ACC97: Buddy Properties for UpDown Control Don't Work in AccessLast reviewed: November 12, 1997Article ID: Q161402 |
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SYMPTOMSNovice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers. When you use the Microsoft UpDown Control, version 5.0, in Microsoft Access 97, you cannot use any of the Buddy properties of the control. Depending on what you are trying to do, you may receive one or more of the following error messages:
Microsoft Access can't find the field '<name>' referred to in your expression. BuddyControl must be a separate control within the same container. BuddyControl property must be set first. Invalid property value. CAUSEThe Buddy properties of the UpDown control are not supported by Microsoft Access 97. The Buddy properties contain specific functionality that is supported in Microsoft Visual Basic. In Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Excel 97, and Microsoft PowerPoint 97, this functionality is also supported in an UpDown control on a UserForm that you have created in Visual Basic for Applications.
RESOLUTIONDo not use any of the Buddy properties of the UpDown control in Microsoft Access 97.
MORE INFORMATIONThe Microsoft UpDown Control, version 5.0 is included with Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition as a replacement for the SpinButton Control from earlier versions. You can use the UpDown control in Microsoft Access 97 with the exception of the following Buddy properties:
BuddyControl SyncBuddy AutoBuddy BuddyPropertyIn Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, when you place the UpDown control on a form, you can set the BuddyControl property to a text box that contains a numeric value. Then, without writing any code, you are able to run the form and click the UpDown control to increment or decrement the numeric value in the text box. This feature does not work in Microsoft Access 97.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
REFERENCESFor more information about using the UpDown control, search the Help Index for "UpDown control."
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