Is there a way to make a Combo or List Box let you choose more than one answer?
I have a field that is a Combo box that lists all the employees in the office. I need to be able to select more than one employee to assign to a task.
Hi, this is my first post here.
My question is this: I am creating a database for a student survey. Some of the questions may have multiple answers.
For instance, question 2 reads:
"What location/time are you taking courses (select all that apply)"
and the possible answers are:
1)Daytime/Oakland
2)Evening/Oakland
3)Saturday College
4)BC
- Where a student could be taking classes at multiple locations or times. I am completely lost as to how to set this up. I have tried to set the properties for the field on the form to accept multiple responses, but of course, these do not save to the table and so it's completely useless.
Thank you in advance for your help!!!
Please help me !
I am in the process of creating a database in access to search for a persons name. However, the results will give many ansers. For example if I search for the srname 'jones' I get many names. I eed then to be able to select one of these jones's with the information relavent information.
It has many years since I have done this although i did have quite a good knowledge at the time. Plesae can you make any suggestions and answers as basic as possible !
Many thanks in advance http://forums.aspfree.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=18#
Mad
I have 2 cbo boxes : Year and Company
A certain year might have multiple entries for the same company. I want to have the company listed once instead of multiple times. How do I do that?
Thanks.
I am trying to put together a form where employees will be entering maintenance information into my database. One of the requirements for this data is that when they perform repair work on an asset, they have to list a problem, cause and remedy. These are codes that are specific to each asset.
The closest thing I can think of to what I am trying to acheive is the selectors on car search websites. You select a MAKE, and then the MODEL list is narrowed down based on that, then you pick the TRIM, which is narrowed down based on the model selection. I have an Excel spreadsheet of the Assets(Failure Class), Problems, Causes, and Remedies...I'm just not sure how to put this into Access to get the desired output. I have attached a sample of the Excel spreadsheet for illustration.
I believe I'm going to have to put each of the columns in a seperate table and use relationships..but I'm not sure about that.
I have a DB where you there's 5 tables all linked together by one project ID
tables below
Project , Staff, Asset, allowances, travel, mark up
What I can do is create a new project, then add records to each of the other tables on what different items I require,
i.e. I create a new project - called project one, in the project table I create a record stating, name, time scale, client and location, then I add different records to each of the other tables on what I require all linked to the same project ID. (probably not explained that too well)
Now I want to create a query that lists all the requirements one after the other this will make it easier to create reports and to calculate costing's.
At the moment I have made 5 different queries listing all the data, then have one report containing 5 sub reports to display the data, no this does work.
How To Transfer MultipleSelect Item In Listbox to another Listbox ?
View 7 Replies View RelatedIm nearly finished creating my first real production database, its pretty exciting! Theres a few things that I need to accomplish to consider it 100% working and im wondering if anyone has any input on the following matters:
1) Users import their data via an excel spreadsheet. Its all done behind the scenes. One routine pulls in information about servers from an excel spreadsheet and after formatting it via queries, puts it in the main table. The spreadsheet in question starts with the servername cell. On the spreadsheet, the first row contains the name of the server, but the second and subsequent rows contain blank space in the servername column, but imply that the rest of the information is for the various connections associated with that server listed above... IE:
Column "ServerName"
Row1: Server1 IP address Switch Etc
Row2: <blank> IP address Switch Etc
Row3: Server2 IP address Switch Etc
Row4: <blank> IP address Switch Etc
Row5: <blank> IP address Switch Etc
Row6: Server3 IP address Switch Etc
and so on and so on...
What im wondering, is if its possible to fill in the blank spots with the cell above the records that start blank? (to populate the record with its respective server). Any input on methods to accomplish this would be appreciated.
2) Is there a way to attach code to the different buttons on the record selector? For tracking purposes, everything that my users do is stored in a seperate table. The only thing I cant seem to track is when users enter a record via the main data entry form. Automated tasks are no problem, but I cant seem to find a method to attach code to, say, the next record button on the default record selector.
3) I have a few queries that collectively import data from excel. When I do this, I remove confirmation messages so that users dont have to click through a sea of 'OK's. Im wondering if theres a way to count how many records get pulled in from an import, seperate which were good and which were bad, and simply pop up a message box stating that X records were imported succesfully, and X were not due to whatever reason.
