MS Access - refer to subform label

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This is not your simple reference to a control on a subform. I need to set the caption for a label from an event in a subform. Here's the layout:

MainForm
- Subform1 (of MainForm)

- Subform2 (of MainForm)
- Label1 on Subform2

in the OnCurrent event of Subform1, I need to set the caption of Label1

I've tried everything I can think of.

Me.Parent!Subform2!Label1.Caption = "lorem ipsum"

Me!Forms!MainForm.Controls!Subform2!Label1.Caption = "lorem ipsum"

and others. Nothing works. Error is:

you entered an expression that has an invalid reference to the property form/report

TIA, AR.

Posted 16-Dec-13 10:20am

avianrand

Updated 16-Dec-13 10:23am

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2013-12-16T10:33:00

Solution 1

Try this:

VB

Dim lbl As Label
Set lbl = Me.Parent.Controls("SubForm2").Form.Controls("Label1")
lbl.Caption = "lorem ipsum"

Working with Controls on Forms and Reports[^]

Posted 16-Dec-13 10:33am

Maciej Los

Updated 16-Dec-13 10:37am

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