In part 1 of this article we created a simple database, consisting of one table and one form. The form was an unbound form. The database showed one way of editing existing records using unbound text boxes. In part 2 we looked at a method for adding new records.

Here in part 3 of this series we will add a Clear button.

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If a user starts to add a new record or is editing an existing record, the Clear button will cancel what they are doing and reset everything.

This requires us to add another new button, which I will call cmdClear, with a caption of "&Clear". The VBA code in the button's OnClick event is shown below. This button's VBA code clears all the text boxes, clears the New Record flag, and puts the focus back to the list box.

Something else you should notice. We have started to do what all good programmers should start doing early in a project's life - use documentation in the code.

NOTE: All the VBA code segments on the Database Lessons site assume that you have DAO references active. If you are not sure what this means, and you are using Microsoft Access 2000 or higher, click here.

Code for cmdClear (OnClick event)

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What's next? Part 4 will look at forcing the user to follow proper procedures. As it stands, we can start to edit an existing record part way through an add procedure. A dangerous process.

If you would like the sample database that I created to test this series (Access 2000 version only) please visit this page. The sample database is stored in a 21K zip file, so you will need WinZip, or similar.

 
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