Check to see if combobox values matches more than two times - ms-access

Question

I am trying to fire an event if a specific combobox value appears more than 3 times ("md") in my control set. At the moment however, I keep getting high values like 32 or 40 despite there only being 8 comboboxes on my Access form. What am I doing wrong?
Dim mdCount As Integer
For Each ctl In Me.Controls
If ctl.ControlType = acComboBox Then
Set cmb = ctl
If (currentDropDown.Value = cmb.Value) And (Not currentDropDown Is cmb) And (Not currentDropDown.Value = "md") Then
MsgBox "You cannot select the same value twice."
End If
If (currentDropDown.Value = "md") Then
mdCount = mdCount + 1
End If
End If
Next ctl
Set ctl = Nothing
Private Sub Submit_Click()
'MsgBox mdCount
If (mdCount > 2) Then
MsgBox "Error!"
Exit Sub
End Sub

Answer 1

If i understand you correctly... try something like this (bit hard-coded, but very quick):
Function CheckMatches() As Integer
Dim sTmp As String
sTmp = IIf(Nz(Me.Combo1.Value, "") = "md", ";", "") & _
IIf(Nz(Me.Combo2.Value, "") = "md", ";", "") & _
IIf(Nz(Me.Combo3.Value, "") = "md", ";", "") 'and so on...
CheckMatches = UBound(Split(sTmp, ";")) + 1
'+1 is necessary in case of Option Base 0, _
'because LBound(array) starts from 0
End Function
Usage:
Private Sub Submit_Click()
Dim mdCount as Integer
mdCount = CheckMatches
If (mdCount > 2) Then
MsgBox "Error!"
Exit Sub
End Sub
Your requirements are not clear, so i can't help more ;(