4) Is there a way to sort text as if it were a number? I have a few fields that need to be text format, but contain numbers most of the time. The sorts always put 1 above 10, 9, 8, 7, etc, and id like to either find a way to make a query that changes all single digit numbers to double digit numbers or simply sort it in a numerical format.
5) What considerations should I take into account when it comes to the amount of data that access 2003 databases can effectively store and use? Ive heard that access can effectively handle 32000 records or something to that effect. Over that, what will I be dealing with? Slow performance? A complete roadblock?
I realize that there are a lot of questions here, and by no means wish to have my work done for me. Id very greatly appreciate any feedback that anyone wishes to give 8) Even if you dont want to code routines for me, thats fine.. I actually enjoy figuring this stuff out on my own, and a simple nudge in the right direction would suffice.
Thank you so very much!
I been trying to figure out how to do this for some time now. But nobody seems to be able to know the method. I have searched the message board and tried the techniques that were suggested but none of them seem to work effective. Here is the problem:
All I want is a 2 textboxes on a form that where a user can put in the parameters for a query. The users clicks on the generate report button and the report pulls the textboxes's data as the parameters data. Report opens and its done. Every time I try this I get the query still asking for the parameters. Is there a sample database that someone can point me to that is using this method for the parameters. The Microsoft website has nothing pertaining to this matter. Only reason I am trying to use this is to stop people from putting in the wrong parameter information and it would look better then that generic parameter box that pops up.
Sorry to be a pain in the you know what!
I just have a question, is there anyway to create a standalone ms access 2003 file. I want to be able to create a ms access db that has forms and certain reports.
I have a client who needs this ms access file to distributable to his clients (who can use it without having ms access file). Also he him self can make changes, to the forms, etc. Without any programming knowledge, change the look of the forms, add queries, etc. And be able to send the updated version of the ms access file to his cleint.
Can this be done? I have suggested using a vb frontend & and ms access as a backend, but he would have to pay someone to make changes, add reports, etc. And he wouldn't be able to do it him self becuase of lack of programming knowledge, he only has medium knowledgable of Ms Access.
So can this be done, is there a sdk i can use?
Thanks,
will
Im building an expression where I am dividing fields by constants and adding them together. I need all answers always round down, so 19/20=0, 21/20=1
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have a combo box with the following
YES
NO
EXPIRED
this is named "Permit_Holder"
when you click yes i want two extra fields to appear called
"Permit_Date_Issued"
"Permit_Date_Expired"
but i cannot seem to get them to hide or show?
I have used the below codes but no success
Private Sub Permit_Holder_AfterUpdate()
If Me.Permit_Holder = 1 Then
Me.Permit_Date_Issued.Visible = False
End If
End Sub
Quote:
Private Sub Form_Current()
Me.Permit_Date_Issued.Visible = False
End Sub
At work I have been tasked with a few Access based problems and one of which is making one of their handwritten feedback forms be input on Access so then responses can be graphed and analysed.
Is it possible to give written answers a number so they can be graphed.
For example.
Question 1 - Give me an example questions?
Answers:
1. Yes
2. No
3. Unsure
So you can see how many have each one when you graph the results. As I have it created with foreign keys at the moment it is displaying the text when I do the queries.
Also... is it possible to make a button so an interactive pdf report can be sent to all the selected user's email addresses?
Does anyone out there know how I might do the following:
I have a main folder which contains many sub-folders. In turen, each subfolder contains several files. I am interested in creating a text file that within each sub-folder will list certain files in that sub-folder. Example:
"Main Folder"
"Sub-folder 1"
FileA
FileB
FileZ
"Sub-folder 2"
FileA
FileB
"Sub-folder 3"
FileA
FileB
FileZ
Pseudo-code:
Read Main Folder
Do While Sub-folders exist
Do while selected sub-folder contains files
If selected sub-folder contians FileZ then
Write selected sub-folder name to text file
Write time/date stamp to text file
else
loop to next ub-folder
end if
end do while
end do while
Close input and output
Any help offered is greatly welcome. Thank you!!
