it auto fills/finds another colmn which i dont want to find, i want it to
filter/find column 1, also it only works if i write this sql select * from
custs, but if i write select ref, custname, custadd from custs, it does not
autofil combobox.

any ideas?

"Haroon" wrote:

thanks but i wanted to use the combobox on form so that the user can find the
ref, number instead of going through 16000 records to find it.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Loading 16,100 records into a combobox might be stretching things a bit and
my suggestion of using a combobox was make because it is a more certain way
of ensuring that the information that the user supplies is actually in the
source of the data.

In the following article, there is another way of going about it that you
should be able to use with some modifications

"Access a database and insert into a Word document the data that you find
there" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/InterD...DataFromDB.htm


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"Haroon" wrote in message
...
i put the code in

Private Sub Combobox1_click()
textbox1.value = combobox1.Column(1)

''
i one of my database, i have 16100 records, it is not doing auto
find/match
when i type the ref number, e.g. 16100, but it does when i do it in
database
with 5 records.

any ideas?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

In what Event did you put the code? It has to be triggered by something
appropriate. Most probably the Combobox Exit event would be the best,
though the Afterupdate or Change might do.

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"Haroon" wrote in message
...
Hi Doug,

I added the code but its not displaying any values in the textboxes.

ComboBox1.Column = rs.GetRows(NoOfRecords)
With ComboBox1
.BoundColumn = 1
TextBox1.Value = Value
.BoundColumn = 2
TextBox2.Value = Value
End With
' Cleanup
rs.Close
db.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set db = Nothing

do i put the code somewhere else?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

To access the information in the other columns of the combobox, use
code
to
set the .BoundColumn attribute of the combo box.

With combobox1
.BoundColumn = 2
Textbox1.Text = Value
.BoundColumn = 3
.TextBox2.Text = .Value
End With

I suggest that you give meaningful names to each of the controls on
your
form

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"Haroon" wrote in message
...
thanks alot Doug, your a star *
managed to make it work, but i have not solved all the problem yet,
once i
select the currect ref number from the dropdown/combobox, i want
other
2/3
textboxes to get populated with the info, e.g. cust name, cust add
etc.
is
there a way of doing that? instead of getting all the data in 1
combobox,
i
want column data to appear in textboxes.


cheers again.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

You need to add a reference to the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library

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"Haroon" wrote in message
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hi Doug,

thanks for the code but when i run the 2nd code, i get error:

----------------------------------
compile error:

user-defined type not defined
-----------------------------------
as dao.database is highlighted

i also added MS ActiveX data objects recordset 2.7 library and MS
ActiveX
data objects 2.5 Library, but still not working.



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

You should look at the links in my initial response to this
thread.

Here are a couple of routines. The first imports data from a
database
into
a Word document and the second populates a listbox (or it could
be
a
combobox) on a userform with data from a table in an Access
database

Dim myDataBase As Database
Dim myActiveRecord As Recordset
Dim i As Long
Dim dtable As Table, drow As Row
'Open a database
Set myDataBase = OpenDatabase("c:\Access\Procurement Plan.mdb")
'Access the first record from a particular table
Set myActiveRecord = myDataBase.OpenRecordset("Currencies",
dbOpenForwardOnly)
'Add a table to the document with one row and as many fields as
there
are
in
the database table
Set dtable = ActiveDocument.Tables.Add(Range:=Selection.Range,
NumRows:=1,
numcolumns:=myActiveRecord.Fields.Count)
Set drow = dtable.Rows(1)
'Loop through all the records in the table until the end-of-file
marker
is
reached
Do While Not myActiveRecord.EOF
'Populate the cells in the Word table with the data from the
current
record
For i = 1 To myActiveRecord.Fields.Count
drow.Cells(i).Range.Text = myActiveRecord.Fields(i - 1)
Next i
'Add a new row to the Word table and access the next record
Set drow = dtable.Rows.Add
myActiveRecord.MoveNext
Loop
'The last row will be empty, so delete it
drow.Delete
'Then close the database
myActiveRecord.Close
myDataBase.Close

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Dim NoOfRecords As Long
' Open the database
Set db = OpenDatabase("D:\Access\ResidencesXP.mdb")
' Retrieve the recordset
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT * FROM Owners")
' Determine the number of retrieved records
With rs
.MoveLast
NoOfRecords = .RecordCount
.MoveFirst
End With
' Set the number of Columns = number of Fields in recordset
ListBox1.ColumnCount = rs.Fields.Count
' Load the ListBox with the retrieved records
ListBox1.Column = rs.GetRows(NoOfRecords)
' Cleanup
rs.Close
db.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set db = Nothing
End Sub

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"Haroon" wrote in message
...
thanks doug,

what will be the code for importing fields into from/word from
access?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Use a Combobox on the form that is populated with data from
the
database
and
then set the MatchEntry attribute of the combobox to 1 -
fmMatchEntryComplete. Then if the use types the word into
the
combobox,
the
record that contains that word in that field will be
selected.

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"Haroon" wrote in message
...
hi Doug,

thanks for reply, i want to add a search box on the form to
search
for
data
from the database, e.g. have a textbox where user types in
cust.
ref
and
presses search button and relevant textboxes get populated
with
the
results,
e.g. cust add, date, etc.



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Use a userform that contains a combobox or list box that