Click Command Button using Code

[Serious Sam]

Hello,

I have a form where a person's timesheet data is entered - frmTimeSheet
I have a button on this form that when clicked, populates the timesheet with standard hours - cmdPopulate_Click()

What I am hoping to do is have a seperate form with a button than when clicked on

1. Opens up the frmTimeSheet - docmd.Openform etc
2. Automatically clicks the cmdPopulate button.

Is it possible to click a button, that then makes another button click?

Or is there a better way altogether?
Any ideas much appreciated

 

[SydneyGeek]

Sam, you can do this:

1. Create a button that opens your form.

2. In the form that opens, go to the Properties and select the Open event. Double-click the blank line so it shows Event Procedure. Now click the Builder (...) button at the end of the row to go to the code window.

3. In the code, between Private Sub... and End Sub, type this:
cmdPopulate_Click

This will cause the Populate button's Click event to run as the form loads.

Denis

 

[Serious Sam]

Hi Denis,

Thanks for that. That would work well except the form needs two other text boxes populated first (Name and Weekending) before the cmdPopulate runs.
Is there another way of making it run?
I tried putting the code on the AfterUpdate of the second text box, but hat didn't work.
Thanks Mate

 

[perryd]

Copy the code from the sub "cmdPopulate_Click " into the
sub of "frmTimeSheet_open"