Open SubForm, Run CommandButton, All Records

[rarmont]

I'm at a loss at how to do this, so any help is appreciated.

The subform I use to update my employees' insurance deductions is great, but
I have to update their deductions individually (their deductions change after
1 year of service). This is very tedious as we have hundreds of employees
and selecting their name from a drop-down list on the main form, clicking on
the insurance deduction form button, then clicking on the calculate
deductions button, then closing the subform takes a lot of time.

Is there a way to create a command button on the main form that will loop
through the records and execute the command button that calculates the
deductions (that will notify me when it's complete)?

 

[Damon Heron]

I can't see the code that calculates the new deduction, but if it is simple,
it sounds like you need a query to update each employee's deduction rate
based on time of service. First, I would just do a select query to
determine its working properly to list only those employees who need the
deduction changed. If it is working okay, the change to an update query
(use a copy of your db to experiment so you don't screw up any real data).
If you want, then you can execute the finished update query from a command
button on a form.
Damon