I have form that is not based on any table and I have a combobox on it that gets it data from a query (which hs id and text).
When I look at form in formview, I can open the dropdown section of combobox and it has values from the query, but I am not able to selct it. I tried to select it by any of the following ways:
1- Clicking on an item.
2- DBClicking on an item
3- Pressing ener on an item.
What is the problen and how can I fix it?
I am using Accesss 2003 on windows XP
Have you by accident set the Locked property to Yes? You can still drop down a locked combo-box but can't select any items.
See if your Form has property Allow Edits set to True.
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I have two forms:
InterviewMaster and InterviewDetail
InterviewDetail opens up as a subform in InterviewMaster and these two forms are linked through a common field called InterviewID
In InterviewDetail I have a textbox called Questiontype as well as combobox called InterviewDropdown.
The data in the dropdown varies based on the data on in the textbox. To make this happen, I have a next button to move to the next question. Whenever I click on next the following runs:
Dim ctlCombo As Control
Set ctlCombo = Forms!InterviewDetail!cmbInterviewDropdown
ctlCombo.Requery
The Row Source setting for my combobox is set to look up the required answers, again this is based on the value as per the textbox:
SELECT [queryAnswerOptions].[Answer] FROM queryAnswerOptions ORDER BY [Answer];
So the options are determined by my query called queryAnswerOptions
So as I cycle through my questions using my next and previous buttons, the dropdown options are updated based on the value of my textbox. This works perfectly when I open the subform from the navigation pane. However, when I open the main form and click on the next button my dropdown does not have any values. I've tried requerying the subform with no luck. I've also tried opening the subform in full screen from my main form but this also does not work. I also don't want to go that route as it does not work well with the overall flow of my form.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Problem with the query WHERE criteria parameter is when form is installed as a subform, the form reference no longer works because it must use the subform container control name. I always name container control different from the object it holds, such as ctrDetails.
Option is to put SQL statement directly in combobox RowSource instead of basing combobox RowSource on a dynamic parameterized query object - then it will work whether form is standalone or a subform.
SELECT Answer FROM InterviewAnswers WHERE QuestionID = [txtQuestionID] ORDER BY Answer;
I have a subform, which consists of a table.
In this table, one columns values are a dropdown field (with 3 types to choose from: Var1, Var2, Var3).
If a user now selects a value from this dropdown I want to execute a specific VBA code in the background.
For my understanding, that means I have to set up an event like "run code module xy if dropdown value changes".
I am a beginner and have no idea how to implement that. Hopefully you are able to help.
Thanks so much in advance!
My Code:
Private Sub runMacro()
''MyCodeHere
End Sub
My form with the table as a subform. You can select 3 different values for "solution". If one is selected, I want to run VBA code:
You have to open the form, which contains the Combo Box (the Drop Down) control, in Design View.
Then select this Combo Box control and open the Property Sheet if not already shown (you can swap its visibility with the key F4).
In the Property Sheet select the tab named Event and click into the event After Update.
Using the ...-button you can select the Code Builder to open the VBE.
It already prepared the event handler for you, where you now can place your code.
I have created a form and set the form's RecordSource to a query. Below is my query:
SELECT GeneralT.*, SalaryT.[Status]
FROM GeneralT INNER JOIN SalaryT ON GeneralT.Deposits = SalaryT.Deposits;
In the form I have 4 textboxes. In the first 3 textboxes I show value from GeneralT table and in fourth textbox I show SalaryT.[Status] value. But this fourth value doesn't show in the textbox rather it show #Name?.
If I open the query in datasheet view I can see all the value properly. I don't understand what is wrong here. Please help me to show the result properly in the form.
Displaying #Name? for a field says that field has a control source that does not match with the query linked to the form. Some things to check:
Make sure Status is a selection from one of the pre-existing options in the Control Source drop down combo box. Click on the combo box to make sure.
Double check to make sure it is a "Text Box" and not a custom
control.
Make sure there isn't another text box named Status
Try chaning the control source to just Status instead of SalaryT.[Status]. If the field name does not conflict with the naming of a field in GeneralT, the selected SalaryT.[Status] will actually be displayed named Status.
I have a continuous form where i have a listbox assigned to an ID. I cant seem to select anything in the list box. I have the row source property set to a Value List. I manually typed in "Y";"N" for the list.
If I don't assign the control source to the ID, all listboxes are selected at once on the form.
Is there any property I should change?
Thanks
You cannot sensibly use unbound controls on a continuous form.
Code in Form onLoad:
country_combo.RowSourceType = "Value List"
Code in a reset function:
Dim lListIndex As Long
With Me.country_combo
For lListIndex = .ListCount - 1 To 0 Step -1
.RemoveItem (lListIndex)
Next lListIndex<br/>
End With
Code to populate country combo:
*For n = 1 To numCountries*
*countryCombo.AddItem (countryRS.Fields("countryName"))*
*countryRS.MoveNext*
*Next n*
I'm having a problem that occurs AFTER the code to populate the country combobox runs. The values are there as I can run Debug.Print(countryCombo.Value) and it prints out the name of the selected country, but I can't see the values in the combobox at all. They're invisible, and as far as I know there is no visiblity property for specific items, unless I'm completely mistaken.
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I think you should probably use Access's GUI tools to do what you're looking for. In design mode, click on the field you are trying to populate, then click the "lookup" tab. You can then specify a table to populate the field with and your forms should automaticly update as well.
I've also seen what you describe here - as far as I can tell, it's a bug within Access (I was using 2007) that only occurs when you programatically mess with the contents of a combo box. It does not happen every time. The issue corrects itself if you highlight the text that is in the combo box.
I am experiencing a similar issue with Access 2003. Based on the selection of one combo box, the row source of a listbox is set to an SQL string Basically a SELECT DISTINCT [MyField_Selected] FROM MyTable. For some fields the values are visible in the list box and others it is not. The values are there however as I can access them via code. To make it more interesting it works fine in Access 2007.
Just found the resolution on another forum. Check the format property of the field(s) in question on the table. In my case, when Access 2007 created the table, it put an # format in there. I removed that and all works great!