Question

I have an access database with a bunch of forms which I did not build. One of the fields on the form pops-up an error during data entry. I opened the form in design mode and looked at the Events. But I do not see any of the events generating that error text.I searched the entire project for that error text and cant get a hit.Where else could the error be bubbling up from. From the text of the error I can tell that it was developer written and not a Microsoft error.

Answer 1

If that form field is bound (meaning its Control Source property is a field in the form’s record source), examine the design of the table which includes that field.

In table design, a field can be assigned a Validation Rule property and a Validation Text property. See whether the Validation Text property matches the mystery error text.

Note, there can also be a Validation Rule and Validation Text defined for the table itself. So in addition to checking the field properties, also inspect the property sheet for the table itself.