[AccessD] Populate a form with a list of streets

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Sat Jan 10 20:03:36 CST 2004


I don't know if this will suit you but how about  cascading comboboxes
see
http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/TableOfContents2k.asp
for a couple of samples.


Bob Gajewski wrote:

>Dear List:
>
>I have an A2K database that has two tables:
>
>	tblCardex
>		PK	CardexID		Autonumber
>			CardexHouseNumber	Long
>		FK	CardexStreetID	Long
>
>	tblStreets
>		PK	StreetID		Autonumber
>			StreetName		Text
>
>The Cardex is a list of addresses, using an index of STREETNAME, HOUSENUMBER
>as the default sort.
>
>I want to allow users to automatically advance to the first record (lowest
>house number) for any desired street (name). Right now, I have a command
>button that they can click to popup a modal form listing all of the streets
>(in alphabetical order) with the record number of the first (lowest) house
>number; after closing the form, they navigate using the F5 function to input
>the record number. Not only is this cheap and sloppy, addresses get added
>quite often and the record numbers keep changing. Should I be using a
>combobox of the streets to perform this navigation? If so, a push in right
>CBF direction would be greatly appreciated!
>
>TIA,
>
>Bob Gajewski
>
>
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Marty Connelly
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