Populating a combobox from a text file
I have an Access 2003 .mdb with a listbox that displays a list of folders (i.e. directories) on a computer. When the user selects an item in the listbox, I want a combobox to be filled with a list of files in that folder. I discovered that I can use the command shell with the command "dir /B > x.txt" to create a text file containing a list of files in that folder, but how can I take that text file and populate a combobox with it? Do I need to open the file in code? If so, how? Or is there an easier way?
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This code will do it (no text file or table needed):
The listbox needs to have its Row Source Type set to Value List.
Private Sub Form_Open(Cancel As Integer)
'Created by Helen Feddema 5-Feb-2010
'Last modified by Helen Feddema 10-Feb-2010
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Dim fso As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim fld As Scripting.Folder
Dim fil As Scripting.File
Dim strDocsPath As String
Dim lst As Access.ListBox
Set lst = Me![lstFiles]
strDocsPath = "G:\Documents\"
Set fld = fso.GetFolder(strDocsPath)
For Each fil In fld.Files
lst.AddItem fil.Name
Next fil
ErrorHandlerExit:
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
MsgBox "Error No: " & Err.Number _
& " in Form_Open procedure; " _
& "Description: " & Err.Description
Resume ErrorHandlerExit
End SubThe listbox needs to have its Row Source Type set to Value List.
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TransferText worked great and was very simple, however I had to name the field of the local Access table "F1" for it to work. How would I specify the fieldname of the Access table to append the data to if the name wasn't "F1"?