> It is not trivial to filter the content of a list box to make it offer only
> a subset of selectable items, it is possible, though.
> List boxes pick items by name, usually writing a foreign key (ID number)
> into the form's field. Each journey gets a city-ID from either one of the
> list boxes.
> The suggested solution on the orange form lets you type the first letters of
> a country name into the box in order to find the correct city within a
> country or you can type the first letters of a city name to find the right
> one in the right country or region in case of duplicate city names.
>
> The same works well with concatenated personal attributes like
> "Forename"||','||"Surname"||','||"Birthday"
> or
> "Forename"||','||"Surname"||','||"Company"
>
>
> The second form is dysfunctional. I should have deleted that one since I had
> no time to finish.
>
> OK, OK. Here is the second version where I added departure times to the
> voyages and finished the other form where you pick a city for a new journey
> by preselected country: http://www.mediafire.com/?mt0mouiznjj
>
> Browsing through records with 2 interdependent list boxes for city and
> country takes a macro to update the country after updating the city and
> update the filtered cities after modifying the country of one existing
> voyage.
>

Thanks, Andreas! This is quite what I need to do, and the button press
is fine. I have a lot to learn from this database, it should keep me
busy for quite a while!

Last question, if I may? Where in the docs would I have found this? I
really am trying to get up to speed with Base but there is so much
info that I am drowning.


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