select multiple options from combobox

[Guest]

How do I set up a combo box so that I can select more than one of the list
with the ctrl button?

TIA
Papa

 

[fredg]

How do I set up a combo box so that I can select more than one of the list
with the ctrl button?

TIA
Papa

You can't. Combo boxes don't work that way.

List Boxes, whose MultiSelect property is set to either Simple or
Extended, do work that way.

 

[Guest]

You can't. Combo boxes don't work that way.

List Boxes, whose MultiSelect property is set to either Simple or
Extended, do work that way.

Is there a way to do this so that the selections are remembered as I scroll
through the records on the form?

 

[John W. Vinson]

Is there a way to do this so that the selections are remembered as I scroll
through the records on the form?

Only by storing the information in another Table (probably using a Subform).

John W. Vinson [MVP]

 

[Guest]

John,
This is the direction I started in - but still fail to get it to work. What
I have done is created a new table just for this information. The table has
a one to many relationship with the first table. I created a subform that
captures the list box of the information for this second table. But for some
reason, the data is not being recorded in the second table. Also if I view
another record in the main form and come back to this record, the list box
(in the subform) no longer indicates the selection previously identified.

Any thoughts?

Papa

 

[John W. Vinson]

John,
This is the direction I started in - but still fail to get it to work. What
I have done is created a new table just for this information. The table has
a one to many relationship with the first table. I created a subform that
captures the list box of the information for this second table. But for some
reason, the data is not being recorded in the second table. Also if I view
another record in the main form and come back to this record, the list box
(in the subform) no longer indicates the selection previously identified.

Then fix the error in your form and subform.

I don't know what the error might be, because you have not posted any
information about the structure of your tables or your form. Please do so and
I'll be glad to try to help!

John W. Vinson [MVP]