HOWTO: Use More Than One Table in a Combo or List Box

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Step-by-Step Example

1. Create a new form.
2. Open up the Data Environment and place the Products and Orditems tables in it.
3. Select the Combo box or List box tool from the form[ASCII 146]s Control toolbar, and place a combo or list box on the form.
4. Set the FirstElement property to 1, the NumberOfElements property to 1, and the RowSourceType property to 3-SQL Statement.
5. Add a SQL statement such as the following in the RowSource property:

         SELECT DISTINCT(padl(alltrim(orditems.product_id),2," ")) + ;
            "....." + products.prod_name AS prod FROM orditems, products ;
            INTO CURSOR items ;
            WHERE products.product_id = orditems.product_id ;
            ORDER BY prod
   						

6. Run the form, and click the combo box down arrow to open up the list. The Product_id from the Orditems table will be the first thing in each line item with periods leading over to the product name (Prod_name) derived from the Products table.