ACC2000: How to Look Up Values Within a Data Access Page

ID: Q234301

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).


SUMMARY

This article shows you how to look up values within data access pages by using the existing relationships or by using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) rather than by using domain functions.


MORE INFORMATION

In most Microsoft Access objects, such as forms and reports, you can use a domain function to easily retrieve data from sources other than the record source of the object.

Domain functions are intrinsic functions built into Microsoft Access. Because data access pages are ultimately viewed by using a Web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer), domain functions do not work in data access pages. For example, Internet Explorer does not understand what a DLookup() function is and does not know how to execute the function from within a page.

For this reason, you must use a different approach to look up data within tables that are not bound to the page.

Using Existing Relationships to Look up Data

  1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb or the sample Microsoft Access project NorthwindCS.adp.


  2. In the Database window, click Pages under Objects, and then click New.


  3. In the New Data Access Page box, click AutoPage: Columnar, click Orders in the Choose the table or query (or view) where the object's data comes from box, and then click OK.


  4. After the page is created, on the View menu, click Design View.


  5. On the View menu, click Field List.


  6. Click the plus signs (+) next to Tables until you see a tree structure like the following, and then drag the CompanyName field to the page:


    7. 
   Tables
      Orders
         Related Tables
            Customers
  7. On the File menu, click Save, and save the page as dapOrdersRel.htm.


  8. On the View menu, click Page View.


    9. Note that as you browse through the orders, the appropriate Company Name appears for each current CustomerID.

Using ADO Recordsets to Look up Data

  1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb or the sample Access project NorthwindCS.adp.


  2. In the Database window, click Pages under Objects, and then click New.


  3. In the New Data Access Page box, click AutoPage: Columnar, click Orders in the Choose the table or query (or view) where the object's data comes from box, and then click OK.


  4. After the page is created, on the View menu, click Design View.


  5. Click the Text Box tool in the toolbox, and add a text box to the right of the CustomerID text box that already exists.


  6. Select the new text box, and then on the View menu, click Properties.


  7. Click the All tab, and change the ID property to CoName.


  8. Select the label that appears next to the new text box, and change the InnerText property to Company Name.


  9. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Microsoft Script Editor.


  10. Using the Script Outline, insert the following script for the Current event of the MSODSC.


    11. IMPORTANT: When you create VBScript blocks for MSODSC events, you must add a parameter to the event name, as follows:
    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=vbscript FOR=MSODSC EVENT=Current(oEventInfo)>
    The oEventInfo parameter added above is used to return specific information about the event to the script. You must add this parameter, regardless of whether it will be used or not, because the script will fail without it.
    
<SCRIPT Event=Current(oEventInfo) For=MSODSC Language=VBScript>
<!--
Dim Con
Dim Rst

Set Con = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set Rst = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")

' Use the following statement if you are in Northwind.mdb.
'
' The connection string may vary depending upon the location of the
' database and the system database.
'
Con.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\Program " & _
"Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb;Jet OLEDB:System " & _
"Database=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\System.mdw;User " & _
"ID=Admin;"

' Use the following statement if you are in NorthwindCS.adp.
'
' You will need to replace "MySQLServer" with the name of your SQL Server
' or MSDE for your data source. 
'
' Con.Open "Provider=MSDataShape.1;Data Source=MySQLServer;" & _ 
' "User ID=sa;Password=;Initial Catalog=NorthwindCS;Data " & _
' "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1" 

Rst.Open "SELECT CompanyName FROM Customers WHERE CustomerID = " & _
chr(39) & Document.All.Item("CustomerID").Value & chr(39), Con

Document.All.Item("CoName").Value = Rst("CompanyName").Value

Rst.Close
Con.Close
-->
</SCRIPT>
    NOTE: Your database should be in a Web folder or a network folder where all users have access.

  11. On the File menu, click Save and save the page as dapOrdersADO.htm.


  12. On the View menu, click View in Browser. If you see a prompt to save changes, click OK.


    13. Note that as you browse through the orders, the appropriate Company Name appears for each current CustomerID.

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Keywords          : kbdta AccDAP DAPHowTo DAPScriptHowTo dtavbscript 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999