[mso] Re: Word 2002: VB forms, combo boxes and merging with outside data!

From: Cathy.Evans@xxxxxxxxx
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:06:39 -0400

Fantastic, thanks, Lisa! I sure do wish I could start from Access, but in
this case it needs to be reversed from the way I usually set up the forms
(access 1st!). Dian sent some great links to get me started on connecting
to a data source, I'll use access for that part. I'm going to try that
route for the project lookup, however, I didn't know you could make a 2
column combo in Word, so that is a great answer to some other parts of the
form I was needing to resolve once I got the project lookup out of the way.
Thank you very much, Cathy

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09/13/2005 06:33 PM Subject: [mso] Re: Word 2002:
VB forms, combo boxes and merging
Please respond to with outside data!

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Hi Cathy,

If this was ms access you could prob use sub forms.... but I'm
assuming it isn't.

I think you are right in thinking you need to use if.. then.. else.

Personally, I would probably use a 2 column combo box and populate it
with the project name and description. You don't actually need to show
the description if you don't want to but it's there and "connected" to
the correct project that's been chosen in the combo box.

It's a while since I did anything like this so I'm perhaps not
remembering exactly but...

The code may go something like....
... and the number of columns needs to be set in the combo box
properties...

.Additem ""
.List(ListIndex,0).text = "Project00"
.List(ListIndex,1).text = Description00

... and so on.

If this makes not a lot of sense get back and we'll delve a bit.

HTH
Lisa

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