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    mikewj1900 is offline Novice
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    Messed up Listbox

    I have a data base with 180+ Tables and made about 50 forms that link to the correct table. When I drop a list box onto my form the wizard doesn't come up any more. It just drops onto my form. I was playing with the filters but I don't know what I did. I uninstalled my Office 2007 and reinstalled it with no help. I then installed it on my wifes computer and my database works fine with Listbox. Can anyone help me fix this? Please bare with me because I'm fairly new to Access.
    Thanks you sooo much!



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    help_me_with_access is offline help_me_with_excel
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    well first, the wizard doesn't offer much anyway. I can only think of corruption. I'm not sure if there is an option in access to turn off the wizards or not. never tried it.

    if you have just minimal skills in access, you dont need virtually any of the wizards anyway...

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    mikewj1900 is offline Novice
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    I tried to link it up by Control source but when I do the data in my table doesn't show. I find it quicker to use the wizard. I have 180 forms to make so It's a lot of repeating. I thought of corruption that's why I uninstalled it completely ( I didn't go through the registry to see if there are any missed entries in the uninstall. I'm self tought with Access and have made several useful database so far.

    Thanks

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    mikewj1900 is offline Novice
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    Sorry! I figured it out. Stupid mistake. When you said "I'm not sure if there is an option in access to turn off the wizards or not." I saw that on the design mode it has a button to turn the wizards on or off. I must have hit that. Hee hee.

    Thanks, I guess thats all i needed to here.
    God Bless

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    There is a button to turn the wizards on and off, but the more relevant question is why do you have 180 tables and related forms? It sounds like you might have a normalization problem. What do the tables contain?
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    help_me_with_access is offline help_me_with_excel
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    Quote Originally Posted by pbaldy View Post
    but the more relevant question is why do you have 180 tables and related forms? It sounds like you might have a normalization problem.
    NO KIDDING!!

    I would guess, depending on the amount of byte data in his tables, he shouldn't even be able to open the file as it is right anyway cuz it would be over 2GB.

    yeah, there's an issue here. big one.

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    mikewj1900 is offline Novice
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    Well, I have a Excel Spread sheet with 180 Groups, each group has the names of employees of the company. They want a data base to display the names in each group. Some of the employees belong to more than one group. They want a drop down box to display the names of each group and another drop down box with all of the names so when you choose a name it sorts out and displays the name of the person and all of the groups they belong to. I have one table for every group. I have a button to access the table it pertains to so they can see the names in that group. I don't know how to do this with only one or two Tables. Any suggestions? I would attach it here but it has sensitive info.

    Thanks

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    Sorry, lost track of this thread. I see 3 tables: employees (info about employee but nothing about groups), groups (info about groups), and a junction table for the groups each employee belongs to (it's a many-to-many junction table). It would have fields for employee ID, group ID, and typically an autonumber key field of its own. If I belong to 3 groups, I have 3 records in that table.
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