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This should probably be pretty simple but my Google-Fu is as yet unable to find an answer. I simply want to create a dropdown list in Access so that upon selection I can perform some action based on the value of the selection. For instance, I have a list of people and I would like to populate the combo box so that their names appear in the list but the ‘value’ is set to their ID (the primary key).
It sounds like you might be asking how to display something in the dropdown other than the ID while keeping the ID as the returned data from the dropdown. If that’s the case set the Bound Column to the ID field (usually 1) and (assuming the name field is next) set the Column Count to be 2 and the Column Widths to be 0′;1′ or 0′;[whatever width you need].