Hi Folks.
On my form I have some fields defined as combobox’s using a valuelist. Works fine.
However, when I use ‘find’ the user can only select from the drop down list, but I’d like him to be able to enter multiple search criteria in that field!
Is there a way to change the element display type from Combobox to text_field on the fly (I could make that change in my find function)? I cant find a way to do that in the available methods?
Alternatively could I just remove the Valuelist ? Again, cant see how I might do that on the fly?
A third alternative would be to have a second element on the form relating to the same field, set to text_area, and normally hidden - which I could un-hide on ‘Find’ function. But that’s really messy and feels like a work - around.
In some other environments (I’m thinking specifically Access) one can use a combobox which allows the user to select from the list - but also to edit the field - the field entry is not limited to the list (unless set as such overtly).
How do others handle this situation?