ACC97: Form May Not Refresh with a Short Refresh Interval

The data in a form will refresh when the form is first opened, but after the form is open a few minutes, it will not refresh.

You have a form that is based on a linked table and the Refresh Interval is set to a low number (fewer than five seconds.)

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151261/EN-US/ ) OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

To temporarily resolve this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Increase the Refresh Interval

You can avoid this problem by using a longer Refresh Interval. To change the Refresh Interval, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. In the Refresh Interval(sec) box, type a number larger than five.
4. Click OK.

Method 2: Use the Timer Event

You can use the Timer event to force the form to refresh the query results. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Type the following code for the form's OnTimer property event procedure:
   

         Private Sub Form_Timer()
   
            Me.Requery
   
         End Sub
   						

2. Set the form's TimerInterval property to the desired time interval.

NOTE: The time interval is measured in milliseconds. For example, to get the form to requery every second you would type 1000.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).