Set the Column Widths property of the column so the extra columns are
zero-width. The user will never see them.

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> anyother suggestions would be fantastic..
Fie - 12 Jan 2006 15:30 GMT
ok...
so how do i get the No. Pupils value from the combo box to be able to
do a calculation in another box in my form..????
fie
Douglas J Steele - 12 Jan 2006 17:01 GMT
You refer to the combo box's Column property. If the No. Pupils value is in
the 3rd column, you'd use:
Me.MyComboBox.Column(2)
(column numbers start at 0 for the Column property)

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> ok...
>
> so how do i get the No. Pupils value from the combo box to be able to
> do a calculation in another box in my form..????
>
> fie
Fie - 12 Jan 2006 15:31 GMT
ok...
so how do i get the No. Pupils value from the combo box to be able to
do a calculation in another box in my form..????
fie