Text Box Value

[Srowe]

I have a combobox on a form that allows the user to pick a name from a list.
What I am trying to do is have a corresponding textbox field on a report
display the value that the user picked.

What is being displayed in the textbox is the comboboxes first column, the
autonumber or column(0). when I changed the conttrol source of the text box
to display column(1) I get "#Name?" in place where the name should be
displayed on the report. Wondering what I am doing wrong.

Scott

 

[karl dewey]

Use a query to feed your report.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I just tried it, and it worked fine for me.

Exactly what did you put as the ControlSource for your text box? I used
=Combo0.Column(1) (although Access changed that to =[Combo0].[Column](1))

I did get #Name when I mistyped the name of the combo...

 

[Scott]

Her is the code attached to the field on my report:

=[OccDescription].[Column](1). When I preview the report all I get for a
value in that field is "Name?"

My combo Box name is OccDescription and it contains two values , the
autonumber assigned to each Occurence and the description of that occurence.
I have no issues with the form just with the report.

When I leave the control source at just OccDescription The value that comes
up on the report is the assigned number.

Am I doing something wrong.

Scott

I just tried it, and it worked fine for me.

Exactly what did you put as the ControlSource for your text box? I used
=Combo0.Column(1) (although Access changed that to =[Combo0].[Column](1))

I did get #Name when I mistyped the name of the combo...

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I have a combobox on a form that allows the user to pick a name from a
list.
What I am trying to do is have a corresponding textbox field on a report
display the value that the user picked.

What is being displayed in the textbox is the comboboxes first column, the
autonumber or column(0). when I changed the conttrol source of the text
box
to display column(1) I get "#Name?" in place where the name should be
displayed on the report. Wondering what I am doing wrong.

Scott

 

[John W. Vinson]

Her is the code attached to the field on my report:

=[OccDescription].[Column](1). When I preview the report all I get for a
value in that field is "Name?"

My combo Box name is OccDescription and it contains two values , the
autonumber assigned to each Occurence and the description of that occurence.
I have no issues with the form just with the report.

When I leave the control source at just OccDescription The value that comes
up on the report is the assigned number.

Am I doing something wrong.

Scott

If the combo box is on a Form and the textbox is on a Report, then you need to
explicitly reference the report:

=Forms![NameOfYourForm]![OccDescription].[Column](1)

Or, perhaps better, base the Report on a Query joining the combo box's
rowsource table to the report's current recordsource.