Beginner with ComboBox

[Mort]

I am designing my second database, Access 2007.
I need a drop-down list on a form which enters data into the table tblStats.
I want a combo box and will type in three values,
Complete;Incomplete;Pending. When one of these values is selected for the
active record, that value should go to the field Status in the table tblStats.
I can not figure out how to accomplish this. Please help

Mortimer

 

[Al Campagna]

Mort,
A combo control (like a text control) can be "bound"
to a field in the table/query behind the form. Which means that any
value entered into that control, when updated, will be written to that
field in the table. Fields that are bound to the control are indicated in
the control's ControlSource property.
From what you've desciribed, you should be able to
"bind" the combo control to the Status field in tblStats.
Make sure Status is included in the query behind the form, and enter
Status
in the ControlSource for your combo.

Set your combo's RowSourceType to Value List
Enter "Complete"; "Incomplete"; "Pending" into the combo's RowSource
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hth
Al Campagna
Microsoft Access MVP 2007-2009
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[Jeff Boyce]

Mort

I've always heard that it is your SECOND application which is the most
dangerous ... after you learn enough to finish the first ...

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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[Mort]

Thank you. I can attest to that fact and am proceding very cautiously.

The first was rather simple, four tables and I was given enough time so that
I could understand what was being written about on the 1NF,2NF, and 3NF.
Customers, Products, Orders, and Shipments tables (no partial shipments so
Primary Keys and Joins were not to hard to figure out).
This one is much more difficult - I am being approached to do it after my
initial success. I have registered for Access training at a Microsoft
certified training company for a three day instructor led class, but it is 7
weeks into the future.

 

[Jeff Boyce]

Depending on who you're trained by, you will probably get (only) intense
focus on #2, and some focus on #1. I'll be curious (here) to hear about it
afterwards...

Good luck!

Jeff

 

[Mort]

I will post back on this thread after the training is concluded, late June.

 

[Jeff Boyce]

My apologies, I had also posted a response today that listed 4 learning
curves most folks need to surmount to build Access apps that get used.

My previous comment would have made more sense if I had listed the 4 curves!

1) relational database design - Access looks for data organized this way
2) Access tricks -- classes tend to focus here, not so much on #1
3) Graphical User Interface design -- if it isn't easy to understand and
use, folks won't
4) Application development -- hey! would you try to build a house without
knowing how the process goes?!

Good luck!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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