Hello John.
Here are the particulars again.
2 Tables CurGrid1 - holds the information for display in the grid.
Driver - holds the drivers information keyed to driverid C(10)OK. Here I am assuming that DriverID is the primary key in the driver lookup table and drv_sname is the name of the field that holds the driver description. Typically this is why people use combo boxes and this is what makes them so powerful: the fact that they have a DisplayValue. You can bind the combo to a key field while displaying meaningful text from a lookup table. OK, so, making that assumption:
- you drop the combo into the grid column
- set the column's CurrentControl to the combo box under the data table of the property sheet
- leave the column's sparse property set to true
- set the column's Bound property to false
- set the column's controlSource up as: IIF( SEEK( cutGrid1.driverID, 'Driver', 'DriverID' ), Driver.drv_sname, '' )
Set up the combo box like this:
- RowSourceType = 3-SQL
- RowSource = SELECT drv_sname, driverid FROM Driver INTO CURSOR JUNK NOFILER
- ControlSource = curGrid1.DriverID
- BoundColumn = 2
- Style = 2-DropDown List
Note: this technique will only work for a drop down list. If you need to use a drop down combo, please see the sample code in chapter 6 of
1001 Things You Wanted to Know About VFP or see my article in the February 2000 issue of FoxPro Advisor.
