How to loop through all controls in a form, including controls in a subform - Access 2007
You can use recursion
Public Sub colCtrlReq(frm As Form)
'' Sets background color for required field -> Tag = *
Dim setColour As String
setColour = RGB(255, 244, 164)
Dim ctl As Control
For Each ctl In frm
If ctl.ControlType = acTextBox Or ctl.ControlType = acComboBox _
Or ctl.ControlType = acListBox Then
If InStr(1, ctl.Tag, "*") <> 0 Then
ctl.BackColor = setColour
End If
ElseIf ctl.ControlType = acSubform Then
colCtrlReq frm(ctl.Name).Form
End If
Next ctl
Set ctl = Nothing
End Sub
Access the controls collection of the subform control's Form property.
Beware, the name of the subform control may not be the same as the name of the saved form object.
If your subform control is named SubformControlName, start from here:
For Each ctl In frm!SubformControlName.Form.Controls
Debug.Print ctl.Name
Next
Update: From your comment, here's what I think you're looking for.
If you don't know the name(s) of your subform control(s) in advance, you can identify which of your form's controls are subform controls at run time.
For Each ctl In frm.Controls
If TypeName(ctl) = "SubForm" Then
Debug.Print ctl.Name & " is a SubForm"
For Each ctlSub in ctl.Form.Controls
Debug.Print ctlSub.Name
Next
End If
Next