I have multiple fields in a table that are set up as Yes/No and display as checkboxes on a form. Now I need to create a text field on a report that showes all the Yes answers. The text field needs to figure out if it's a Yes answer, then display the field name, if there is more than one yes answer in the fields it is looking at, it should separate each with a "," . This is a large text field, that could show as many as 10 Yes answers.
What is the best way to go about doing this? I use Access 2010
Let's assume we have 3 tables:
Order_Category (Order_Category_ID, Order_Type_Name) with 2 records:
1, Minor
2, Major
Order_Type (Order_Category_ID, Order_Type) with 4 records:
1, Book
1, Pencil
2, Car
2, House
Orders (Order_Category_ID, Order_Type, value) with 2 records:
1, NULL, NULL
1, NULL, NULL
2, NULL, NULL
I want to create a Multiple Items form presenting Orders table with two Combo Boxes:
1. A combo box to select Order_Category_ID.
2. A combo box to select Order_Type. When 1 (Minor) is chosen in the first combo box it should show Book and Pencil, when 2 (Major) is chosen it should show Car and House.
Examples in the Internet show how to do it on a 'single row' forms using the RowSource property. I tried to use a query like:
SELECT Order_Type
FROM Order_Type
INNER JOIN Orders ON Order_Type.Order_Category_ID = Orders.Order_Category_ID
WHERE Order_Category_ID = [comboBoxOrderCategoryID]
But it sets same values for all records in the Multiple Items form and it should return different values in each rows based on value in the first combo box (Order_Category_ID).
Hello
I have had a look through the forum and I am not sure if this can be done. I have a table. i.e. with columns Decsription 1, Cost 1, Description 2, Cost 2 Description 3, Cost 3 description 4, cost 4 etc.
I am looking to try and gave a combo box show this information as follows. I.e
Colum 1 on Combo; Column 2 on Combo
Description 1 Cost 1
Description 2 Cost 2
Description 3 Cost 3
Description 4 Cost 4
I want to be able to auto fill some fields on a form based on the combo box selection.
Has anyone done this before and can it be done.
Thanks
I have a form where I select a vendor name out of a combo box.
The rest of the vendor information then defaults into combo boxes below. I want these to actually be list boxes so that the user does not have to select the rest of the vendor information. The only problem is that when I turn them into list boxes the data does not save into the underlying table. How do I get the list box information to save??
Hi Newbie here -
Both to the forum and MS Access!! - I'm trying to build a db at work that allows us to track our residents activities on a daily basis and then report monthly, etc. What I want to do is to able to use either a list box or a combo box to highlight more than one resident and more than one activity (our residents go out on group activities, so it would be ideal if we could assign a resident to several activities or an activity to several residents) and then add the records to the relevant tables.
I've looked at multiselect in list boxes but that will only allow me to add one single record at a time which would make the job v-e-r-y laborious. Combo box will only allow me to add one record at a time. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Ady:)
Hi, i'll try my best to explain what i would like to do.
I have a form (based on a Table "Tbl_AOG_Demands" which has a combo box called "Combo30" Using this give users access to all request details "regardless of status"
I also have a list box "List21" which does nothing other than shows ONLY open requests. (also based on Tbl_AOG_Demands) but filtered through SQL.
As there are many requests in the combo box (historic data) i would like to make things easier for the user by the following.
When a user clicks on a request in the list box, it will populate the rest of the form with the corresponding data. (and also the combo box "if this is possible)
I hope this makes sence.
need help., have a form, have put a combo box to display values from another table, works ok, but when a type a new value, it displays 'not in list', so how to add the value to the table without opening the other table or any other suggestion, should i select values in combo box from a query...
:eek:
I have an add record command button that will bring up a blank record where the user can fill in the information. My question is how do I get this record to be added to the combo list that will bring up the record i just filled out? I hope that makes sense. thanks
View 2 Replies View RelatedI hope someone will be able to help....
I have minimum year and maximum year value (for example 2006 is minimum & 2009 is maximum. How could I get a combo box to display all the years within the range of the minimum and maximum year (in this case, it should give me an option of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
FYI - This database is used to track projects and each project has a commencement date and an estimated completion date. the minimum year is derived from the commencement date and the maximum date is derived from the estimated completion date. I am building a search form whereby the year selected in the combo box should display all the projects commencing, continuing, and ending that year.
Pls help...
Thanks in advance.
jan :confused:
Hi everyone,
I have a form with a field named TREATMENT with the following options :-
1 Cryotherapy
2 Radiotherapy
3 Chemotherapy
4 None
5 Other (specify)
If the 5th option (Other) is selected, the user is required to specify what 'Other' represents.
I have created a combo box with the first 4 options and in instances of 'Other' the user can enter specific treatment that is not in the list (1 to 4).
What I would like to do is whenever the user enters a value that is not on the list (1 to 4), I would like to insert the word OTHER in front of the value entered. In other words all values not on the list will be prefixed by 'OTHER'.
E.G. if 'Surgery' is entered, I would like the value 'OTHER : Surgery' to be stored in the Treatment field of the table.
This will help in the generation of statistics from the table.
Any suggestions??
Many thanks in advance.
Will
This might be a silly question - I appologize in advance if it is. - let me know! :) I have searched a bit and found nothing quite along the same lines.
I have realized that I only use Combo boxes, avoiding List boxes entirely. I had some early difficulties with List Boxes that I can't recall now, yet a lot of my combo boxes are limited to list. Most posts I read on this forum seem to mention Combo rather than List boxes (I may have a bias here?).
It looks like a combo box that is limited to list is pretty much a list box. If this is right, is there ever any advantage to using a list box that I am missing out on?
From Access help:
List boxes: What they are and how they work
In many cases, it's quicker and easier to select a value from a list than to remember a value to type. A list of choices also helps to ensure that the value that's entered in a field is correct.
The list in a list box consists of rows of data. In a form, a list box can have one or more columns, which can appear with or without headings. If a multiple-column list box is bound, Microsoft Access stores the values from one of the columns. In a data access page, a list box has one column without a heading.
You can use an unbound list box to store a value that you can use with another control. For example, you could use an unbound list box to limit the values in another list box or in a custom dialog box. You could also use an unbound list box to find a record based on the value you select in the list box.
On a form, you can use a combo box instead of a list box; it takes up less room, and you can type new values in it, as well as select values from a list. Learn about combo boxes on forms.
On a data access page, you can use a drop-down list box instead of a list box; it takes up less room; however, you can't type new values in it. Learn about drop down list boxes on data access pages.
Combo boxes: What they are and how they work
In many cases, it's quicker and easier to select a value from a list than to remember a value to type. With a combo box, you can do either without using too much space on a form. A combo box is like a text box and a list box combined.
When you enter text or select a value in a combo box, if the combo box is bound, the entered or selected value is inserted into the field that the combo box is bound to.
The list in a combo box consists of rows of data. Rows can have one or more columns, which can appear with or without headings. If a multiple-column combo box is bound, Microsoft Access stores the values from one of the columns.
You can use an unbound combo box to store a value that you can use with another control. For example, you could use an unbound combo box to limit the values in another combo box or in a custom dialog box. You could also use an unbound combo box to find a record based on the value you select in the combo box.
Combo boxes have a LimitToList property that you can use to control whether any value can be entered in the list, or only text that matches one of the values in the list can be entered.
If you have room on your form and you want a list to appear at all times, or if you always want to limit data entries to values in the list, you might want to use a list box instead of a combo box. For more information on list boxes, click .
Is the last para from above:
If you have room on your form and you want a list to appear at all times, or if you always want to limit data entries to values in the list, you might want to use a list box instead of a combo box. For more information on list boxes, click the only advantage?
ok i have three tables..
Booking_Table
Booking_ID
Job_Date
Company_ID
Booker
Passenger
Company_Table
Company_ID
Company_Name
Address
Phone_No
Company_Staff_Table
Company_Staff_ID
Company_ID
Full_Name
Phone_No
each booking will only ever involve one company at a time
company 'A' will have several staff
person 'A' from company 'A' may book a job for themselves
person 'A' from company 'A' may also book a job for person 'B' from company 'A'
i have created a booking form
i have added a combo list displaying all the company names..(control="comp_combo")
i have also added a combo list displaying all staff names from all companies (control="staff_combo")
when the user selects company 'A' from the first combo.. i would like the staff combo to update and only display staff members for that company
how do i do this.