>Is it not possible to make edits to a field that is attached as the controlsource of a Dropdown combobox?
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>For example, if I have a character field, FLD, in table A and I put a combobox on a form. I then set the Style to 0-Dropdown Combo, RowSourceType to 3-SQL Statement, RowSource to "SELECT A.FLD FROM A INTO CURSOR C_TMP" and the ControlSource to A.FLD.
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>In the Valid of the combobox I put:
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>REPLACE A.FLD WITH THIS.DISPLAYVALUE
>THIS.REQUERY()
>THIS.REFRESH()
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>When the form is run, I can edit the value shown in the combobox but it never shows in the dropdown list or in the text portion. Anyone have any suggestions to make this work?
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>TIA
I think, you should use INSERT /APPEND BLANK + REPLACE commands instead... Anyway, I know, there are several combo classes in Download section here, one is by Mark McCasland, which probably would do, what you want. I haven't used it, though.