Microsoft Access 2003 SP2 and Visual Basic application

[stuart wieder]

i have an application containing a header with 5 filters (combo boxes) and 2 search boxes (text boxes).
When the search boxes are used and return no records in the detail of the form, the actual search word in the header becomes invisible, though the text box is still populated with the search data.
How do i prevent the search data from becoming invisible?

[debasisdas]

Have you set the listindex of the combo to -1 some where ?

[stuart wieder]

Have you set the listindex of the combo to -1 some where ?

my problem is with the text boxes used for entering search criteria.
(in any case i do not see such a setting in the text boxes)

[Killer42]

What version of VB are you using?

[debasisdas]

I think you said .......

............... ..... though the text box is still populated with the search data.

[stuart wieder]

I think you said .......

i did say that the problem is with the data in the text box that i am using as my search word.

[stuart wieder]

What version of VB are you using?

Visual basic version is 6.3

[Killer42]

Visual basic version is 6.3

6.3? So that would mean, though you refer to a "Visual Basic application" you are actually using the VBA macro language that's built into Access, correct? Not the standalone Visual Basic development environment.

It's an important distinction, because while they are very similar, there are differences in the language, and differences in the way the forms and controls work.

[stuart wieder]

6.3? So that would mean, though you refer to a "Visual Basic application" you are actually using the VBA macro language that's built into Access, correct? Not the standalone Visual Basic development environment.

It's an important distinction, because while they are very similar, there are differences in the language, and differences in the way the forms and controls work.

Yes - you are correct