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Change combo box property

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kptasteve

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Nov 2, 2002
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US
I have a form with a combo box. I want to keep the control source the same but change the row source for the combo box to different tables based on the on click event of a command button. How do I change the row source property programmatically.

Steve Marcum PT, CSCS
Programmer
 
Combo boxes have a RowSource property. This is the property you can set through code. Set it to a table, query or SQL statement.

Hope that helps

-Gary
 
Changing the RowSource of a combo or list box is easy and can be very functional. You just need to make sure that you are replacing a RowSouce with a similar rowsource (same number of fields, etc.) You could use code such as the following:

Code behind the OnClick

'configure and populate the dropdown list

Me!yourControl.RowSourceType = "Table/Query"
Me!yourControl.RowSource = "qryName"

or

Me!yourControl.RowSourceType = "Value List"
Me!yourControl.RowSource = "Value1;Value2;Value3, etc."

HTH

Rick
 
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