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"Me" Access Keyword

The meaning of the word “Me” in VBA code.

Q:  Stuart E. Wugalter asks what is the meaning of the word “Me” in VBA code?

A:  Me is an Access keyword that refers to the form (or report) from which the code is running.  There is also a Parent keyword that refers to the main form, when running code from subforms.  The Me and Parent keywords only work from code behind forms; if you need to move the code to a standard module, you need to replace these keywords with explicit form references, or use a frm argument instead, which can be set to Mee from a procedure call in a code behind forms module.

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