You can do just about anything with VBA; however, your question is not very clear.

If it is a field on the current form you could just say, for example:

IsActive = False

You can also do it with a little SQL.

CurrentDB.Execute "UPDATE CustomerT SET IsActive=False WHERE CustomerID=" & cboCustomers
Me.Refresh

Just change the Table name and field names for your needs.

As Sami said, the question isn't clear. We can't see what your working with so more details will be required for a more tailored response.

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Hi Sami, Kevin

This is for a Foster Youth Program where we recruit families to become foster parents.

The names of people interested in becoming foster parents are recorded in a InquiriesT. If they agree to become foster parents, they engage in training to become licensed. 'Once they are licensed the name of the foster family is then added to the FamilyHomesT via a an Append query. The InquriesT has a Yes/No field called 'Update'. Any 'Update" fields set to the Yes criteria are added to the FamilyHomesT.

I have this working well.

The problem is that the Append query will duplicate any family names in the FamilyHomesT when the 'Update" Yes/No field is set to yes.

I figured I can prevent duplications in the FamilyHomesT by automatically resetting the 'Update' field in the InquiresT to No, but I am not sure how to achieve this action.

FYI, data in the InquriesT has to be preserved for reporting reasons.

I hope this makes sense.

Hi Kevin,

It turns out that SQL won't work for this particular situation so, I will have to learn some VBA here.

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Sami, I tried VBA but it can't handle Boolean logic for Text box output. I want a text box to display "Yes" based on if the value of a Yes/No field is Null. It doesn't look like VBA can do that. I think only a Macro or expression builder will work for this so. I have brush up on Macro and expression builder.

What VBA did you try?

Field on form name: YesNoText
Files on Table name: YesNoField

VBA:

if YesNoField= True then
   YesNoText = "Yes"
Else
  YesNoText = "No"
Endif

Alex,

I tried a field level After Update script. After Update apparently does not work for Boolean logic, changing Yes/No values.  

Sami,

your script worked. Thanks!

Now I have to figure out how to incorporate the VBA code into a Macro. can you recommend a Script editor app that can save a VBA script that can be imported into a Macro?

> After Update apparently does not work for Boolean logic, changing Yes/No values.

What did you try, as this would work.

MS Access has a tool that can convert a Macro to VBA but not the other way round.
I'd strongly advise learning VBA, it might have a steep learning curve for you at first but it's so much easier to use and likely to find more people able to help

Alex,

I find Macros a quick way to achieve some simple functions, but I am signing up for Richard's VBA lesson's so, I will have more experience hopefully soon.

Thanks!

This is a pretty simple Macro to build. See my sample below.

I would attach it to the After Update event of the Check Box and the On Current event.