[AccessD] List order in listbox

John Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Wed Feb 15 20:13:49 CST 2023


LOL.  Create a class to wrap the combo in.  Then place the code in that
class instead of the form.  That allows the code to travel with the class
instead of being embedded in each form.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 7:24 PM <dw-murphy at cox.net> wrote:

> Never mind. I got too clever for myself. I forgot that I had some code
> behind the form that sets the listbox row source after a combo box updates.
> Duh! I created this app a few months ago and the person using it ask for
> the
> sorting. Memory being what it is I forgot how it works so just updated the
> row source sql.
>
> Brain isn't getting any better with time.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of dw-murphy at cox.net
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 10:57 AM
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> Subject: [AccessD] List order in listbox
>
> Folks,
>
> Have not been doing much Access as I have pretty much fully retired. I am
> creating a small Access application for a group I belong to. While some
> things take a little longer is seems I have retained most of the basics.
> One
> thing that isn't working is getting a list box to sort properly. The row
> source for the list box is a saved query that filters from the ID value of
> the form the list box is on. My recollections is the list box reflects the
> sorting of its row source, in this case the query.  When I open the query
> it
> sorts properly. The list box is sorting alphabetically on the visible
> field,
> not on the not visible column that it should be. The sort column is
> available in the listbox, but has it's column width set to 0. Not sure what
> is going on here.
>
> Doug
>
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