Put Notes on Any Form in your Access Database

In this video, I'm going to teach you how to put notes on any form in your Microsoft Access database using a little bit of VBA and SQL. Handy for notes on your menu forms, list forms, or anywhere else you want. 

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• Intro to VBA: https://599cd.com/VBA
• DLookup: https://599cd.com/DLookup
• SQL: https://599cd.com/SQLwithAccess
• After Update: https://599cd.com/AfterUpdate
• Nz: https://599cd.com/Nz
• Double Quotes: https://599cd.com/DoubleDouble

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• Access Developer 1: https://599cd.com/ACD1

Instructions

• Step 1: Create your NoteT (NoteID, NoteText)
• Step 2: Create your Notes textbox control
• Step 3: Set the Tag property of your Notes textbox to the NoteID you want to use
• Step 4: Form Load event:
  • Notes = Nz(DLookup("NoteText", "NoteT", "NoteID=" & Notes.Tag), "")
• Step 5: Notes After Update event:
  • CurrentDb.Execute "UPDATE NoteT SET NoteText=""" & Notes & """ WHERE NoteID=" & Notes.Tag

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