Problem with ComboBox
Windows 7 64bit 
Access 2010 64bit
I have inserted an unbound combo box into a form. I have done this many times before but have
never expericenced this particular visual problem before.
The combo box is 4 cm deep and, when used in form view, the items start just after the bottom of what is effectively an
empty combo box area. It is as though the combo box itmes have appeneded themselves after the base line of the combo box.
I have attached images of the problem I am experiencing.
Image ComboBox shows part of the form in design view. You can see the size of the combo box
and when in form view the details of the combo box start just under the yellow base line.
Image Combo is a photograph showing the form in use and confirms the strange positioning of
the item list when in use.
When the form is in form view there is a verical scroll bar in the "empty" combo box. It is only after I have clicked
on this scrollbar that the results show below the "empty" Combo Box. I also noted that the cursor is
blinking at the top of the "empty" Combo Box, but I do have to click on the scrollbar to see any results.
The vertical scrollbar is odd in that if I click it again the results disappear. It is almost likeit is an onClick scrollbar
event. There is an AfterUpdate event, on the Combo Box, that finds and then show the selected record
but I cannot see how that would cause this problem. (It is an embedded Macro)
Has anyboby any idea of what has gone wrong.
The idea of the combo box is to let the user select a particular record and have the current record change
to the newly selected one. That works as intended but the visual representation of the combo box looks
pretty naff currently.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheyanne
PS I decided to try using a list box instead of the combo box and it is working as intended. Still none the wiser as to
why the combo box did work as intended.
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