I am having difficulty populating an unbound subform using an ADO 

recordset.  I have created a complex database used to monitor the 

processes an order has to go through.  There is a main form that displays 

the order date, customer name, address and delivery address.  This is an 

unbound form and is populated using an ADO recordset.  The subform is 

linked to the main form by the order reference number.  The link works 

fine as the subform data does relate to the main form order number. 

However the problem is displaying all the records on the subform.  I can 

only get the subform to display a single record.  The properties of the 

form are set to continuous form and I expect to see a list for each 

order.  The only record displayed is the last one for each recordset.  How 

do I display the current record from the recordset and then move to the 

next record and display the details on the same subform?



I want to use unbound forms, as they are significantly quicker, however 

nobody seems to know how to use unbound subforms.  I bought the Wrox book 

Professional Access 2000 Programming, an excellent book, but this only 

shows how to set single forms as unbound.  I have put this question on 

numerous other newsgroups and nobody has an answer.  Can anyone hear help 

me?

You will not be able to see all the orders in the subform unless you unlink

the subform from the main form.



I would suggest adding a button on the main form that permits the viewing of

all records in the subform.  On the button's OnClick event, you will set the

subform's Link Child Fields and Link Master Fields to "".  You will then

need to re-populate the subform with the records.



But, instead of that, why not create a new form that will display the data

you want, and then open that form when all data needs to be viewed.



Hope this helps,



John Ruff - The Eternal Optimist :)





-----Original Message-----

From:	Jason Bradford [mailto:j.bradford@a...]

Sent:	Monday, June 25, 2001 12:10 PM

To:	Access

Subject:	[access] Unbound subforms



I am having difficulty populating an unbound subform using an ADO

recordset.  I have created a complex database used to monitor the

processes an order has to go through.  There is a main form that displays

the order date, customer name, address and delivery address.  This is an

unbound form and is populated using an ADO recordset.  The subform is

linked to the main form by the order reference number.  The link works

fine as the subform data does relate to the main form order number.

However the problem is displaying all the records on the subform.  I can

only get the subform to display a single record.  The properties of the

form are set to continuous form and I expect to see a list for each

order.  The only record displayed is the last one for each recordset.  How

do I display the current record from the recordset and then move to the

next record and display the details on the same subform?



I want to use unbound forms, as they are significantly quicker, however

nobody seems to know how to use unbound subforms.  I bought the Wrox book

Professional Access 2000 Programming, an excellent book, but this only

shows how to set single forms as unbound.  I have put this question on

numerous other newsgroups and nobody has an answer.  Can anyone hear help

me?