Below l show you how to create an incrementer/counter for your Access database.
As you may or may not know, Access will reset your counter, every
time the form is closed. (It’s like the SESSION variable for a browser). Anyway, to preserve the value of the counter when a database form is closed and reopened, store your variable in a table.
This video will show you how to store and read your counter variable from a table.
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You can download the database here:
Click here for the database and the code:
counter_incrementer.accdb
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