Now I get it! NeoPa's linked article confused me before because I wasn't thinking of the forms on the tab control as subforms. Now that I re-read the article it makes a lot more sense.
Thanks again.
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Thank you both. That clarifies a lot.
One more question: When the main form is open, are the subforms (the forms on the tab control) also considered 'open'?
One of the options I tried early on gave me an error saying that I couldn't reference controls on the projects form unless it was open.Leave a comment:
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So, from a syntax standpoint, I should just consider the two tabbed forms as if they were subforms on the main form?
Code:Instead of this: Main form |-- tab ctrl |--- form1 |--- form2 I should think this? Main form |--- subform1 |--- subform2Leave a comment:
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Thanks, everyone. Stewart's answer did the trick: Form_frmProject s.PublicSubName
NeoPa, I couldn't get your syntax to work - that's similar to the other things I tried before coming here (which also didn't work). I've done that sort of thing many times before, but never when the forms are on a tab control. I think the tab control confuses the syntax somehow. In the past I've emulated a tab control just by having buttons on the forms...Leave a comment:
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how to call subs on another form in the same tab control?
I have a form 'frmHome'. It has a tab control 'tabCtrl'. The tab control has two forms: 'frmContacts' and 'frmProjects'.
On the contacts form I can see the projects a person is involved with. On the Projects form I can see the people associated with a project.
I want to dbl-click on a project from the contacts form, and have it take me to that project on the projects form. I want to similarly click a person on...
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