Microsoft Access Combo Box Multiple Values

Open a form in design view.

Microsoft access combo box multiple values. The same thing can be done with a list box that has multi select enabled however this tosses an error this control is read only and cannot be modified with the combo box that has multi select because of the lookup. For example you want to track employees working on issues. Enter the label for your combo box and click finish. Create tab click form.

Click i want the combo box to look up the values in a table or query and then click next. You now have a table with a combo box that allows the user to select 0 1 or many choices. And that will reset the field. Let us select the 2 nd option wherein we will add the values and click next.

You now have a form that has a multi value combobox. Here you have different option for data. Click once inside the form to create a default sized control or click and. In most database systems you can store only a single value in a field.

Move the lastname firstname and title fields from the available fields list to the selected fields list by selecting each field and then clicking the button. For example to set the controlsource property of a text box to the value in the second column of a list box you could use the following expression. But you want it on a form. With a standard combo box you can use.

On the design tab in the controls group ensure that use control wizards is not selected. You can use the column property to assign the contents of a combo box or list box to another control such as a text box. But in access you can also create a field that holds multiple values up to 100. But you want it on a form you already created.

One employee can own several issues and each issue can have several employee working on it. Right click the combobox. Finally check allow multiple values box. Employees and then click next.