ACC: How to Move to the Next Item in a Combo Box with DblClick

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CAUTION: Following the steps in this example will modify the sample database Northwind.mdb. You may want to back up the Northwind.mdb file, or perform these steps on a copy of the Northwind.mdb database.

1. Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
2. Open the Orders form in Design view.
3. Right-click the Salesperson combo box and then click Properties.
4. Set the OnDblClick property of the Salesperson combo box to the following event procedure:

         Private Sub EmployeeID_DblClick(Cancel As Integer)
            On Error GoTo Error_Handler
            Me![EmployeeID].ListIndex = Me![EmployeeID].ListIndex + 1
            Exit Sub
   
         Error_Handler:
            If Err.Number = 7777 Then
               ' End of the list - Move to the start.
                Me![EmployeeID].ListIndex = 0
                Exit Sub
            Else
                MsgBox Err.Description, vbOKOnly, "Error #" & _
                  Err.Number & " occurred"
            End If
         End Sub
   					

5. Open the Orders form in Form view and double-click the Salesperson field to advance to the next record in the combo box.