Variable ComboBox name - Word

[nochoice]

Hello,

I have a variable:

name_combo = "ComboBox1"

I want to do this:

name_combo.AddItem CheckBox1.Caption

I keep getting this:

Run-time Error '424':

Object required

I realize that VB considers the variable 'name_combo' as an object that doesn't exist. What can I do to fix my problem? Is there a special declaration?

Thanks in Advance,
NoChoice

 

[Jooky68]

Is the name of your combo box actually name_combo?? If so the name_combo.additem checkbox1.caption should work fine.

Im not sure what you are doing with the
name_combo = "ComboBox1"

waht did you declare name_combo as?? You can declare it as an object and than with a set statment make it into a combo box object, but simply the above code will not do it.

 

[nochoice]

name_combo is a variable name, ComboBox1 is the ComboBox name

I'll try declaring it as an object.

I'll let you know how it goes,

Thanks

 

[Jooky68]

why not simply use the combo box name and add the items to it

ComboBox1.additem CheckBox1.caption

??

 

[nochoice]

It has to be variable, because it's not actually "ComboBox1" it changes based on which checkbox is checked. for example:

if a checkbox starting with "aaa" is checked then it should add item to Combobox: "CBaaa"

if a checkbox starting with "bbb" is checked then it should add item to Combobox: "CBbbb"

I don't know if this is any clearer, but I have managed to work around this so what I want to do functions. It would be nice, however, if I could make it cleaner.

Thanks for your help,
NoChoice