TITLE FOR COMBOBOX ONLY WHEN DROPDOWN LIST IS ACTIVE 1

[EDsedlar]

IS THERE A WAY TO PUT A COLUMN HEADER ON A COMBO BOX DESCRIBING WHAT THE DATA IS.&nbsp;&nbsp;I HAVE PUT A LABEL ON THE FORM AND ACTIVATE IT IN THE DROPDOWN EVENT OF THE COMBO BOX.&nbsp;&nbsp;HOWEVER I HAVE PROBLEMS GETTING RID OF THE LABEL WHEN I CLICK OUTSIDE THE COMBO BOX AND DIDN'T PICK AN ITEM FROM IT.<br><br>THANKS ED

 

[foxdev]

YOU COULD SET THE LABEL CAPTION TO &quot;&quot; IN THE LOSTFOCUS OF THE COMBOBOX. <p>Robert Bradley<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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[EDsedlar]

THANKS ROBERT <br>(IF ANYONE KNOWS ROBERT OR HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS PLEASE ASK HIM TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN)<br><br>I HAVE ACTUALLY FOUND FOR SOME REASON THAT SETTING THE CAPTION TO ' ' IN THE VALID OF THE COMBOBOX WORKS MORE OFTEN THAN THE LOST FOCUS, BUT I GUESS I DIDN'T RELAY ENOUGH INFORMATION ON MY REQUEST.&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.<br><br>IF I PUT UP A TITLE THEN GO AROUND THE DROPDOWN LIST (DON'T LET THE MOUSE CHANGE THE RECORD POINTER) AND CLICK ON ANOTHER COMBOBOX OR A COMMAND BUTTON IT ACTS AS IF THE DROPDOWN BOX ISN'T ACTIVATED, BUT IF I JUST CHANGE THE RECORD POINTER IN THE COMBOBOX AND CLICK ON EITHER ANOTHER COMBOBOX OR A COMMAND BUTTON THE LABEL (TITLE) STAYS ACTIVE.<br><br>ANOTHER QUIRKY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS KINDA THE SAME AS ABOVE BUT IF I ACTIVATE THE DROPDOWN LIST AND GO AROUND IT THEN CLICK ON MY CANCEL (COMMAND) BUTTON WHICH BASICALLY DOES A thisform.release MY FORM GETS CLOSED (WITH JUST ONE CLICK) HOWEVER IF I CHANGE THE RECORD POINTER WITHOUT CLOSING THE DROPDOWN LIST I HAVE TO CLICK ON CANCEL 2 TIMES BEFORE THE FORM CLOSES.&nbsp;&nbsp;THE FIRST CLICK GETS RID OF THE DROPDOWN LIST AND LEAVES THE LABEL THEN THE SECOND CLICK CLOSES THE FORM.<br><br>IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS OTHER THAN BY USING A LABEL?????<br><br>THANKS AGAIN&nbsp;&nbsp;ED

 

[Alias]

Try this,in the Combobox's VAlid's procedure, <br>IF EMPTY(THis.value)<br>THISFORM.LABEL1.CAPTION=&quot;&quot;<br>ELSE<br>THISFORM.LABEL1.CAPTION=tHIS.VALUE<br>ENDIF<br>Hope it works.<br>