With
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    Dim rs As DAO.Recordset

    If Not IsNull(Me.Dive_Number) Then
        Set rs = CurrentDb().OpenRecordset("tblSys", dbOpenDynaset)
        With rs
            .FindFirst "[Variable] = 'DiveIDLast'"
            If .NoMatch Then
                .AddNew        'Create the entry if not found.
                    ![Variable] = "DiveIDLast"
                    ![Value] = Me.Dive_Number
                    ![Description] = "Last DiveID, for form Dive Planner" & Me.Name
                .Update
            Else
                .Edit          'Save the current record's primary key.
                    ![Value] = Me.Dive_Number
                .Update
            End If
        End With
        rs.Close
    End If
    Set rs = Nothing
End Sub

[NeoPa]

I can't say I understand your full problem, but surely if rstmv is a DAO.Recordset object then assigning a value of any sort to it makes no sense. It would certainly be an invalid use of property as the error message says. On the other hand rstmv.Value makes no sense either so that would also be an invalid use of the property. What is it you even think you're doing with this bit of invalid code?

[isladogs]

You state that you understand the difficulties with multivalued fields.
If you do fully understand these, then you wouldn't be asking the question...

"I think this will be easier than creating a new join table and updating everything related."
That is definitely not the case

MVF data is actually stored is a deep hidden system table to which developers have no direct access.
Although you can do SELECT and UPDATE queries of MVF fields, you cannot do DELETE or INSERT (append) queries.
Whilst it might be possible to use a recordset, the code will probably get messy and I really wouldn't advise it.

For further info on the various issues with MVFs, please read my article Multivalued fields ...and why you really shouldn't use them