Hi guys,

Hope someone can help. It's been a little while since I programmed anything in VBA. Right now I have a DB project for anit-violence organisation that is presenting small problem to me. Here's my terribly short and messy pseudo code:

When cboClientName changes
   get the data from the field in the fourth column
   assign that data to txtClientID
end

Here's a break down. I have a query that gets a complete list of clients and their ID number. After I have choosen the name from the combo box, I want the ClientID vlaue to be shown in the text box txtClientID.

The query looks up First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Client ID.

Thanks for any help,

Gus

What you want to accomplish can be done like this...

Me.txtClientID = Me.cboClientName.Column(3)

The index for Column starts at zero. To get the fourth column, use three.

However, I would highly recommend you do this...

Change the order of your query to put ClientID first.

In the properties of cboClientName:
Set the Bound Column to 1.
Set the Column Count to 4.
Set Column widths to 0";1";.5";1"
Set List Width to 2.75" (always set List Width to total of Columns widths plus 0.25" to allow for scroll bar)

Throw away the txtClientID field and just use cboClientName as the field that has the ID. You might want to rename cboClientName to cboClientID to keep things clear.

QED. No coding required.

This assumes that you don't really need the First Name of the client in cboClientName and that you don't need to show the users the ID number.

Randall J Weers
Membership Vice President
Pacific NorthWest Access Developers Group
http://www.pnwadg.org

Thanks for that. I completely forgot about the Me thingy. Well that solves a lot of problems.

Gus
"It's the fuzz! Cheese it!" - Bender

BTW, depending on the client base, if you are changing the order of your fields, you might want to put Last Name second in your query so users can type the first few characters of the person's last name to jump to the area where the name is. Most people tend to think of these lookups by last name.

Randall J Weers
Membership Vice President
Pacific NorthWest Access Developers Group
http://www.pnwadg.org