When I start to type the data for a new record, I would like a dropdown box to
open next to it from which I can choose the data from a previously entered
record that starts with the same letter. This is the way my previous database,
Approach, worked. I have tried using the form design toolbox wizard for this
but have had no success. I perused the Help menus and found some deficient
instructions on List, Combo and Dropdown. The dropdown icon is not in the
toolbox, as the Help says it should be. Please give me step by step
instructions, using the wizard if possible -- I realize some of you go right to
Basic and enter your instructions there, but I would prefer to employ the
user-friendly route. Thanks.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery http://www.carolwilsongallery.com 12  2285 
Create your combo box and set the current reocrd souce to be the same record
source of your current form. Also, make sure that you select Unique Values
from the properties on the rowsource. Also, use yourcomboboxnam e.requery on
the OnEnter event of the combo box. This will refreshed the list when you
click on the box.
HTH
Paul
"Nhmiller" <nh******@aol.c omnojunk> wrote in message
news:20******** *************** ****@mb-m14.aol.com... When I start to type the data for a new record, I would like a dropdown
box to
open next to it from which I can choose the data from a previously entered
record that starts with the same letter. This is the way my previous
database,
Approach, worked. I have tried using the form design toolbox wizard for
this
but have had no success. I perused the Help menus and found some deficient
instructions on List, Combo and Dropdown. The dropdown icon is not in the
toolbox, as the Help says it should be. Please give me step by step
instructions, using the wizard if possible -- I realize some of you go
right to
Basic and enter your instructions there, but I would prefer to employ the
user-friendly route. Thanks.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery
http://www.carolwilsongallery.com
I've been trying to find a book/manual that explains how to use Access beyond
the most elementary level. Or is there a website that has the answers? What do
you use? The posts I've made here are for operations that should be in the Help
menus, but are not. I'm realizing that Access works by right clicking in
Design, choose Properties, then knowing what to do or select to get the Object
to display what I want. But it is rarely obvious what to do or select.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery http://www.carolwilsongallery.com
I use Sybex "Access 97 Developer's Handbook. Its quite good. It gets very
technical, but has introductions to concepts that you can follow.
Look up in the help on creating a combo box and then just change the record
source. Its quite simple. There are lots of websites. Just do a google
seach and type Access 97 Tutorial or something like that, you should find
lots. Also, Access comes with the "Building Applications With Microsoft
Access 97" manual. It has some good example too.
Good luck,
Paul
"Nhmiller" <nh******@aol.c omnojunk> wrote in message
news:20******** *************** ****@mb-m25.aol.com... I've been trying to find a book/manual that explains how to use Access
beyond
the most elementary level. Or is there a website that has the answers?
What do
you use? The posts I've made here are for operations that should be in the
Help
menus, but are not. I'm realizing that Access works by right clicking in
Design, choose Properties, then knowing what to do or select to get the
Object
to display what I want. But it is rarely obvious what to do or select.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery
http://www.carolwilsongallery.com
>Create your combo box and set the current reocrd souce to be the same record source of your current form. Also, make sure that you select Unique Values
from the properties on the rowsource. Also, use yourcomboboxnam e.requery on
the OnEnter event of the combo box. This will refreshed the list when you
click on the box.
I opened the form that I use to enter data, in design. In the toolbox I clicked
on the Wizard icon. I clicked on the combo box icon. I then went through the
wizard and selected the first field, which is Category, to create its combo
box. For everything else I stayed with the choice already checked. In the end I
had a combo box which has the individual entry for every one of the 600 items
in my database for Category, even though there are only about 5 categories. But
this combo box does not do what I want. I want the field (Category) itself to
have a list that automatically shows when I type the first letter (like J for
Jazz or P for Popular), to give me a choice to select from. Then I can select
that Field to show up in a report. I cannot select a combo box to show up in a
report -- combo boxes are not on the field list.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery http://www.carolwilsongallery.com
>Create your combo box and set the current reocrd souce to be the same record source of your current form. Also, make sure that you select Unique Values
from the properties on the rowsource. Also, use yourcomboboxnam e.requery on
the OnEnter event of the combo box. This will refreshed the list when you
click on the box.
Your directions do not coincide with what appears when I right-click on the
combo box listing (not the label) in forms-design, then click on properties and
proceed from there. For instance, Unique Values is not a choice in row source
-- there is Table Query, Value List and Field List. And there is only one
choice for On Enter, and that is [Event Procedure]. I have Access XP. If you
can give me detailed step by step instructions, I'll try again. Thanks.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery http://www.carolwilsongallery.com
I know combo boxes are not on the field list. That is because you created
the control on the form (which is fine), however, you are binding the
control to a field in a table..are you not? The field that shows up on your
report is the field that you are binding this control to.
The Unique Properties of this contol are found when you use the "Builder" to
the right of the record source. Just go there and double-click the grey
area above the GBE and you will see the properties...ju st select Unique
Values...NOT UNIQUE RECORDS!!!
