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    cegomez1 is offline Novice
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    Combo Box Selection


    I am creating a small table to track certain parts that are being replaced on certain pieces of equipment, and was wondering if there was a way to where if I select an item from a combo box in Field 2 (for example equipment), if the selection of a certain item can dictate the items available in the combo box for field 3. For Example:

    If I select Crane 1 in the combo box in field 2, it will change the list in field 3's combo box to only the items associated with Crane 1.

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    Bob Fitz is offline Access Developer
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    Yes. This is commonly asked question in Access forums. Search for "Cascading Combo Boxes" in any Access forum or Google.
    If this helped, please click the star at the bottom left of this posting and add to my reputation . Many thanks.
    Bob Fitzpatrick

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    The 2nd combo query looks at the 1st combo value.

    cboEquip.rowsource = qsEquip
    cboItems.rowsource = qsEqItems1Equip

    Now the query 'qsEqItems1Equip' will reference the cboEquip to get its data:
    Select [Item] from table where [Equip] = ' " & forms!frmMyform!cboEquip & "'"

    Now no matter what the person picks , the 2nd cbo will read it to produce results by that 1 value.

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