How to Use the Screen.PreviousControl Property in Microsoft Access VBA

In this Microsoft Access tutorial, I will show you how to use the Screen.PreviousControl property to efficiently adjust multiple form values with a single set of buttons.
Dennis from Burnsville, Minnesota (a Platinum Member) asks: I have a form with 15 different values on it that I have to adjust from time to time. I want to make little buttons to add or subtract from these values, but is there any way I can do it with just one set of buttons instead of having to make buttons for every text box? Maybe click on the box and then the plus or minus button?
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[@Shadow.Dragon]

Great video, Richard! I've used the ActiveControl, but I didn't know about PreviousControl! Now I know!!! Glad your feeling better. Enjoy the chicken soup! 🖖

[@keacoq]

Useful and well explained

[@kamran133]

Hey Richard! Cool video. I noticed that you always use messagebox to display values instead of using the immediate window. Also I could not find a video of yours about the immediate window. Maybe that could be a good topic for a techhelp video?

[@vitom5513]

Interesting topic today. Thank you. Have you ever covered the following situation: (Example:) Record 1 has a date and time, on record 2 (and going forward) I want to have elaspsed time (days, hrs, min) from the timestamp on the previous record. Thanks.

[@mitchellfolbe8729]

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