Hi everyone,

I am building a database that collects data from the user and builds a table to collect date and a Form to input that data.

I have managed to build the tables with createtabledef method and build the form and create the controls with the createcontrol method.

I now need to set the afterupdate event to run a specific function and compute a value from two or more fields on the form, known only after collecting the data from the user: for example set the afterupdate event of field 1 and field 2 to sum field 1, field 2 and set field 3 to equal the result.

I tried building a public function in the module that creates the forms and tables however access only let me call "[event procedure]" or a macro from the event property.

Any help would be appreciated.

Automating an event procedure for a control on a form that is not created and named yet that is bound to a record source not yet created and named, etc., is probably doable but very tricky. I wish I could help, but I cannot without taking more time than I have to offer.

I've always been fascinated by posts where people describe what you did, i.e. buidling forms and tables from scratch at run-time. Wouldn't it be easier, knowing what the data is for and the business practice, to build the forms and tables ahead of time and have them ready BEFORE data is entered? It would make what you need MUCH easier.

Could you educate me on the advantages of the "on the fly" approach to table and form building?

Greg Serrano
Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division

Well, I generally agree with you.

However, this specific database is intended to standardize treatment checklists of wounded patients in a multiple casualty and variable environment for EMT instruction. Oh and i forgot to mention multiple instructors as well.

The only constant being the treatment algorithm. The database application "needs" to get input from the instructor about the drill setting, and patient injuries and condition, and manufacture a table for the data and a form to assess EMT performance on scene.

After several EMTs have undergone the drill under the supervision of several different instructors, The database will then "fold" these tables and form and leave only the assessment of performance in a permanent table.