General Database questions

General Database questions

Post by Bernie O'Brie » Mon, 29 Jun 1998 04:00:00



A couple of questions:
I apologize for the long post. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Bernie

My first question is:
Why do I get multiple InputBoxes if I Loop through a procedure more than
once? For example, I put up an InputBox to allow the User to enter a value
to be included in a select statement. If they enter nothing, I capture that
and give them the opportunity to try again. If they accept the offer to try
again, the procedure will loop and create another instance of the InputBox.
I've tried to Unload it after each loop, but the syntax is all wrong. Here's
my code:

Private Sub DataSelect()
    Dim intAnswer As Integer
    Message = "Enter a Part Number"   ' Set message prompt.
    Title = "Part Number" ' Set title.
    Default = ""   ' Set default.
    strSelect = InputBox(Message, Title, Default)
    datData.RecordSource = "Select * FROM Parts WHERE PartNum Like '" & _
                           "*" & strSelect & "*" & "' ORDER BY PartNum"
    datData.Refresh
    lblCount.Caption = ""
    Call RecordCountSelect
    Do While strSelect = "" Or txtPartNum = ""
        If MsgBox("You entered an incomplete or invalid Part Number:  " _
                  & strSelect & vbCrLf & "Do you want to try again?", _
                  vbYesNo, "PartNumber?") = vbNo Then
            datData.RecordSource = "Select * FROM Parts ORDER BY PartNum"
            datData.Refresh
            Exit Do
            Exit Sub
        Else
            Call DataSelect
        End If
    Loop
End Sub

My second question is as follows:
If I attempt to "Save" a duplicate value in the PartNum field I get the
usual error message (this is normal). However, if I attempt to refresh (e.g.
datData.Refresh) in any procedure directly after trying to save, I get a
runtime error #444 "Method not applicable in this context". Note that I can
"Refresh" at all other times. Here's the code for the "Save" procedure.
Below that is the code for the Refresh.:

Private Sub DataSave()
    If Len(txtPartNum.Text) > 0 Then
        On Error GoTo DuplicateError
        datData.UpdateRecord
        cmdData(1).Enabled = False
        cmdData(0).Caption = "&Add Record"
        Call RecordCountX   ' This call counts the records in the resultset
        datData.Recordset.Bookmark = datData.Recordset.LastModified
        Call ModeView   ' This call sets the controls on the form

        Exit Sub
    End If
DuplicateError:
    MsgBox "You have entered a duplicate Part Number.", _
           vbOKOnly, "Duplicate part Number!"
    datData.Recordset.Edit
    datData.Recordset.CancelUpdate
    datData.UpdateControls
    Call ModeView   ' This call sets the controls on the form
End Sub

Private Sub DataRefresh()
    datData.RecordSource = "Select * from Parts ORDER BY PartNum"
    datData.Refresh
    datData.Recordset.MoveFirst
    Call ModeView   ' This call sets the controls on the form
    Call RecordCountX   ' This call counts the records in the resultset
End Sub

 
 
 

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