Combo box output

[LeahT]

So I have created a form that uses lots of combo boxes but I am running out
of room on the form for the information that they contain. So I was
wondering...is there a way, when the dialogue box is open for you to choose
from the list you see something like this:

1234 - Something
1235 - Something else
1236 - More Somethings

and when you close the dialogue box, the information in the text field is
only the number portion!?

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?TGVhaFQ=?=,

So I have created a form that uses lots of combo boxes but I am running out
of room on the form for the information that they contain. So I was
wondering...is there a way, when the dialogue box is open for you to choose
from the list you see something like this:

1234 - Something
1235 - Something else
1236 - More Somethings

and when you close the dialogue box, the information in the text field is
only the number portion!?

Set up the combo box with two columns. Write the numbers into the first one,
the text into the second. Set the "BoundColumn" to the first one, and only the
information in that column will display when the list is closed.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[LeahT]

Sorry...went on vacation! Thanks for the help...I will give it a try! Is
there one of those little instruction posts that walks you through how to do
what you just said!?