General :: Combo Box Does Not Expand And Search As User Type In
Jun 30, 2015
MS ACCESS 2010
AutoExpand Property Set to Yes
I have a bound combo box that has a query as a row source, The query has 3 fields called from tblMasterItems, The ItemID , ItemDesc and ItemSupplier(related to the PK of tblSupplier).
Column Count = 3
Column Width = 0";1";0"
If I do not put a criteria under ItemSupplier, the combo box behaves just fine. The problem happens when I set the criteria under ItemSupplier, the criteria being the supplier ID, the combo box no longer expands and searches as you type, but the items in the combo box have been filtered and are there.
Summary:
When the row source qry ItemSupplier Field does not have a criteria, cbo works just fine.
When the row source qry ItemSupplier has a criteria, cbo no longer expands and searches as you type, but has the filtered data showing if you hit the expand button (that arrow pointing down in the cbo)
Any ideas why combo boxes that all have their "auto expand" option set to YES are not auto expanding as I type-in text? They were working last week and I have no idea why they're not working now. Strangely, if I type in any of the entries present in the combobox list (text such as "St. Louis City") exactly as it appears in the combobox list, and then press enter, I get an error message telling me the value is invalid. Then, if I use the drop-down list to find and select "St. Louis City", it allows me to enter this value.
Some background: I am making a form at work for a coworker with cascading combo boxes where she can select a Customer, then Platform Description, then Period, then Year. I used VBA code for these and they all seem to be working, except the Year.
Code: Private Sub Form_Load() On Error Resume Next CustomerCB.SetFocus
[Code].....
I am pulling a table from Excel into Access (SD0039DA_T2), then I have used a delete and append query to populate a 2nd table (SD0039DA_T). I did this 2nd table because the first table was slowing down all of Access because it's such a large file directly linked to Excel.
The only real difference between the two tables is I added another column to SD0039DA_T called BillingYear. This is the Year in the cascading comboboxes/listboxes I am having trouble with. In the append query, I used ...
This is giving me the error 'User defined type not defined'. I know I have to set something in a list somewhere but have forgotten how to do that. Where to go, and what to set?
I have a AUCTION form, it has a combo box and the label for this combo box is called seller. This combo box is a look up to the USER table which has the following fields:
uid, uname, city, state
The combo box is pulling and displaying a drop down list of uname from the USER table, with this SQL state in the "row source".
Code: SELECT user.uname FROM [user] ORDER BY user.uname;
In the control source of this combo box I have seller, and the form's record source is AUCTION, tagging on the AUCTION table.
The problem is the form is putting the uname into the AUCTION table's seller field, but I want it to input the uid field, however that it should still show the uname list when the user click on the combo box to make a selection.
I have a database with over 100k records and I want to use a combo box to search for records by typing in the name. I found code to do this at: [URL] .....
This is working, however i have many fields on the form that I want to populate from the table after the search. Right now only the 3 fields from my rowsource combo box populate.
In my select statement do I need to SELECT * (all) and then populate the fields that way, or is there a way to populate from the table based on the ID of the record that is found?
[URL] ....I am trying to dynamically search multiple fields from a combo box on a form that includes a subform. I am using code from the above referenced link within this forum.
It works without the "setFocus" for the Listbox except it jumps to a record after the very first character is entered instead of narrowing down as characters are typed. If I leave in the "setFocus" I get run-time error 2110.
I need to create a user interface that will allow a boolean type search of a field. This would mean item1 AND item2 AND NOT item 3, item1 or item2, item 1 NOT item2, etc.
I've set up a combo box setup with the following script, but I can't figure out how to adjust it to allow the multiples.
Please advise if I should adjust this or try a differenmt interface format for my users.
Option Compare Database 'Use database order for string comparisons Option Explicit
Private Function AfterCombo(WhichLine As Integer) Dim CBox As Control, TBox As Control, AndBox As Control, TBoxA As Control Set CBox = Me("Combo" & WhichLine) Set TBox = Me("Value" & WhichLine) Set AndBox = Me("And" & WhichLine) Set TBoxA = Me("Value" & WhichLine & "A") TBox = Null TBoxA = Null Select Case CBox Case "All", "Blank", "Not Blank" TBox.Visible = False AndBox.Visible = False TBoxA.Visible = False Case "Like", "Equal", "Less Than", "Greater Than", "Not Like", "Not Equal", "Not Less Than", "Not Greater Than", "In List", "Not In List" TBox.Visible = True AndBox.Visible = False TBoxA.Visible = False Case "Between", "Not Between" TBox.Visible = True AndBox.Visible = True TBoxA.Visible = True End Select End Function
Private Sub Cancel_Click() DoCmd.Close End Sub
Private Function FormatList(ByVal List As String, FieldType As Integer) Dim NewList As String, CommaPos As Integer, Word As String NewList = "" Do While Len(List) > 0 CommaPos = InStr(List, ",") If CommaPos = 0 Then Word = Trim(List) List = "" Else Word = Trim(Left(List, CommaPos - 1)) List = Trim(Mid(List, CommaPos + 1)) End If If Word > "" Then Select Case FieldType Case DB_TEXT, DB_MEMO If InStr(Word, """") > 0 Then MsgBox "Don't type double-quotes in the list" End End If Word = """" & Word & """" Case DB_DATE If InStr(Word, "#") > 0 Then MsgBox "Don't type '#' in your dates" End End If If Not IsDate(Word) Then MsgBox "Your list contains non-date characters" End End If Word = "#" & Word & "#" Case Else If Not IsNumeric(Word) Then MsgBox "Your list contains non-numeric characters" End End If End Select NewList = NewList & "," & Word End If Loop NewList = Mid(NewList, 2) If NewList = "" Then MsgBox "Your list needs a valid value" End End If FormatList = NewList End Function
