how to avoid "invalid property value" in a combo box when empty

[emsik1001]

Hi

I have a few combo boxes where the match is required.

When I select a value and then delete it and go to another control then I get very user unfriendly message "invalid property value".

I want to allow to go to a different controls if the value is empty and if the value is not in a drop down box I want to either display a user friendly msgbox or clear the drop down box value.


Many thanks in advance
Emil

[kadghar]

if the match is required, and there's no match, i think the msgbox is quite logical. Why dont you add an 'empty' element to your combobx?

[emsik1001]

Yes it is logical but I need something with user friedly explanation.

The thing is that several hundred people will be using this solution and I doubt my customer will want to answer their question what "invalid property value" mean, so ideally I need something to display a proper message box. I have tried before update but the error appear before this event.

Regards
Emil

[kadghar]

i see your problem.
Well, i dont know if there's an option to change this kind of error messages,

But why dont you try, instead of forcing the combobox matching, checking in the 'change' event of the combobox if the box's Text property matches with any element, if it doesn't, send a custom msgbox and select a default value.

HTH

[emsik1001]

Thanks changing the property to false and using .matchfound did the job!!

Will save me a lot of time

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