HTH
Paul
"Nhmiller" <nh******@aol.c omnojunk> wrote in message
news:20******** *************** ****@mb-m29.aol.com... Create your combo box and set the current reocrd souce to be the same
record
source of your current form. Also, make sure that you select Unique
Values
from the properties on the rowsource. Also, use yourcomboboxnam e.requery
on
the OnEnter event of the combo box. This will refreshed the list when you
click on the box.
I opened the form that I use to enter data, in design. In the toolbox I
clicked
on the Wizard icon. I clicked on the combo box icon. I then went through
the
wizard and selected the first field, which is Category, to create its
combo
box. For everything else I stayed with the choice already checked. In the
end I
had a combo box which has the individual entry for every one of the 600
items
in my database for Category, even though there are only about 5
categories. But
this combo box does not do what I want. I want the field (Category) itself
to
have a list that automatically shows when I type the first letter (like J
for
Jazz or P for Popular), to give me a choice to select from. Then I can
select
that Field to show up in a report. I cannot select a combo box to show up
in a
report -- combo boxes are not on the field list.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery
http://www.carolwilsongallery.com
>I know combo boxes are not on the field list. That is because you created the control on the form (which is fine), however, you are binding the
control to a field in a table..are you not? The field that shows up on your
report is the field that you are binding this control to.
The Unique Properties of this contol are found when you use the "Builder" to
the right of the record source. Just go there and double-click the grey
area above the GBE and you will see the properties...ju st select Unique
Values...NOT UNIQUE RECORDS!!!
I found I could change the entry area that follows the label to a combo box by
using the Change To command that appears in the list after right clicking on
the entry area of the form in design. That instruction is in the Access 2002
tutorial I just downloaded from Microsoft. (I have Access XP; I think Access
2002 is the same.) Can you now tell me what to do to get the unique list there.
I know you believe you already have, but the choices you give do not appear. If
I right click on the entry area of the form in design, and click on Properties,
the Data - Row Source Type does me the choice of Value List, as the tutorial
says it should. That's as far as I can get. The row source gives me the title
of my data base, and the titles of my two queries. By the "Builder," do you
mean the arrow or the 3 dots? What is GBE? Bear with me. This has been
unbelievably frustrating because the Help menus are so poor, and I have to
piece this together from many different sources. I can only hope I eventually
find a book that covers everything properly for Office XP -- I have requested
several from the library here -- two sound like they should be complete based
on their Amazon.com reviews. Thanks.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery http://www.carolwilsongallery.com
Hi Neil,
It seems that you are really having a tough time. It might be in your best
interest to take a 1 day training course. It would really be beneficial and
get you fast-tracked to where you need to be. You will spend countless
hours scouring over books trying to find something that may help you.
Another option, (what other people in this group have done) is send the
database to me and I will do it for you. There is a minor fee involved,
however, you get what you want and can see how its done. i usually do a
couple of examples so you can learn new techniques. What you are doing is
quite basic. I use this technique quite often.
Contact me at pz****@rogers.c om if you want to proceed.
Paul
"Nhmiller" <nh******@aol.c omnojunk> wrote in message
news:20******** *************** ****@mb-m04.aol.com... I know combo boxes are not on the field list. That is because you
created
the control on the form (which is fine), however, you are binding the
control to a field in a table..are you not? The field that shows up on
your
report is the field that you are binding this control to.
The Unique Properties of this contol are found when you use the "Builder"
to
the right of the record source. Just go there and double-click the grey
area above the GBE and you will see the properties...ju st select Unique
Values...NO T UNIQUE RECORDS!!!
I found I could change the entry area that follows the label to a combo
box by
using the Change To command that appears in the list after right clicking
on
the entry area of the form in design. That instruction is in the Access
2002
tutorial I just downloaded from Microsoft. (I have Access XP; I think
Access
2002 is the same.) Can you now tell me what to do to get the unique list
there.
I know you believe you already have, but the choices you give do not
appear. If
I right click on the entry area of the form in design, and click on
Properties,
the Data - Row Source Type does me the choice of Value List, as the
tutorial
says it should. That's as far as I can get. The row source gives me the
title
of my data base, and the titles of my two queries. By the "Builder," do
you
mean the arrow or the 3 dots? What is GBE? Bear with me. This has been
unbelievably frustrating because the Help menus are so poor, and I have to
piece this together from many different sources. I can only hope I
eventually
find a book that covers everything properly for Office XP -- I have
requested
several from the library here -- two sound like they should be complete
based
on their Amazon.com reviews. Thanks.
Neil
Cat Paintings At Carol Wilson Gallery
http://www.carolwilsongallery.com
>The Unique Properties of this contol are found when you use the "Builder" to
the right of the record source. Just go there and double-click the grey
area above the GBE and you will see the properties...ju st select Unique
Is the "Builder" the triangle? What is GBE? Thanks.
Also, thanks for your offer to do the operation for me, but I just need the
proper directions. Something's missing from the directions you gave me, because
I am following them, but the choices you say are supposed to be there are not.
Let's not close off this thread. I hope if you'll answer the above questions,
I'll find what I'm looking for.
Neil
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