MS Access VBA Control Events – PT2

In this video we are going to cover the following MS Access VBA Control Events:
AfterUpdate
BeforeUpdate
NotInList

This is part 2 of a 3 part video series.

Private Sub cboBookTitles_NotInList(NewData As String, Response As Integer)
    Dim strMsg As String
    Dim strForm As String
    
    strForm = "frmAddBookTitle"
    strMsg = "Sorry, '" & NewData & "' is not a current book title. Would you like to add it?"
    
    Select Case MsgBox(strMsg, vbYesNo, "Add Book?")
        Case vbYes
        
            'NewData is the data entered into the combo box
            DoCmd.OpenForm strForm, , , , acFormAdd, acDialog, NewData
                
            'Suppress the Access error message
            Response = acDataErrAdded
            DoCmd.Close acForm, strForm

        Case vbNo
            MsgBox "You must select an item from the list or add a new one.", vbExclamation, "Information"
            
            'Return the Access error message
            Response = acDataErrContinue
    End Select
End Sub

Private Sub txtAddress_AfterUpdate()
    MsgBox "Change was completed"
    
End Sub

Private Sub txtAddress_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer)
    If MsgBox("Save Changes?", vbYesNo) = vbNo Then
        Cancel = True
        MsgBox "Change will not be saved."
    End If
End Sub

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