Close Method [Access 2003 VBA Language Reference]

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The Close method carries out the Close action in Visual Basic.

expression.Close(ObjectType, ObjectName, Save)

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

AcObjectType

AcObjectType can be one of these AcObjectType constants.
acDataAccessPage
acDefaultdefault
acDiagram
acForm
acFunction
acMacro
acModule
acQuery
acReport
acServerView
acStoredProcedure
acTable

Note  If closing a module in the Visual Basic Editor (VBE), you must use acModule in the objecttype argument.

ObjectName  Optional Variant. A string expression that's the valid name of an object of the type selected by the objecttype argument.

AcCloseSave

AcCloseSave can be one of these AcCloseSave constants.
acSaveNo
acSavePromptdefault This value is ignored if you are closing a Visual Basic module. The module will be closed, but changes to the module will not be saved.
acSaveYes

If you leave this argument blank, the default constant (acSavePrompt) is assumed.

Remarks

For more information on how the action and its arguments work, see the action topic.

If you leave the objecttype and objectname arguments blank (the default constant, acDefault, is assumed for objecttype), Microsoft Access closes the active window. If you specify the save argument and leave the objecttype and objectname arguments blank, you must include the objecttype and objectname arguments' commas.

Note   If a form has a control bound to a field that has its Required property set to 'Yes,' and the form is closed using the Close method without entering any data for that field, an error message is not displayed. Any changes made to the record will be aborted. When the form is closed using the Windows Close button, the Close action in a macro, or selecting Close from the File menu, Microsoft Access displays an alert.

To display an error message, use the RunCommand method to invoke the acCmdSaveRecord command before calling the Close method. This will cause a run-time error if one or more required fields are Null. This technique is illustrated in the following example.

Private Sub cmdCloseForm_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_cmdCloseForm_Click

    DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSaveRecord
    DoCmd.Close

Exit_cmdCloseForm_Click:
    Exit Sub

Err_cmdCloseForm_Click:
    MsgBox Err.Description
    Resume Exit_cmdCloseForm_Click
    
End Sub

Example

The following example uses the Close method to close the form Order Review, saving any changes to the form without prompting:

DoCmd.Close acForm, "Order Review", acSaveYes

Applies to | DoCmd Object

See Also | OnClose Property | OnOpen Property | Open Event