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I also have expierence in application design for all the Office components (Excel, Outlook, etc).
Using MS Access - Change text box values as tab through datasheet.txt
Expert: Rob Henderson - 2/8/2005
Question I've got a form with a subform and three text boxes on it.
The subform is a datasheet view of the query that is the form and the subform's record source. This subform works perfectly. My problem is with the three text boxes.
What I want to happen is this: as I tab forward and backward through the cells of the datasheet, I want the values of the text boxes to change according to which cell I'm in.
How?
The fields of the datasheet view are as follows:
Category
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Kreyol
French
It's simply a five language dictionary. The category field is for stuff like parts of speech, months, etc.
The three text boxes are as follows:
Synomyms
Antonyms
Example
Here's the idea again. As I tab through the dictionary, I want the values of the text boxes to change according to the word (cell) that has focus, that is, I want the "Synonyms" text box to display synonyms of the word I select in the dictionary. Ditto for the "Antonyms" text box and also for the "Example" text box.
I've got the little database zipped up and ready to send. It has only two records in it so far.
Thanks!
-Dave
Answer Hi
You could use the OnFocus or OnEnter events of the text boxes to grab your information.
If your data is on the form already setting a simple text box referal will work.
