Macro Fails Due to Table Locked

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I have a standalone form with a page that contains a subform linked to a
query. In order to update the subform data, I created a macro to run several
queries that will ultimately update the query the subform is linked to. In
my macro, I close the main form, run all of the queries and then re-open the
main form with a GoToControl to get it to go right back to the page where the
subform resides. I continue to get an error with my macro that states it
can't run my queries because the table is already in use.

When I manually close the main form and run the macro, it works fine.

Any thoughts?
 
The form is not closing fast enough for your queries to be able to gain
access to the table. This likely is a timing issue. Any particular reason
you cannot update the data directly in the subform without having to run the
external queries?

Otherwise, you'll need to run a macro to close your current form, open
another form, and then run a macro from that form that will do the updates
(that should ensure that the first form is fully closed).
 
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