Table based Form & a combo box bound to foreign key

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Fernando

Hi there,

The background:
I have 2 tables: a Books table and a Publishers table. There is a
one-to-many relationship between Books and Publishers implemented with the
PublisherID as a foreign key in the Books table.

I have a Books form based on the Books table. The form is used to navigate
through the books in the database (via the navigation buttons at the bottom)
an to enter a new book in the database. I´ve created the form by droping the
fields in the Books table on the form in design view.

The form also includes a combo box which is bound to the PublisherID of the
Publishers table. The control shows the list of Publishers.

The problem:
I have 2 questions that I believe are related
1) when Inavigate through the book records with the Books form how do I
populate the combo box for the PublisherID with the correct publisher for
each record ?
2) when I enter a new book or update an existing one how I populate the
Books table with the PublisherID from the combo box ?

Thank you very much in advance
 

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