Combo box not displaying selected item name

[dovberman]

my combo box displays the item ID and not the item name.



Example: Item id is 2. Item Name is "ac"

combo box displays 2 when ac is selected.





How can I fix this?

Thanks

[orange]

There are number of tutorials re: Comboboxes at techonthenet

see. Combo

[dovberman]

I have 10 years experience using access. There are 3 other combo boxes on this form that are working as expected.

I cannot find properties about this one that are different.

[cyanidem]

I don't think comboboxes care how much experience you have
Try Bound Column, Column Count, Column Widths.

[dovberman]

The cboSection combo box row source is set in code and works as expected.

'code
Private Sub cboSection_AfterUpdate()
'Prepare the Range combo box
'Set Row Source for Range combo for selected section
Dim strSQL As String
Dim intSectionID As Integer
intSectionID = Me.cboSection.Column(0)
Me.txtSectionID = Me.cboSection.Column(0)
strSQL = "SELECT tblRange.RangeID,tblRange.RangeName,tblRange.Secti onID "
strSQL = strSQL + "FROM tblSection INNER JOIN tblRange ON tblSection.SectionID = tblRange.SectionID "
strSQL = strSQL + "WHERE (((tblSection.SectionID) = " & intSectionID & ")) "
strSQL = strSQL + "ORDER BY [RangeName];"
Me.cboRange.RowSource = strSQL
Me.cboRange.Enabled = True
End Sub

/code

cboSection:

row source is a query that returns 3 columns
column count = 3
bound column = 0
Column Widths = 0";1";0"

cboRowTest does not work as expected
row source is a 3 column table containing only 5 rows for development testing
column count = 3
bound column = 0
Column Widths = 0";1";0"

I have tried many property setting variations.

[cyanidem]

Access uses zero-based numbers when you're refering to Column property in VBA (like myCombo.Columns(0) means first column in collection). However Bound Column property in properties window is 1-based, so first column has number 1, not 0.

[dovberman]

Work around.
Created a text box to display the selected name.
Private Sub cboRange_AfterUpdate()
'Display selected range name in text box
Me.txtSectionID = Me.cboRange.Column(1)
End Sub

[orange]

How about posting a copy of your database, with enough data to highlight the issue? Remove anything confidential before posting.
In your graphic in post #1, why is the 2 left justified?

[dovberman]

Thanks,

I was using zero based as a reference to the control column.

However, this did not fix the issue.

[dovberman]

I would be happy to post a copy of the database.
There is nothing confidential in this development version.
How do I post?

Thanks

[orange]

See this for attaching to a post.

[dovberman]

Access 2016 database upload as attachment failed. File size is 3 megs. Is this too large?
I can zip it or remove extra objects.

[dovberman]

The work around is OK. I will explain this on the form.