Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Mon Mar 30 09:20:47 CDT 2009
Gustav: That works perfectly. Thank you. But, curious - why does it work? What is the @ all about? Is there something similar that can be done with combo boxes? I have one with two columns - the first one has width zero and the second non-zero. I tried @;"";"Enter Client" but it changes the format to @;";Select Client" and doesn't display The "Enter Client". MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 12:47 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] An Interesting question Hi Rocky Everyone seems to forget your original question. The elegant solution to this is to use the Format property of the TextBox inserting the shadow text for the "format" for Null: @;"Enter activity" /gustav >>> rockysmolin at bchacc.com 30-03-2009 00:37 >>> I could but then that would put that value into the record. He just wants a 'label' describing what should go into the field in case there no value there. Some of these are bound combo boxes where the bound column is the Autonumber ID and the first column showing is some kind of descriptive data. Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com