Question from an Access beginner. I have 2 tables - Table A containing a bunch of business info and Table B which will contain data from contact sessions with that business.
I have a form that I will use when conducting sessions with each of the businesses - what I'd like to do is select the business from a dropdown on that form and have fields for all the "info" from Table A auto-populate so we can verify their accuracy (I don't
expect it to change often), then have some regular fields where I enter data and notes etc which will land in Table B.
If the "display only" business info fields need to change, I would go to Form A for Table A and fix.
A very kind man suggested a form/subform combination with the mainform bound to business table and the subform bound to the contacts table and linked on the BusinessID, then using the 'Combobox Wizard to add a "search" combo (3rd option) to the header of the main form. This combo will allow you to select a business and move the record pointer to that business' record. You can then add new contact info into the subform.'
I'm muddling around trying to make that happen but I think I am in need of some more detailed instructions to get me where I'm headed. Is anyone able to assist?
(Should the main form be Table A and Table B the subform? I was ale to put a subform on there but it just shows the business name once selected...clicking the dropdown it just showed the datasheet view with no column headers which was just confusing). I should probably start from scratch....
Any assistance would be deeply appreciated! I'm guessing this is rudimentary but it's driving me nuts!
Thanks in advance,