Unbound Fields on Continuous Forms

[Guest]

I know this is something simple that I am just not seeing, but I can't
isolate the cause...

I have 2 unbound ComboBoxes on a Continuous Form. When I select a value,
for one of the comboboxes, it populates all rows, on the form.

At this point, I have modified the form, and bound the fields. But I am
curious of the cause and/or solution to this issue. Is there not a way to
have unbound comboboxes (or fields) on a continuous form?

Thanks, in advance.

Sharkbyte

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

no...you cannot.....

They are all instances of the same contorl.

However, you can bind cotnorls to a fcntion.

And, if you do enalbe, or disable a contorl, then all contorls will take on
this setting.

I certainly have a lot of continues forms where I set the controls 'enabled'
property on/off. While this actually makes all instances of the control go
disabled, I actually find this works quite well. I mean, when you move
to the next row, those columns that you enable, or disable can then
be set. So, you could set the controls visible property as you move
the cursor up/down through the

In fact, I actually PREFER the above behavior, as then during
data entry it is VERY easy to see that the column in question
is enabled.

In place of a VERY HARD TO READ checkerboard pattern of enabled, and
disabled boxes, , you get a very nice enable/display view as I move the
cursor up /down.

I have uploaded a gif animation of me navigating in a form, both of the two
screen shots will give you an idea of how this looks.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/HideColumn/index.htm

At first, it seems bad...but after using this for awhile...I actually prefer
this behavior!!