[libreoffice-users][windows] list boxes not stable

Dear Tom

I have had my own problems with Base - still to be resolved, but I 
thought I would check out your trials.

I downloaded your file to my desktop, auto-loaded and up came 2 forms:- 
containers - Old & Containers > items

Result:-
the drop down boxes in  "containers - old",  works 100%

But none of the drop down boxes work on "Containers > Items"  Also 
sometimes the record shows 1 of 4 or 1 of 3 then back to 1 of 2 ( it was 
random) I could not get this to repeat.  - you are absolutely right  
about this faulty form - I just think that it has become corrupted - 
IMHO delete and start again.

On opening either form,  the icons on the left (on my system) were 
greyed out,  so I could not enter the design / edit mode - which may be 
a problem with my system - and has thus so far prevented me from 
designing a form something similar for myself. I realise now (thanks to 
you - with a form to play with) that you must  close the form, return to 
the front page, right click the form and enter it in Edit mode.

But this is really annoying as you should always be able to edit / 
personalise the form on the fly, hence the design / edit icon should 
never be greyed out. It seems the only way to achieve this is to always 
open in edit mode!.

When you have time, perhaps you could send me a step by step account of 
how did you make your 1st field? "record ID" on the form, I have clicked 
on everything that looks a likely target but no luck so far.  I have 
many dBase files I would like to import, but Base has proved to be such 
hard work; and I hope it will be more stable than your 2nd form.

I would also like to use the "Create form" instead of the wizard - it 
looks a better option than the wizard with its grid system for lining up 
fields.  But I cannot make head nor tale of it.


regards

John B
MS xp pro sp3
LO 3.3.3.1
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On 22/06/2011 08:59, Tom Cloyd wrote:
> My list box disaster just don't quit.
>
> To this point, I've learned that the only quick, simple way to get a 
> list box onto a form is to use the list box wizard. Last night it 
> worked. Tonight it worked. Then, it stopped.
>
> I now have a form with 5 list boxes.  Three have spontaneously, quite 
> without reason, disabled themselves. They passively display the value 
> in their source table pointed to by the key value in the linked main 
> table fie.d. BUT, the display is now a ghostly gray. I have had to 
> change the background color just to see it at all. They also no longer 
> are a part of the tab order and you cannot click into them at all. 
> Also, the drop down no longer works at all. It is now just a data 
> display field, not a list box. Worthless. I have poured over their 
> properties for over an hour, trying to find the problem. No luck.
>
> Another formerly working list box appears still to work, but will not 
> update the main record field to which it is linked (this is the 
> problem I was having last night, before I started using only the 
> wizard to make list boxes).
>
> Finally, I find that I can no longer CREATE functioning list boxes, 
> using the wizard, which puts me out of the list box business altogether.
>
> I just rebooted, hoping it might help, but it didn't (small chance!).
>
> You can download this troubled database for examination HERE 
> <http://www.tomcloyd.com/misc/storage_containers.zip>. Look at the 
> "storage containers > items" form.
>
> You'll see that my subform is working fine, The three brown-background 
> list boxes are now duds. The "quadrant" list box appears to work but 
> actually does nothing to the main table. The "macro-container" list 
> box is recently created, and does exactly what the brown boxes do: 
> nothing.
>
> Any ideas, anyone?
>
>
>
>
>
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