Microsoft KB Archive/324587

= How to bring a subtotal from a Subform to a main form in Access 2002 =

Article ID: 324587

Article Last Modified on 8/2/2004

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 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q324587





For a Microsoft Access 97 version of this article, see 119134.

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 208998.

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

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This article shows you how to reference a subtotal control on a subform from a main form.

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If you try to sum a subform field by using a calculated control on a main form, you may receive an error message in the main form control. For example, the following expression in a main form control generates a &quot;#Name?&quot; error message:

=Sum([MySubForm].Form![ExtendedPrice])

To avoid an error, you can sum the subform field by using a calculated control in the form footer of the subform. You can then reference the calculated control from the main form to display the summed value.

There is an example of this method in the Orders form of the Northwind sample database (Northwind.mdb). First, a calculated control in the footer of the Orders Subform sums the Extended Price field of the subform to create a subtotal. The calculated control uses the following syntax:   Text Box Control Name: OrderSubtotal ControlSource: =Sum([ExtendedPrice]) Because the DefaultView property of the subform is set to Datasheet, you do not see the calculated control in the form footer of the subform when you open the Orders form in Form view. However, a text box control on the main Orders form refers to the calculated control of the subform and makes its value display. The main form control is called Subtotal. Subtotal references the calculated control of the subform. Subtotal uses the following syntax:   Text Box Control Name: Subtotal ControlSource: =[Orders Subform].[Form]![OrderSubtotal] This reference permits the main form to display a subtotal of a subform control while the actual totaling of subform values is performed by using a calculated control in the form footer of the subform.

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