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Cascading Combo Note
Donald Blackwell 
       
2 days ago
I've been playing with the Cascading Combo boxes on my beta machine since they showed up about a month ago and they're very nice as shown in this video.

As Richard said, this is still a first release. There is some functionality that may throw errors upon moving to a different record, especially in continuous or datasheet forms. For the average user just enjoying the functionality of not needing VBA, it works great, however, if you are checking values in a cascading combo upon entry to a new record, specifically a value in a certain column, you may see an "Invalid Use of Null" error.

This doesn't appear to happen if you're only checking the value of the combo, just if you look at a specific column.

In the case I was testing, it was a form for entering line items on a voucher with 3 combos. It would check the value of a specific column of one of the combos and then mark certain fields has either "Enabled=No;Locked=Yes" or vice versa depending on the value of that column. However the Invalid Use of Null error would pop up in a continuous form when you moved to a row other than the row that initially loaded when the form opened.

For now, the workaround is simply to requery that combo before checking the value of the column and then it works fine.

Since this is still in development, it's not a big issue in my case but wanted to share if anyone runs into it.
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
2 days ago
Are you using a Current Channel installation for this, or are you still using the Beta Channel?

If you're on Current Channel, can you reproduce the problem reliably? If so, could you put together a small repro database that demonstrates it?

I checked the MVP thread, and it doesn't look like this particular issue has been reported yet. If you can get me a repro database, or at least some instructions on how to produce it reliably, then I'll pass it along to the Access team.
Donald Blackwell OP  @Reply  
       
35 hours ago
Still happening on my beta machine after the most recent update: (just now)
Microsoft(R) Access(R) for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2610 Build 16.0.20527.20000) 64-bit

My Current machine is down right now, the power cord/charger is messed up, so I can't test until I can get to the union hall and try on that machine, however, if anyone wants to try it on there machine, I stripped down a version with just a small amount of test data:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h_4XmFA27iX1blzMeeqbhb1fQwXmNxLt/view?usp=sharing

It's just a simple accdb file with a few tables, 2 forms + 1 subform. The form with the cascading combo boxes is Voucher form (subform). The initial record that loads is fine but if you move to a different row, you get the null error above. Editing the VBA and uncommenting the requery line in form_current will cause the form to work without errors.
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
25 hours ago
All right, I'll try to play around with this when I get a few extra minutes.
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