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Article ID: 197232 - Last Review: June 28, 2004 - Revision: 2.0
ACC2000: New Microsoft Excel Data Does Not Appear in Microsoft Access Form
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
When you create a Microsoft Access form in Microsoft Excel that is based
on data in a spreadsheet, and you then add additional information to that
spreadsheet, the data that you added is not updated in the Microsoft Access
form, even though it is highlighted in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
The information that is sent to Microsoft Access is defined by a named
range in the spreadsheet. The named range is not updated when you add
additional rows of information to the spreadsheet.
You must redefine the named range in the spreadsheet. To redefine a range
of cells in Microsoft Excel, follow these steps:
- On the Insert menu, point to Name, and then click Define.
- In the Define Name box, click the named range for the Microsoft Access form in the Names In Workbook box. The name for the range will probably be similar to the following:
- Select the range in the Refers To box and modify the range to include any newly added rows. You can do so by typing the new range in the box.
NOTE: The Refers To box displays the reference, formula, or constant the name represents.
- After you have modified the range, click OK.
- Click View MS Access Form on the spreadsheet. The newly added
information should be available in the Microsoft Access form.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Start Microsoft Excel and on Sheet1 of a new workbook enter the following in cells A1:C3:
A1: First B1: Last C1: Middle.
A2: Adam B2: Smith C2: A.
A3: Bob B3: Jones C3: B.
- Save the workbook as Book1.xls.
- Click cell A1 on Sheet1.
- On the Data menu, click MS Access Form and in the Create Microsoft Access Form box, click New Database, and then click OK. If you do not see MS Access Form on the Data menu, load the Access Links add-in.
- In the Form Wizard, add all the fields in the Available Fields box to the Selected Fields box, and then click Next.
- On the What layout would you like for your form page, click Tabular, and then click Finish.
- When the wizard has created the new form, note the records in the
form. Close the form, and then close Microsoft Access.
- Switch to Microsoft Excel and, in Sheet1 of Book1.xls in cells A4:C4,
type the following:
A4: Bill B4: Williams C4: C.
- Click View MS Access Form. Note that the newly added record has not been added to the form even though the information is selected in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
For more information about the Access Links feature, click
Microsoft Excel Help on the
Help menu, type
Create a Microsoft Access form for a MicrosoftExcel list in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topic.
For more information about defining ranges in Microsoft Excel, click
Microsoft Excel Help on the
Help menu, type
name cells in a workbook in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topic.
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