PRB: Excess or Garbled Information Appears in List Box

Article ID: Q100145
Creation Date: 16-JUN-1993
Revision Date: 19-SEP-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you are viewing a form that has a list box, unwanted or excess information appears in the list box.

CAUSE

There is a control located underneath the list box.

RESOLUTION

In Design view, remove the underlying control, or reposition the list box.

STATUS

This behavior no longer occurs in Microsoft Access version 1.1.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Open the sample database NWIND.MDB.

Open the Employees form in Design view.

Add a list box with the following properties to the form:

      Object: list box
      --------------------------
      ControlName: List Box Test
      ControlSource: Employee ID
      RowSourceType: Table/Query
      RowSource: Employees
      Left: 2.99 in
      Top: 0.67 in

Position the new list box on top of the First Name control.
View the form in Form view.
Move among the records in the form. At first, the list box displays the correct information, but as you move among the records the information in the underlying control begins to appear in the list box, making the information appear garbled.

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