I'm trying to create a dynamic function that's based off on what dropdown you interact with on a form. I need to pass the name of the dropdown to the function along with the form name when I call it.
Here's my current setup which only calls the funciton that passes the form name:
Private Sub KitchenMainCode_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Call Populate([Form])
End Sub
Populate(frm As Form)
'do stuff
End Function
I have 8 dropdowns which means I have to copy paste 8 batches of the same code which isn't ideal, Ideally I would like something like this:
Private Sub KitchenMainCode_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Call Populate([Form], [control.name OR "KitchenMainCode"])
End Sub
Populate(frm As Form AND dropdown name as name)
frm.name.value = xyz
End Function
Even at the least, if I can pass a string Its easier to make 8 Mousedown events than 8 unique functions, which is nearly 50 lines (x8).
Every time I google this, its bringing lots of Excel stuff & for some reason the code that's used isn't compatible with access (probably my issue) but they're both VBA scripts.
Kind regards,
CodePudding user response:
You can do like this:
Private Sub KitchenMainCode_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Call Populate(Me As Form, Me.ActiveControl As Control, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
End Sub
Private Sub Populate(frm As Form, ctl As Control, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
' do stuff
End Function
Or you could implement WithEvents
. An example can be found in my project VBA.ModernTheme.