Private Function MakeNull(C As Control) If Len(Trim(C)) < 1 Then C = Null End Function
Private Function MakeSQL(WhichLine As Integer, FieldName As String, FieldType As Integer) As Variant Dim CBox As Variant, TBox As Variant, TBoxA As Variant Dim Condition As Variant, Delim1 As String, Delim2 As String CBox = Me("Combo" & WhichLine) TBox = Me("Value" & WhichLine) TBoxA = Me("Value" & WhichLine & "A") Select Case CBox Case "Like", "Equal", "Less Than", "Greater Than", "In", "Not Like", "Not Equal", "Not Less Than", "Not Greater Than", "Not In" If IsNull(TBox) Then MsgBox "You have left a parameter blank for field [" & FieldName & "]" End End If Case "Between", "Not Between" If IsNull(TBox) Or IsNull(TBoxA) Then MsgBox "You have left a parameter blank for field [" & FieldName & "]" End End If End Select Select Case FieldType Case DB_TEXT, DB_MEMO Delim1 = """" Delim2 = """" If Not IsNull(TBox) Then TBox = QFix(TBox) If Not IsNull(TBoxA) Then TBoxA = QFix(TBoxA) Case DB_DATE Delim1 = "#" Delim2 = "#" Case Else Delim1 = "" Delim2 = "" End Select Select Case CBox Case "All" Condition = Null Case "Blank" Condition = " Is Null" Case "Not Blank" Condition = " Is Not Null" Case "Like" Condition = " Like """ & TBox & """" Case "Equal" Condition = "=" & Delim1 & TBox & Delim2 Case "Less Than" Condition = "<" & Delim1 & TBox & Delim2 Case "Greater Than" Condition = ">" & Delim1 & TBox & Delim2 Case "Not Like" Condition = " Not Like """ & TBox & """" Case "Not Equal" Condition = "<>" & Delim1 & TBox & Delim2 Case "Not Less Than" Condition = ">=" & Delim1 & TBox & Delim2 Case "Not Greater Than" Condition = "<=" & Delim1 & TBox & Delim2 Case "In List" Condition = " In(" & FormatList(TBox, FieldType) & ")" Case "Not In List" Condition = " Not In(" & FormatList(TBox, FieldType) & ")" Case "Between" Condition = " Between " & Delim1 & TBox & Delim2 & " And " & Delim1 & TBoxA & Delim2 Case "Not Between" Condition = " Not Between " & Delim1 & TBox & Delim2 & " And " & Delim1 & TBoxA & Delim2 End Select MakeSQL = " And [" + FieldName + "]" + Condition End Function
Private Sub OK_Click() Dim Where As String Const ObType = "Form" Where = Where & MakeSQL(1, "Lyrics", 10) Where = Where & MakeSQL(2, "TrackTitle", 10)
On Error GoTo OKCApplyError If Where <> "" Then Where = Mid(Where, 6) DoCmd.OpenForm "MasterFormQuery", , , Where Else DoCmd.OpenForm "MasterFormQuery" End If
Private Function QFix(ByVal X) Dim P As Integer If IsNull(X) Then QFix = Null Exit Function End If P = InStr(X, """") Do While P > 0 X = Left$(X, P) & """" & Mid$(X, P + 1) P = InStr(P + 2, X, """") Loop QFix = X End Function
Private Sub exitselectform_Click() On Error GoTo Err_exitselectform_Click
I am trying to get a button on my form to open two reports, and also go to a website. Once at the website I want it to type in a search bar based off of the criteria of the two reports. I currently have it able to open both reports correctly, and I can get the website to open, but I am not able to find a way to get access to type anything once on the website.
Bottom line I'm in bit of a pickle, work has moved forward the migration of Office97/NT4 to Office2003/XP by 2 months (clever lot) and was hoping not have to cram for this question until at least 3-5 weeks.
I'm looking for pointers/suggestions because I now have to test in Access2003 Runtime on MONDAY!!!!
What it is, is:
I have a query which is a list of items that need to be worked out of 65,000. Of that 65,000, 20,000 end up in the query (Actually do need looking at after an Automated process) (it's adapting the query/process I think I need)
Query:
EntID - UniqueID for a household Applicant1 - Number lookup value for Applicant 1 Applicant2 - Number lookup value for Applicant 2 Qualifies - 1 = Yes, 2 = No, Null = Not worked.
That's basic building block of the Query which is Drives the main Form.
What I would like is a scenario similar to this:
Person A opens record 1
Person B opens record 2
Person C opens record 3
Person C finishes record 3
Person B finishes record 2
Person C opens record 4
Person B opens record 5 (he/she took a little break)
Now that's the way I would like it to work, but there will be other factors and this is where I'm all ears for anyone who is used to this type of system.
The problem I can't figure out is that the Main Form has several subforms, but none of the data is to be edited, it is there for visual purposes only. The users will be creating records via the Main Form through code, but not directly into any tables/queries with which I can use conventional record locking, that I can see.
My thoughts are that Person A calls up a record based on Min EntID and somehow locks it so the Person B looks for Min EntID Where not locked.
Please, please can someone point me in the direction of how to do it and more importantly the correct order of events? I have tried doing the Min EntID and locking the record, but while Person A is running the Min Query, Person B is running it also so they end up with the same record as B has the record on screen while A is locking it.
Also, In the real world Person B might open record 2 and think, nah I can't be bothered. I would like a proffessional opnion on whether C opens record 2 or should B be made to deal with it.
I think not given the huge time constrants landed square on my lap, I would get there with smaller questions, but I've spent the last 10hrs writing a Function, to get it ready for the testing lab, where the owner has changed the requirements 7 times and my head isn't working.
All or some help given will be GREATLY received. Any further information needed, just ask.
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