Sample ComboBox
Is there a way to create a combobox like the one shown in the mockup above? One where I can search/filter within the dropdown itself (red text in image), where the column headers would normally go (if enabled). I've been asked to create this specifically in our access database, and I'm not sure if it's possible. If this is possible, what combobox properties would need to be changed to make it happen?
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I want to have a dropdown menu to enter data from a list directly into the Access table, ie into the cells for a particular column/field.
Can this be done or do you have to use a form?
If it can be done, how do you specify the options for the list?
Go to table design. At the bottom, select the second tab "Lookup" (or similar, it is localised) and specify the lookup values or source.
I have a MS Access form that is bound to a query in the database. I added a textbox and added a row source to a Hyperlink datafield in the query. When I open the form, it won't allow me to drop a file into the textbox.
Here's the deal. When I follow this EXACT same process on a new form, it works perfectly. That is, I open a blank form and I bind the form to some new query, let's say qryNewIdeas. Then on the blank form i add a textbox, let's say Text0. Then, when I select Text0, I go to the data tab - row source and choose the dropdown arrow to select the hyperlink field, lets say NewIdeasAddress. I click SAVE and open the form. It works PERFECTLY.
BUT, when I repeat this on an existing form (the one where I need the thing to actually work), it does nothing. It adds and changes the textbox to a hyperlink box (I note this because of the blue underlined word that appears in the box). But it won't allow me to drop files to this location.
I tried commenting out ALL of my VBA code to try to make sure that something wasn't hindering it (say in an OnLoad event) AND I've checked all of the form and control box properties and they seem to be the same in both the existing form and the test form.
I can't determine why it works on one form and not the other; Solution needed.
If you have access to "the data tab - row source ..", you are in design view.
When you later open the form, you are in form view, a completely different animal which specifically prohibits design changes.
It sounds like you will have to rethink your concept.
I want to show a placeholder in a ComboBox if no values has yet been selected or the previously selected one has been removed / deselected. For single-column ComboBoxes that works like a charm using #;"My placeholder" as the Format of the ComboBox. So far so good.
The problem starts if my ComboBox has more than one column. How can you set the placeholder value for a multi-column ComboBox? More general: How can you specify the Format for a multi-column ComboBox?
Is it for example possible to color the first column green and the second one red? And if it is possible, please tell me how.
I could not find any specification on how to set the format for multiple columns. Neither on MSDN nor on support.office.com.
P.S.: I do not care if a working solution relies on VBA or if it can achieved just by entering something in the layout or design view.
Sounds like you are outgrowing what a ComboBox can easily provide in Access.
First, combo options, and then my real suggestion.
Here are your ComboBox options:
Try conditional formatting, and see if you can get the combo's text box to change color if the value is null.
You could make a UNION query that appends your placeholder record to the top of your Combo's real recordsource
You could try to get your users used to the idea of 'blank' = null, and fix it with training.
I have never seen a way to do different combo column colors in Access.
My REAL suggestion:
Ditch the combo and go with a modal dialog form that pops up for the user. This will let you format everything much more closely to what you want.
You can put textboxes on your main form to display the placeholders.
The user clicks on the textbox to open your dialog form.
I suppose that my question will be considered silly, but I'm really stuck.
How can I view all tables in the *.accdb file?
I use Microsoft Access from Office 14 to open and edit that file. Then I go to the Database Tools tab and select Relationships, where I expect to see all the tables, but actually I can't.
I see there some tables and even saved queries. And some of these queries use tables, that I can not find.
I'm newbie to the Access, but have to make some edits to the database.
UPD:
Somehow I've managed to view necessary tables through the maze of Object dependencies. Is there a more simple way?
It sounds like some tables are set as Hidden and you don't have the View Hidden Objects setting checked.
Press F11 to show the navigation pane if it is hidden. While that is open, right-click the top of the bar and choose Navigation Options. In the next screen, you'll see an area Display Options, whose first checkbox is Show Hidden Objects. This will allow you to see greyed icons for hidden tables in the navigation pane. It also adds the names of hidden tables to the "Show table..." box in the Relationships.
In relationships right click anywhere in the empty box, show table, select all tables, click add
I am currently working on making my Flex application accessible.
I have an mx DataGrid that I am using for showing complex data. Each row contains information about a person and one of the columns contains a button to "submit" that person's information.
Currently if I tab to the DataGrid, it has focus on the whole thing, but I cannot tab to individual cells. For accessibility purposes, I need the user to be able to tab to each of these cells to read the information. Everywhere I've looked I've found that it seems the only way to focus on an individual cell is to set the editable property to true. However, I do not want to make the field editable, as that information should not be changed.
At the very least I would like to be able to tab to the cell that has the button ItemRendender for each person. I could set the rest of the information in the accessibilityName of that.
Is there any way to accomplish this? Or am I going to have to find a more "creative" solution?
In case anyone is wondering how to get around this, the only way I could find is to switch over to an AdvancedDataGrid. If you set the ADG's selectable property to true, you can use the arrow keys to select a whole row at a time, and the screen reader will read the whole row of information.
Then to get the effect of clicking the row's button, I set a keyboard event watcher that performs the function of the button using the target(ADG)'s selected item when you press space.