ACC97: IPF Using Filter By Form with Linked Subform (168881)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Filter By Form command to filter a form that contains a linked subform, you may receive the following error message:

There are too many controls on the form to allow Filter By Form.

Upon applying the filter, you receive the error message:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

When you click the Details button, you receive the following message:

   MSACCESS caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.DLL.

   -or-

   MSACCESS caused an invalid page fault in module MSACCESS.EXE.

RESOLUTION

There are two possible ways to work around this behavior:

Set the subform's RecordSource property to a temporary table created with a make-table query based on the original totals query or crosstab query.
Use the form's other filtering capabilities to filter the data, such as Filter By Selection, or Advanced Filter/Sort.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

WARNING: Following these steps will cause an invalid page fault on your computer. Make sure you save and close any open work on your computer before following these steps.

Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
Open the Quarterly Orders form in Form view.
On the Records menu, point to Filter, and then click Filter By Form.

Note that you receive the message "There are too many controls on the form to allow Filter By Form."
Click OK to clear the message.
In the CustomerID combo box, select "ALFKI."
On the Filter menu, click Apply Filter/Sort.

Note that you receive the error:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.