[AccessD] Want to repopulate combo after adding items

> Susan, call the main forms combos  re query right after popular adds the
> new species.


==========I'm not sure what you meant by this.



> Optionally (depends on your workflow) u can also set the list
> index (perhaps value for a cbo) to the just added item as well. I usually
> loop forms to make sure that main form is still open, since sometimes
> species are being added as standalone.
>

==========This is a great idea because the user would only add a new
species at this point if that species defined the new animals s/he's
adding. A nice touch. I should've thought of it myself.

>
> This is one of the things I like about access, that a pop up still can get
> a handle on the previous form.
>
> You can even loop all forms looking for all controls that use species in
> their rowsource, and requery them all at the same time (possibly setting to
> their previous values after re query if that happens to deselect user
> selections ...


==========I hadn't considered requerying the main form from the popup --
good thought too.


> I can't remember if requery does so). Probably wouldn't hurt
> to prompt the user after the popup, on close, if more than one species were
> added or change, versus only 1, before changing control values. If only 1,
> they probably were adding as a part of the other forms workflow. If they
> added 2 or more, you wouldn't know for sure they wanted to alter the item
> showing in the other control, you only know they wanted to increase the
> population.
>

==========it would only be one.

Thanks!

Susan H.