I have a form that has a combo box called "contact" that refers to a table
called "Contacts". I would like to pick from a list of contacts for a
specific client  without displaying all of the names in the contacts table,
just the ones that match the name of the client on the main ...

A coworker is developing a access application which has a combo box on a form
that is bound to a table with two columns (text desc, number id).  When you
create a new record you can select the text desc from the combo box with no
problems.  She then saves the record and closes ...

I'm totally new in programming using MS Access as both front-end and
back-end.  This group has helped me in a lot of ways.  I've searched some
questions posted before but to no luck, I found nothing which is similar to
my problem now.  I hope you can help me.  I have this form ...

I have a combo box which has three possible values, e.g "Poor", "Fair" and
"Good". I have conditionally formatted each so that when they choose Poor
it's got a green background, Fair gets a yellow and Poor gets a red
background treatment. When they open the form they see an empty ...

I find that after removing mousehook.dll from my system (Vista
Business) and rebooting, the right-click function no longer works in
any programme.
Do you know what might be causing this ?

When i click a dropdown box to view the contents is there a way to expand the
content's box so that is shows the whole word or sentence without expanding
the actual drop down box?
Thanks

I'm not a totally new access user but I've never done any coding. I've just
updated to access 2003 at my workplace and with all the new things I
discovered 'conditional formatting'. My database uses dates and numbers
relating to these dates and I was overjoyed to see that I could ...

I know I saw a post about this, but I can't find it.  After entering data
into the main form, and then attempting to enter data into the subform
fields, the subform seems to need the main form record entered first.  How do
I solve this?

I have noticed lately that when I design a database form and then
transfer it to another computer, it looks different.  I have tried
checking settings and they all seem to match but the actual field
formatting seems to change.

When I change the ID's value on my main form, the child-subform's ID value
does not change unless I move the scroll wheel to the next record and then
return to the one having the desired change. Is this the way it's supposed to
work? I would've preferred a kind of 'instant' ...

I am somewhat new to Access and am working on a form for a doctor that
will be used to gather patient data.  There are three linked tables:
Patients, Visits, and PatientAddresses.  The patient table's PatientID
key is related in a one to many relationship to the visits table's

I have a table that contain all us zip codes - each zip code has eight
additional fields of data that is specific to my business. I want to create a
form that will allow users to enter a zip code and in the form all nine
fields associated with that specific zip code will display. ...

I have a sub form (datasheet view) where users can add and amend records.
They also have the option to double click a line in the subform to open a
Single Form view that allows for easier data entry if required. If the user
double clicks an existing record the form open to that ...

i have my form page created for my database, i have a picture in it to remind
me of an offer i have. however i have more than 1 offer so i would like this
to change every so many seconds. like a slideshow.

I forgot to tell you to set the form's Timer Interval property as whole
number.  The number represents miliseconds, so 6000 would be 1 second.  I
would try that and adjust it from there.