Dlookup - Place value in an unbound textbox

[Nathan H]

I don't know why I am having an issue with this, especially when I helped someone the other day.

Four fields in the table tblFTPLOGIN:
txtServerList
txtFolder
txtUID
txtPWD

The unbound form has a combo box called txtServerChoice , listing txtServerList from the table. I want to post txtFolder from the table to an unbound box txt on form frmForm.

txt1.Value = DLookup("[txtFolder]", "tblFTPLOGIN", "[txtServerList]" = Forms![frmForm]![txtServerChoice])
 

This does not work either

txt1.Value = DLookup("[txtFolder]", "tblFTPLOGIN", "txtServerList = " & Forms![frmForm]![txtServerChoice])
 

The thing does not work...frustrat ing

[Denburt]

Try this:

txt1.Value = DLookup("[txtFolder]", "tblFTPLOGIN", "txtServerList = '" & Forms![frmForm]![txtServerChoice] & "'")
 

Or an easier possibly quicker or faster(for MS Access) method would be to list the txtfolder alongside the txtserverlist in the combobox and reference it like so:

me!txt1 = me!txtServerCho ice.column(2)

[Nathan H]

Try this:

txt1.Value = DLookup("[txtFolder]", "tblFTPLOGIN", "txtServerList = '" & Forms![frmForm]![txtServerChoice] & "'")
 

Or an easier possibly quicker or faster(for MS Access) method would be to list the txtfolder alongside the txtserverlist in the combobox and reference it like so:

me!txt1 = me!txtServerCho ice.column(2)

Denburt...that worked great!.

txt1.Value = DLookup("[txtFolder]", "tblFTPLOGIN", "txtServerList = '" & Forms![frmForm]![txtServerChoice] & "'")
 

Can you throw me a quick note why that worked?:)

[Denburt]

Denburt...that worked great!.

txt1.Value = DLookup("[txtFolder]", "tblFTPLOGIN", "txtServerList = '" & Forms![frmForm]![txtServerChoice] & "'")
 

Can you throw me a quick note why that worked?:)

Yes I would be glad to.
When using text in criteria you have to wrap it in quotes, a number type you don't, so your example would be fine if it was a number but since it was text, you needed to add an extra set of quotes:
txtServerList = "MyText"

So since your wrapping the expression in quotes already you need to essentially double wrap or use single quotes (the way I did). I hope that was clear.

Glad it's working if you need anything else (more examples etc.) let me know.