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display colums of table in combobox
Combobox display info from vendor table, that contain 4 colums. When the user make a choice from combobox it display only one colum, but i want to display all 4 colums on Form?! (using Access db Form)
Rey Obrero (Capricorn1)
set the column count of the combo to 4
set the column count property of the combo to 4.
in design view of the form select the combo and hit F4
column count 4
also set the column widths accordingly
in design view of the form select the combo and hit F4
column count 4
also set the column widths accordingly
If you are talking about displaying the four columns after making the selection, the combobox will only show the first visible column. If you want all four columns displayed after selection, you will need to change to a listbox, or add the appropriate unbound text boxes with DLookup formula.
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much better workaround. that's thinking outside the..um..combobox!
Set the column widths to space your column accordingly
example:
Each column is separated by ;
column width= 1.5";2";0"
Also = set the LIST WIDTH to equal (1.5 + 2 + 0 =) 2.5
Scott C
Scott C
example:
Each column is separated by ;
column width= 1.5";2";0"
Also = set the LIST WIDTH to equal (1.5 + 2 + 0 =) 2.5
Scott C
Scott C
Assuming that the intent here is about what's displayed after selection of a single row of the combo...
While concatenation is required to some extent (because you want to display four columns of data at once) - unless you choose to employ four *separate* textbox controls to each display the related item - using another control other than the combo isn't necessarily preferred.
i.e. you can concatenate all four columns of data into the first visible column of the combo.
However this doesn't necessarily lead itself to convenient reading for selection
i.e. you don't usually want
1 - Text1 - Date1 - Value1
2 - Txt2 - - Value 2
3 - - - Value 3
Instead of
1 Text1 Date1 Value1
2 Txt2 Value2
3 Value3
So you just employ the old technique of allow the first non-zero width column to be too narrow to be visible when dropped down.
e.g.
Rowsource:
SELECT PKID, Field1 + ", " & Field2 + ", " Field3 + ", " Field4, Field1, Field2, Field3, Field4 FROM TableName
CoumnCount:
6
ColumnWidths:
0;0.02;3;3;3;3
(assuming your columns are 3cm/inches long :-)
ListWidth:
12
Hence you have the concatenated values displayed upon selection.
While concatenation is required to some extent (because you want to display four columns of data at once) - unless you choose to employ four *separate* textbox controls to each display the related item - using another control other than the combo isn't necessarily preferred.
i.e. you can concatenate all four columns of data into the first visible column of the combo.
However this doesn't necessarily lead itself to convenient reading for selection
i.e. you don't usually want
1 - Text1 - Date1 - Value1
2 - Txt2 - - Value 2
3 - - - Value 3
Instead of
1 Text1 Date1 Value1
2 Txt2 Value2
3 Value3
So you just employ the old technique of allow the first non-zero width column to be too narrow to be visible when dropped down.
e.g.
Rowsource:
SELECT PKID, Field1 + ", " & Field2 + ", " Field3 + ", " Field4, Field1, Field2, Field3, Field4 FROM TableName
CoumnCount:
6
ColumnWidths:
0;0.02;3;3;3;3
(assuming your columns are 3cm/inches long :-)
ListWidth:
12
Hence you have the concatenated values displayed upon selection.