[MS_AccessPros] Re: Default Values for text box

 

OK, I think I figured out what the problem is.  Controls don't have default values apparently; I guess only fields have default values.  I removed the .DefaultValue and just assigned the text string to the control.  I don't have a good understanding of when to reference a control and when to reference the field behind the control.

So my next question is, once I place that default value into the control, can i manipulate the cursor in that text box so that is on the first zero following the letter?  And then the user would have to back up to change the letter.

---In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, <david.pratt@...> wrote :

I have a form with several text boxes and a combo box.  The last control is a text box (txtEquipmentSort) to enter a sort number for report ordering purposes later in the application.  The sort number must begin with a letter and then is followed by 3 digits.  The next to last control is a combo box with a field named Application Group.  Based on the selection made in cboApplicationGroup, I want to set the default value for txtEquipmentSort control.  this is the code I have in the cboApplicationGroup AfterUpdate Event:

Private Sub cboApplicationGroup_AfterUpdate()
    Select Case cboApplicationGroup.Value
        Case 1 'Boiler
            txtEquipSort.DefaultValue = "B000"
            MsgBox "Boiler"
        Case 3 'Cooling
            txtEquipSort.DefaultValue = "C000"
            MsgBox "Cooling"
        Case 5 ' Process Equipment
            txtEquipSort.DefaultValue = "P000"
        Case 10 'Other
            txtEquipSort.DefaultValue = "A000"
        Case 12 'Wastewater
            txtEquipSort.DefaultValue = "W000"
        Case 13 'External Equipment
            txtEquipSort.DefaultValue = "X000"
        Case Else
            txtEquipSort.DefaultValue = ""
            Me.cboApplicationGroup.SetFocus
    End Select
End Sub

I put the two MsgBox statements in just to see if the Case was working.  I get the correct MsgBox statement but no default value is getting loaded into txtEquipSort.

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