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Adjust your filter to include what you search for:<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42398495-1"><span>strFilter = Me.Search_By_combo.Value &amp; &quot; Like '*&quot; &amp; Me.Search_For_Box.Text &amp; &quot;*'&quot;</span>
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@Gustav Brock: Thanks for this &nbsp;important -yet aside- &nbsp;note. <br />
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Hope you can help with finding out why the combobox won't show items after being populated. The only value that could appear is First Name because I chose it as a Default value from the design view mode.
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What a behaviour of Access!<br />
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Thanks a lot Gustav. The was really helpful, really pro and really expert.
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Thank you. You are welcome!<br />
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I have a form that contains a subform.<br />
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In the form I have a search box and a search by combobox.<br />
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The search by combo box should be populated with the searchable fields on the subform.<br />
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I write a simple vba code that I can see it does its job, but the the problem is that the combobox is still empty.<br />
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A showcase tiny database is attached.<br />
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ShowCase-.accdb

I have a form that contains a subform.

In the form I have a search box and a search by combobox.

The search by combo box should be populated with the searchable fields on the subform.

I write a simple vba code that I can see it does its job, but the the problem is that the combobox is still empty.

A showcase tiny database is attached.

MS Access: ComboBox is populated via VBA but items won't show

Databases are organized collections of data, most commonly accessed through management systems including schemas, tables, queries and processes that allow users to enter and manipulate the information or utilize it in other fashions, such as with web applications or for reporting purposes.

Databases

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.

Microsoft Access

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) enables building user-defined functions (UDFs), automating processes and accessing Windows API and other low-level functionality through dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). VBA is closely related to Visual Basic and uses the Visual Basic Runtime Library, but it can normally only run code within a host application rather than as a standalone program. It can, however, be used to control one application from another via OLE Automation. VBA is built into most Microsoft Office applications.