Comments on: Date a specific record in Microsoft Access

By: randym

randym — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:49:20 +0000

Datefield is just an example. Unless your control on the form is called datefield, you need to replace “datefield” with the real name of your control on the form. This has to be a control on the form and bound to the table. To avoid confusion, I suggest that the name of the control on the form be the same as the column in the table that it is bound to.

By: sfd410

sfd410 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:50:32 +0000

Ok….Sorry that I’ve taken so long to write back regarding this lastest advice.

I now get an error message (after I make changes to the record and try to move to the next record) that says:

Microsoft Office Access can’t find the macro ‘ME!datefield=NOW()’

The macro (or it’s macro group) doesn’t exist, or the macro is new and hasn’t been saved.
Note that when you enter the macrogroupname.macroname syntax in an argument, you must specify the name the macro’s macro group was last saved under.

Any ideas on what to do next?

By: randym

randym — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:17:29 +0000

You need the control source of the donate field to that of the donate field on the table. The control source of the date field needs to be set to that of the date field of the table. Then make an After update event on the donate field that simple does: me!datefield = NOW().

P.S. the fomat set in the form suggested by DPaxton for the date does not control what actually is stored in the date field in the table. So if you do not want time in the date, then you must do: me!datefield = cdate(format(now(),”mm/dd/yy”)). This will strip the time off so that you can filter or query on just date later.

By: sfd410

sfd410 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:09:47 +0000

Ok. I’ve done that but I still get no date to appear when I make changes to the record (i.e. add an amount to the “donate” field.

Do I need to change the “Control Source” from my “Date” field to my “Donated” field? I’ve tried that, and when I do enter an amount in the “Donate” field, the date that appears in the corresponding box is not the current date, and changes when the dollar amount changes. Should the “Control Source” for my “Date” field be changed back or stay on the “Donated” option?

I’m really at wits end with this program.

By: dpaxton

dpaxton — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:19:11 +0000

In the Properties for the date field what “Format” is specified. If you want just the date and not date & time is should be “Short Date”.

By: sfd410

sfd410 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:02:37 +0000

Ok. I’ve done that but to no avail. I must be doing something wrong.

I opened the form in design view, went to the “donate” box, chose “Properties”, and entered the required information under “Event”, “On Change”.

In order for the datafield to recognize that I entered a donated value in another field, I had to go to “Properties”, “Data”, and next to “Control Source”, I selected “Donated” which is the field where I enter a donation for a specific record.

In doing that, I do get a date in the Date Field, but it is incorrect and seems to vary by the amount shown in the “Donated” field when I enter an arbitrary $ amount. What am I doing wrong?

By: dpaxton

dpaxton — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:25:12 +0000

In form design use a event for the date field to be updated. Use either the “on exit: or “on change” event. This is where the code would be placed.

By: sbelectric

sbelectric — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:13:11 +0000

All good suggestions already been made. The only comments I may add is that – you may want to have the flexibility of inputting the date. Sometimes you may not be able to enter the date the donation was made (the system may be unavailable or you may decide to batch a week’s worth of donation & then enter at one setting). My recommendation is to add a new column in the Table – DtDonationMade. In the Table design mode set Data Type – Date/Time; Format – Short Date; Default – Now(); Required – Yes;
Access 2007 provides Date Picker option. This is a handy option to display the monthly calendar where you can click on the desired date.
Hope this makes sense & let us know via this forum how you finalized the project. Good luck.

By: dpaxton

dpaxton — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:10:48 +0000

How do you equate the receipt with the database record? One way would be using a form to update the record. Use an event for the address field (use the on exit or change event). In the code enter
“ME!dateField = Now”. This will put the date in the date field each time you exit the address field on a record.

By: dwaltr

dwaltr — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:51:25 +0000

You are looking for a database trigger which Access doesn’t support. Are you using a form to enter the donate value? If so, you can add an before update event that would update a field tied to your date column. If you want, you can set the date field property Visible = False so that it doesn’t show on the form.