[AccessD] Listbox-type browse control for large dataset

Christopher Jeris cjeris at fas.harvard.edu
Wed Aug 1 17:11:21 CDT 2007


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Steve Schapel wrote:
> Presumably the data in the listbox is ordered according to a 
> human-readable field?  If so, would it be feasible to put an unbound 
> textbox on the form, and have the user enter the first few characters of 
> this field?  If so, you could leave the listbox unpopulated until this 
> textbox contains a minimum number of characters, and then use code at 
> that point to assign/modify the listbox's RowSource.  I expect that 
> having a filtered row source would speed up your step #2.

We actually have such a filter control already, but the UI designer
considers it valuable for usability to have a browse control that can
span -- somehow -- the entire dataset, so I'm trying to puzzle out a way
to provide one.

peace, Chris Jeris

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