[AccessD] Combo box not displaying 6 numbers

[Rocky Smolin]

All if you ask the user.  Actually, they only need to see the ones where the
record being imported which has a relationship to the case needs to have the
case filled in.  It happens sometimes that a record requiring a Case FK gets
imported and there's no case.  So they need to add the case manually and
then go back and fill in the case number in the record requiring the case
number FK.

What I think I will do is use the Not In List event to look up the case Id
from the entered case number - if it's there, update the record.  If not
give the appropriate message.

R


-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 2:58 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Combo box not displaying 6 numbers

My first thought:

Do  Cases have a status such as Open/Closed?  Do they need to see all
previous cases or only Open ones?


On 10 Mar 2017 at 6:41, Rocky Smolin wrote:

> The combo box contains case numbers.  The form records calls from a
> call center and they are imported from other sources.  The case
> numbers are sequential starting at 10000. So if the user enter 1 I
> don't know yet where to trim. 12 and I can trim < 12000. 
> 
> R
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> Of Jim Dettman Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 5:17 AM To: 'Access
> Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD]
> Combo box not displaying 6 numbers
> 
> 
>  That is always the inevitable question<g>
> 
>  But I think most end up here because that want the type ahead, which
>  you
> don't easily get with using something like a continuous form, and then
> you end up with a larger data set than you anticipated over time.  I
> actually see this quite often on Experts-Exchange and other places.
> 
>  If he wants to keep using the combo, then some type of filtering
>  needs to
> be done obviously.   Can be something like Bill suggested, using the
> technique that Allen showed, or possibly filter buttons (ie. a phone
> book list with 26 filter buttons, one for each letter).  
> 
>  You can use a continuous form and a text control to emulate a combo
>  BTW,
> it's just that you need to do the all the work for the lookup as you
> type functionality.
> 
>  Probably better off to filter in some way with a combo.
> 
>   One other suggestion on that; if the data set is based on dates at
>   all
> (ie. transaction), then I'll often filter with a "Back to" date and
> default it to one year.   That usually suffices to keep the data set
> relatively small and yet allows the user to go back further if they
> need to, which usually doesn't happen all that often.
> 
>   Not sure that would work here though because if they want to go back
>   to
> the beginning of time, then the combo's not going to handle it once
> again. Maybe a To/From date range and a message box when the combo
> overfills.
> 
> Jim. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 06:45 AM To: 'Access
> Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD]
> Combo box not displaying 6 numbers
> 
> Rocky... I can't help but ask, why are you using combo? Is it really
> necessary to present this list in this way? 
> 
> Susan H. 
> 
> 
> Yes, that would be the work around.   Allen shows that here:
> 
> http://allenbrowne.com/ser-32.html
> 
> > Well that sucks :/ But probably explains it.  The last number is row
> > 65912 which is close enough.
> > 
> > I once had this situation and I had to write a routine with every
> > key press of the combo box to requery based on what had already been
> > entered.  That was back in Access 97.
> > 
> > Hope I don't have to do it on this one.  It was a PITA.
> > 
> > The limit on a combo's rows is 64K (65535).
> > 
> 
> 
> --
> AccessD mailing list
> 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
> 
> -- 
> AccessD mailing list
> 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