totn Access 2010 Combo Boxes

MS Access 2010: Form without combo box

This MSAccess tutorial explains how to start with a new form before a combo box has been added in Access 2010 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Setting up Form

For the purposes of this tutorial, let's look at how to create and configure a combo box object in Access 2010.

We've created a form called frmOrders that displays OrderID and OrderDate. See picture below.

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We've set the form's Record Source property to Orders which means that the form will display records from the Orders table.

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