hi,

i have a combo box and a submit button. user will select a record in the combo box and click on the submit button to proceed on further.
how do i check if the user did not select any values for the combo boxes and click on the submit button???

how do i prompt a error msg if user does that??

pls advice!!
nono:D

Nono

Philosophical point first - The question is not 'How do I tell the user they have done something wrong', the question is 'How do I stop the user doing the wrong thing?'

In this case you need to disable the submit button until the user has selected something from the combo box.

Assuming the Submit button is disabled in the form design, that the button is called btnSubmit and the combo box is called cmbChoice, you'll need to place the following code in the combo box's AfterUpdate event:

If nz(me.cmbChoice,0)<>0 then
    me.btnSubmit.enabled=true
else
    me.btnSubmit.enabled=false
End If


Brian Skelton
Braxis Computer Services Ltd.

great!

thanks! it works!