Wrox Programmer Forums
|
Access Discussion of Microsoft Access database design and programming. See also the forums for Access ASP and Access VBA.
Welcome to the p2p.wrox.com Forums.

You are currently viewing the Access section of the Wrox Programmer to Programmer discussions. This is a community of software programmers and website developers including Wrox book authors and readers. New member registration was closed in 2019. New posts were shut off and the site was archived into this static format as of October 1, 2020. If you require technical support for a Wrox book please contact http://hub.wiley.com
 
Old November 14th, 2005, 08:16 AM
Friend of Wrox
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 181
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Hiding Autonumber Field

Hi All
I have a form which is Continuous on a database but the only problem is each time I open it it shows the Autonumber.Is there any way I can hide the autonumber field.
Thanks
Brendan

Brendan Bartley
__________________
Brendan Bartley
 
Old November 14th, 2005, 08:53 AM
Friend of Wrox
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 3,069
Thanks: 0
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Default

Select the field, then select Properties, then on the General tab, set the Visible property ot No.

mmcdonal
 
Old November 14th, 2005, 08:54 AM
Friend of Wrox
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 3,069
Thanks: 0
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Default

I meant, set the Visible property "to" No.

mmcdonal
 
Old November 14th, 2005, 10:35 AM
Friend of Wrox
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 181
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

When I change the property visible to No it also hides previous call ID details.I need this information to be visible that is call id but is shows aotonumber which I need to hide

Brendan Bartley
 
Old November 14th, 2005, 11:34 AM
Friend of Wrox
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,151
Thanks: 2
Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts
Send a message via ICQ to SerranoG Send a message via AIM to SerranoG
Default

Are you saying that when you have a NEW record it shows something like "Call ID: (Autonumber)" and when you're on an existing record it shows something like "Call ID: 123456"? And that when you have a new record you want to hide it?

If that's the case, remember that autonumbers are nothing more than ID tags for records and should never been seen or manipulated by users at all. If you need a visible, meaningful Call ID, you should create a new non-autonumber field.

But to answer your question, on the form's ON CURRENT event, put:

Me.CallID.Visible = Not (Me.NewRecord)

Assuming your field is called CallID.


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





Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Retrieve Autonumber field and update it carrie09 Access VBA 3 November 2nd, 2007 07:32 AM
Determine next autonumber field value U.N.C.L.E. SQL Server ASP 2 February 22nd, 2007 04:01 AM
AutoNumber field tulincim Access 5 June 6th, 2006 03:44 PM
Autonumber display in form field ianc Access 2 January 14th, 2005 07:11 AM
Deriving an Autonumber field paulkholt Pro VB Databases 0 August 20th, 2004 10:51 AM





Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2020, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright (c) 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.