A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Access » Using Forms
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

Autofill a combo box



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old January 22nd, 2007, 10:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
OM
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 11
Default Autofill a combo box

I realise that combo boxes can be used to "autofill" a value depending on
the first few characters typed, but is it possible to have a combo box (or a
list box I guess) progressively limit the selections, ie. if I have a table
with the following values

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Moms Birthday
Make Money

and in a combo box with its source as the table, what I want is that if I
type "M", then I get a dropdown box with

Moms Birthday
Monday
Make Money

in it. If I then type "o" (so I have "Mo" in the combo) then the list
changes to just

Moms Birthday
Monday

I would then be able to click on either value to select it, or type the next
letter to make the selection, so that "Mom" would give me "Moms Birthday",
but "Mon" would give me "Monday"

Access 2000...

Thanks folk.

Rob Lepper


  #2  
Old January 22nd, 2007, 10:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
Brendan Reynolds
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,241
Default Autofill a combo box

Allen Browne has an example of this at the following URL ...

http://allenbrowne.com/ser-32.html

--
Brendan Reynolds
Access MVP

"OM" wrote in message
u...
I realise that combo boxes can be used to "autofill" a value depending on
the first few characters typed, but is it possible to have a combo box (or
a list box I guess) progressively limit the selections, ie. if I have a
table with the following values

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Moms Birthday
Make Money

and in a combo box with its source as the table, what I want is that if I
type "M", then I get a dropdown box with

Moms Birthday
Monday
Make Money

in it. If I then type "o" (so I have "Mo" in the combo) then the list
changes to just

Moms Birthday
Monday

I would then be able to click on either value to select it, or type the
next letter to make the selection, so that "Mom" would give me "Moms
Birthday", but "Mon" would give me "Monday"

Access 2000...

Thanks folk.

Rob Lepper




 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:34 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.