Numeric Criteria from a Control on a Form [Access 2003 VBA Language Reference]

If you want to change the criteria argument for an operation based on a user's decision, you can specify that the criteria comes from a control on a form. For example, you could specify that the criteria argument comes from a text box containing the EmployeeID number.

To specify numeric criteria coming from a control on a form, you can include in the criteria argument an expression that references that control. This control expression should be separate from the string expression, so that Microsoft Access will evaluate control expression first and concatenate it with the rest of the string expression before performing the appropriate operation.

Suppose that you are performing the DLookup function on an Employees table to find the last name of an employee based on the EmployeeID number. In the following example, the criteria is determined by the current value of the EmployeeID control on the Orders form. The expression referencing the control is evaluated each time the function is called, so that if the value of the control changes, the criteria argument will reflect that change.

=DLookup("[LastName]", "Employees", "[EmployeeID] = " _
    & Forms!Orders!EmployeeID)

If the current value of the EmployeeID field is 7, the criteria argument that is passed to the DLookup function is:

"[EmployeeID] = 7"

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You can also include a variable representing a numeric value in the criteria argument. The variable should be separate from the string expression, so that Microsoft Access will evaluate the variable first and then concatenate it with the rest of the string expression.

The following example shows how to construct a criteria argument that includes a variable:

Dim intNum As Integer
Dim varResult As Variant

intNum = 7
varResult = DLookup("[LastName]", "Employees", _
    "[EmployeeID] = " & intNum)

See Also | Date and Time Criteria from a Control on a Form | Domain Aggregate Functions | Multiple Fields in Criteria Expressions | Numeric Criteria Expressions | Textual Criteria Expressions | Textual Criteria from a Control on a Form