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If the dropdown is empty, you'd have to add the value to your combo's recordsource in order for it to display later. for example, if you have a combo, and you add the value &quot;Bob&quot; to it, Access will store that value in the combo's underlying field, but it will NOT store that value in the combo's underlying recordsource (i.e. whatever supplies the combo's RowSource). So if you navigate over to a different record, then back to the first record, then your combo won't show the stored value, since it won't be in combo's rowsource.
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If the dropdown is empty, you'd have to add the value to your combo's recordsource in order for it to display later. for example, if you have a combo, and you add the value "Bob" to it, Access will store that value in the combo's underlying field, but it will NOT store that value in the combo's underlying recordsource (i.e. whatever supplies the combo's RowSource). So if you navigate over to a different record, then back to the first record, then your combo won't show the stored value, since it won't be in combo's rowsource.

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Does a VBA combo box allow entry of values not in the dropdown list? A VB one does, but VBA controls are often subtly different. If it doesn't then what I want to do isn't possible.
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Does a VBA combo box allow entry of values not in the dropdown list? A VB one does, but VBA controls are often subtly different. If it doesn't then what I want to do isn't possible.

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I am trying to set a combo box on an Access form to a value not present in the drop down list, which is empty. If I enter data, and try to set focus elsewhere on the form I am unable to do so - the empty drop-down box appears. If I delete all the entered data then I can move the focus away. &nbsp;What do I have to do in order to set the value in the combo box?
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I am trying to set a combo box on an Access form to a value not present in the drop down list, which is empty. If I enter data, and try to set focus elsewhere on the form I am unable to do so - the empty drop-down box appears. If I delete all the entered data then I can move the focus away.  What do I have to do in order to set the value in the combo box?

VBA Combo Box will not release focus

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.