See, even I learn something new almost every day while working with Access. Here's a cool feature I just discovered that they added to Access in 2007 that allows you to add or edit items in a Combo Box or List Box without any programming, and without having to close and reopen the form.

VIDEO: Combo Box Edit List Items

Neat, huh?

Access Tip Combo Box Edit List Items Upload Images   Link  Anwar  8 years ago   Great and useful site, my regards and thanks to the tutorial. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Calendar Seminar Lookup Table Upload Images   Link  Charles Hall  9 years ago I got the Lookup table figured out. I changed the textbox to a combo box and made it a value list. What I am trying to do now is create a passdown schedule. This consists of a pre-schdule of parts that other departments will select from an inventory and put into 7 tables. I will then look at these 7 tables and put them in order of priority to go through what we call out Shared Services Areas. which is where the 7 tables come in. I will also need to establish a completed check box so that if the part was not completed it automatically goes onto the next days passdown. Read More... Any suggestions on how to do/simplify this would be appreciated Reply from Richard Rost: Charles, I can't visualize what you're trying to do. Your terminology is completely foreign to me. Can you explain it as if you were talking to a 1st grader? Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Calendar Seminar Lookup Table Upload Images   Link  Charles Hall  9 years ago Thank you for the response. Can you tell me which course I need to take to be able to Change my text box on my form to a list box so that I can create it and put it in my CalendarF or EventsF forms in my Calendar Seminar Database that I am building. Read More... Reply from Richard Rost: Creating a simple list box or combo box is something that I covered in Access Beginner 8 and 9, HOWEVER, if you want to create a combo box that's based on another table (your Employees) then wait for the next class: Access Expert 1. If you're in a hurry, I covered the same material back in Access 201. I also cover this stuff extensively in my Relationship Seminar. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Calendar Seminar Lookup Table Upload Images   Link  Charles Hall  9 years ago Is there a way to do a lookup field, say for Employees and have it work in the Calendar. Example, Create a Table for Employees. Add your Employees. Do a Lookup. Then when you go to the EventsF Form Select the Employee from the drop down list. Then have it populate in the Calendar Form. Read More... Reply from Richard Rost: Yes, this is certainly possible. You could then display lists of events just for specific employees. I used to do something similar with my service database - the ability to schedule multiple employees on a service call. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Access Tip Combo Box Edit List Items Upload Images   Link  Jim  9 years ago I think you advised us some time ago that this would be the easier way to go about incrementing combo boxes...just add a command button to open a form, add the data, then refresh the form.  Easier than going through a record set. Read More... Reply from Richard Rost: Yes, I did... but even that involved a single line of code (in your close button, to refresh the underlying form). This new method that they added is completely built-in to Access and doesn't require ANY programming. I can teach it to Beginners. :) Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.