[AccessD] In the meantime...simple syntax question

If I understand your problem, you are getting data from the combos that you
are not expecting.  I assume that the data in the combo box is id, then the
display data, correct?  If so then try something like:

cboTOType.column(1)	'zero based, choose the 2nd column

I do not have Access up at the moment, so it is either column or columns.

Bobby

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Clark
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:07 PM
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Subject: [AccessD] In the meantime...simple syntax question


I just posted, what I believe to be, a difficult question. But, in the
meantime, allow me to pose something that should be quite a bit easier.

I have a label on my form, which I am using to notify the user exactly
what is being queried. The problem, if you could even call it a problem,
is that if you filling in following data: 

     txtEmpNum = "10080"; cboTOType = "Vacation"; cboMonth = "June";
and txtYr = "2005"

you will get the following string in the label, "lblSummary"
 
    "This data represents all v time taken, for employee 10080, for
JUN, 2005"

and I would like it to say, "This data represents all Vacation time
taken, for employee 10080, for June, 2005"

The following is the code snippet that I am doing this with:

'Set summary text to let user know exactly what is being queried
SummaryText = "This data represents all " & cboTOType & " time taken,
for employee "
SummaryText = SummaryText & txtEmpNum & ", for " & cboMonth & ", " &
txtYr
lblSummary.Caption = SummaryText

And I tried changing it to:

'Set summary text to let user know exactly what is being queried
SummaryText = "This data represents all " & cboTOType.SelText & " time
taken, for employee "
SummaryText = SummaryText & txtEmpNum & ", for " & cboMonth.SelText &
", " & txtYr
lblSummary.Caption = SummaryText


i.e. Adding ".SelText" to the two combo box control calls

but then I get, "You can't reference a property or a method for a
control unless the control has focus"

<snip>

John W Clark