You may need to set a global variable to indicate if Form 2 is opened by Form 1, and then put an If section in the initialisation event of Form 2 to test the variable, act accordingly, and reset the variable. Best Regards David Grugeon Grugeon Consulting (07) 3263 7786 Original message: > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Herbert > Chitate > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:28 AM > To: MSO Group > Subject: [mso] Access Form Help > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I was wondering if someone could help me with a form issue in access. I have a form that > does the usual i.e. edit, delet add new record etc. I would like to place a button on this form > which opens up another form (populating a differet table). I would like for some of the fields > on this newly opened form to be automatically populated from the contents of the firrst form. > > > > Could anyone help me with the code that I can attach to an event procedure? > > > > The above way of opening the form is only one of the methods to open the second form. I > would also like a user to be able to open the form directly (i.e. not from an initial form) and > manually type in in the information. > > > > Could you also advise the best place to put the event procedure so that the above two > methods of opening the form do not conflict. > > > > Many Thanks > > > > Herbert > > > _________________________________________________________________ > View your other email accounts from your Hotmail inbox. Add them now. > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/ > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or > MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at > the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings > to digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group > will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, > templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE > SHARING ONLY. > > If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read > these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: > http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm > ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************