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    cactuspete13 is offline Advanced Beginner
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    Field visibility based on ComboBox selection

    I have a form that will have several dropdown combo boxes, each option will cause a series of fields to change from invisible to visible. I got the first part of that to work. The problem I am having is while flipping through the records, that field remains visible/invisible based on the last selection. Below is the code I am using. The first combobox is named Involved (both name and control source), and the second is named Involvement (name is Label37, haven't gotten around to renaming it yet). How do I get it to adjust the Visible setting based on the Involved combobox and retain that setting for each record?

    Here is the code I am using:

    Private Sub Involved_Change()
    If Involved = "Yes" Then
    Label37.Visible = True
    Involvement.Visible = True
    Else
    Label37.Visible = False


    Involvement.Visible = False
    End If
    End Sub

    Edit: Also, how would I accomplish the same thing (adjusting the visible settings and making them change with the record) to tabs?

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    Assuming that Involved is Bound to a Field in your underlying Table, and that the Form is in Single View (which I assume to be true, considering the question about a Tabbed Control) you need to place the same code in the Form_Current event, as well as the OnChange event. The same thing would apply to the formatting of the Tabbed Control.

    Code pretty much has to be in the Form_Current event anytime you want formatting changes to be Record-specific.

    Doing formatting to Continuous or Datasheet View Forms is limited, in most cases, to using Continuous Formatting from the Menu/Ribbon, and has a limited set of Options.

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    cactuspete13 is offline Advanced Beginner
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    Awesome, works perfect. Thank you.

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    Glad we could help!

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