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Re: Help with Form list box!

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:09:00 -0800
Message-ID: <3E206BCC.E1616497@exesolutions.com>


Ozzy wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to make a list box on a form. I want the list box to get the
> names of an Employee which when select brings up the other details (address
> etc) on the form.
>
> I have added the Employee table as a datablock on the form, but don't know
> how to make the list box look up the Employeename field.
>
> The table is called Employee.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Oz.

A better solution, implementation-wise, is to create a record group and use it to populate an LOV. That way you can provide more information to help when there are multiple employees with the same name such as title, department, etc. LOV's also give you search capabilities not available in list boxes.

Daniel Morgan Received on Sat Jan 11 2003 - 13:09:00 CST

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