Very simple Q about populating a text box based on combo box selection

[Guest_imported]

Hi.

I am attempting to put together a storyboard (click-through demo) for our next generation product and am fumbling my way through it.

Anyway, my simple question is how do you dynamically populate a text box (say Text1) based on the value selected in a dropdown combo box (say Combo1) at runtime? I do not require an elegant solution, so assume there are only two items in the combo box for the user to select at runtime.

Thanks,

--Dan

 

[BlackKnight]

Hi,

Private Sub Combo1_Click()
Text1.Text = Combo1.List(Combo1.ListIndex)
End Sub

Have a good one!
BK

 

[Guest_imported]

Hi...thanks for your response but...

Now I feal like a real buffoon. I tried the suggestion and got a Compile Error: Method or data member not found and it was pointing to .ListIndex

Basically the autofill when I type Combo1. is about 4 items (Count, Index, and 2 others).

Any ideas?

Thanks,

--Dan

 

[BlackKnight]

Hi,

Hmmmm...that doesn't sound right. Are you using a VB standard combobox? Are you sure "combo1" is the name of your combobox? I copied/pasyed the code from my message back into a project and it worked fine.

Have a good one!
BK

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks again for the response.

You know you are right...If I start a new form with a brand new combo box, everything seems to work properly.

Well I must have changed something on that standard combo box to make behave differently.

Ah well...problem solved...thanks

--Dan

 

[tenbobmillionaire]

Dan
Sounds to me like the original form had a control array for combo1. If you typed combo1(1). or whatever index it is, you should get all the intellisense options.
Mick

 

[Guest_imported]

Mick,

Think you hit the nail on the head on that one.

These 1200 page books on VB are great until you have a "strange" problem

Makes sense though because when I deleted the original CB and added a new one, everything worked like a charm.

So the next question is, how did it "become" a combo array? I assume the good ol cut & paste got me again?

Cheers,

--Dan

 

[lovell811]

you probably copied and pasted it and when it asked you if you wanted to make combo1 a control array you clicked yes. ----------------
Joe