ACC2000: Data Unchanged When You Change Dates on Calendar Control
ID: Q225982
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The information in this article applies to:
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).
SYMPTOMS
When you select a date on a Calendar control, the date is not updated in the field that is specified in the ControlSource property of the Calendar control.
CAUSE
The Calendar control does not update the field that is specified in the ControlSource property of the Calendar control until you either move the focus to another control or save the record.
RESOLUTION
Move the focus from the Calendar control to another control.
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Save the record after updating the Calendar control by clicking Save Record on the Records Menu.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
- Create a new form based on the Orders Table.
- On the Insert menu, click ActiveX Controls.
- Click the Calendar Control 9.0 and click OK.
- If the property sheet for the Calendar control is not visible, on the View menu, click Properties.
- Change the ControlSource property of the Calendar control to OrderDate.
- If the field list is not visible, on the View menu, click Field List. Drag the OrderDate field from the field list to the form. This should create a text box with OrderDate as the control source.
- On the View menu, click Form. Note that the Calendar control and the text box show the same date.
- Click on multiple dates in the Calendar control.
Note that your subsequent selections do not update the date value shown in the text box until you move the focus off the Calendar Control by clicking in the text box.
Additional query words:
pra
Keywords : kbdta IntpCstm
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug