Disappearing values in combo boxes

[Guest]

I have a time ago designed a database that has been functioning as expected
but all of a sudden values in combo box drop lists have disappeared. Not that
they have been deleted but they do not display in the list yet if you select
a row the value will appear in the selection field and you can work your
query from the selection. The selection query in the properties to retrieve
the values show the correct data. I have checked formatting and column counts
etc but all has failed to find the problem as yet. One thing is that this
does not happen on all databases on my computer only on this particular
database.

 

[Guest]

Yes, thats what happens when your system updated to SP3 in September for
Office2003 and you have formatting in your columns. Its a BUG !
Mary

 

[Guest]

Is there any patch for this "Bug" available or do you have to start again?

 

[Guest]

I noticed that in the table my combo box was hitting, I had formatting on the
missing field. The field properties (from table design) had the capitalize
symbol which is a "greater than" (>) sign in the "Format" property. When I
removed the symbol from the property, that field showed up in my combo box.
Hope this helps as a possible "work around".

 

[Ken Snell \(MVP\)]

If the field to which the combo box is bound has a Format property setting
for the field in the table, then yes, this is a bug that has been reported
by many ACCESS users during past weeks. It apparently is a bug in Office
2003 SP3, which was released by MS a short time ago. MS is aware of the bug
and is working on how to fix it.

In the meantime, the "complete workaround" is to remove the Format
property's value from the field's properties in the table's design view.

 

[Ken Snell \(MVP\)]

"Combo box controls and list box controls display no value or
incorrect values in Access 2003 after you install Office 2003 Service
Pack 3." And a few more problems SP3 introduced.

Description of the Access 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package:
December 18, 2007 - 945674

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674