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    ddansie is offline Novice
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    Auto fill in a field as I'm typing from a table

    About 10+ years ago I created an Access form that did a look up from a table as I was entering in the data into that field. I have looked all over in Access 2016 and can't find how to do this. What I need to do: I have a form that I want to be able to look up a company name as I am typing it in a field. I have a table that has 200+ records of company names, addresses etc. In another form (not my company form) I want to start typing the name of a company and as I am typing it looks at my company table and displays companies with that portion of the name so the user can select that company. Can I do that? Any help would greatly be appreciated.



    -Dale

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    Or just use a combobox.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    ddansie is offline Novice
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    I used the combox box, thank you June7

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