Question

I want to simply select a row in a combo box based on a string value, not an index location.

I have a combo box with 3 columns, first column is an ID field, the other two are first name and last name respectively.

I have the ID field value ready when the box is ready, but do not know how to select it without making a stupid loop that checks each value one at a time.

Answer 1

For both bound and unbound comboboxes, you can set the value to anything that matches the bound column and the appropriate line will be displayed.

 Row source : SELECT ID, Surname FROM Table
 Bound Column : 1
 Column count : 2
 Column Widths : 0,2

To set the combo:

 Me.MyCombo = 21

The surname from a record with ID 21 will be displayed in the combo.

To programmatically set the combo to one of the columns, you can use DlookUp for combos based on tables:

Me.MyCombo = DLookup("ID", "Table", "Surname='" & MyString & "'")