Re: Combo box for search history?

From: Jonathan Parminter (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:49:29 -0700

Michael, a value list is simply a text string with each
item separated by a semi-colon.

lst.rowsource="One;Two;Three"

luck
Jonathan

>-----Original Message-----
>Thank you Jonathan,
>
>I'll try to do it, but may be with a combo box which I
like the autocomplete
>feature. I've never tried to use the value list as a row
source yet. This
>one will be my first time.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>"Jonathan Parminter"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:1f2801c42751$fbba2090$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi Michael,
>> to preserve user information for each user in a
multiuser
>> setup consider having a local table for this purpose...
>> assuming each user has a designated front-end.
>>
>> to keep a search history you could use a listbox that
has
>> a value list as a row source. You can use an array or
>> simple text functions to manipulate the listbox items
(or
>> even a local table).
>>
>> Luck
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I want to have a combo box on my form where the user
>> enters the string he
>> >would like to search. The combo box would remember what
>> the user entered but
>> >limiting the number of entries to N, keeping only the
>> most recently entered
>> >string. It's a sort of search history.
>> >
>> >I've seen this code once but couldn't find it anymore.
>> Can someone tell me
>> >where to find it or just give me a hint of how to do
it?
>> >
>> >Also, the entries need not be kept in the database to
be
>> used from session
>> >to session, which I think would be a problem for a
multi-
>> user environment
>> >(it's a back-end file), which I don't know how to
>> separate the entries from
>> >one user to another.
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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