I have a database w/ employees and a form from which I can search for a specific lastname, firstname, etc. I have combo boxes for each field that I can search from in the form header and then a row of text boxes in the detail section to return my results. My problem is that after my cboLASTNAME.setfocus command I want the text in the combo box to highlight so that I can just type the next name without having to move the mouse and highlight the info myself. Any ideas on how to do this? I've tried the .Selstart and .Sellength with no luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You need to attach the code to the proper event. I have a form that I frequently check a check box, and I use this event and code to go back to my combo box to look up the next record.

Private Sub CheckBox_AfterUpdate()
Me.MyCombo.SetFocus
End Sub

I also find this code helpful on the GotFocus event of the combo box:

Private Sub MyCombo_GotFocus()
    Me!MyCombo.Dropdown
End Sub

So the focus jumps back to the combo, and it pops down so I can start looking up right away.

Does this help?

mmcdonal

I run a function that runs my query and gathers all of my results for each combo box. The code is quite long so I dont know if I should post it here. is there a way I could attach a txt file or something to be viewed?

The combo box has every last name in it when I drop down until I run the first search. Lets say I search for 'Smith' It will pull up all the 'Smith's' in the database and then setfocus back to the cboLASTNAME where 'Smith' is still there and I need to type a new name. I have to use the mouse to go up and highlight it in order to type a new name over the old one for the next search. Everything I have read says to use a GotFocus w/ this code.

me.cboLASTNAME.Selstart = 0
me.cboLASTNAME.SelLength = Len(me.cboLASTNAME.text)

But I get an error of invallid use of Null or something like that.

If there is no limit on length of code to post I can do that or else I can send it to someone to take a look at.

This sounds odd. If you're in the first combobox and type in or choose a value, and then TAB to the second combobox, Access's behavior is to automatically highlight the entire contents of the second combobox. Don't click... tab.


Greg Serrano
Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division

I mainly just search from the first combo box (cboLastName), unless I need to use first name or department number etc... I type in the last name and hit enter and then below it will pull up the results and setfocus back to (cboLastName). Now after I search for the first person my combo box empties all the info in it so when I click on the dropdown it is blank w/ zero data in it (which is fine) except my entry that I had just typed in. I just need to figure out how to get my previous entry, that I typed into the (cboLastName) to highlight so I can type over it without having to use the mouse to move over and highlight it manually.

Here is the code I am using for (cboLASTNAME) the other 6 combo's are the same so if I can figure this one out I can fix the others.

Private Sub cboLASTNAME_AfterUpdate()
Call FormFilter
End Sub

Private Sub cboLASTNAME_DblClick(Cancel As Integer)
Me.cboLASTNAME = ""
Call FormFilter
End Sub

Function FormFilter()
Dim sql As String
Dim strCrit As String
Dim sqlLastname As String
Dim sqlLastname1 As String
Dim sqlFirstname As String
Dim sqlFirstname1 As String

sql = "SELECT qryEmployeeInfo.LastName, qryEmployeeInfo.FirstName, qryEmployeeInfo.DepartmentNumber, qryEmployeeInfo.BuildingNumber, qryEmployeeInfo.DepartmentName, qryEmployeeInfo.MailSlotID, qryEmployeeInfo.PlantIndicator,qryEmployeeInfo.Ter minated,qryEmployeeInfo.ID " & _
        "FROM qryEmployeeInfo"

sqlLastname = "SELECT qryEmployeeFilter.LastName FROM qryEmployeeFilter"
sqlLastname1 = " GROUP BY qryEmployeeFilter.LastName ORDER BY qryEmployeeFilter.LastName;"

If IsNull(Me.cboLASTNAME) Or Me.cboLASTNAME = "" Then
    strCrit = ""
Else
    strCrit = " WHERE [LastName] Like '" & Me.cboLASTNAME & "'"
End If

If IsNull(strCrit) Or strCrit = "" Then
    Me.RecordSource = sql
    Me.cboLASTNAME.RowSource = sqlLastname & sqlLastname1
Else
    Me.RecordSource = sql & strCrit
    Me.cboLASTNAME.RowSource = sqlLastname & strCrit & sqlLastname1
End If
End Function

Me.Requery
Me.cboLASTNAME.Requery
me.cboLASTNAME.SetFocus