Looks like my original post got lost.

We have an app that was built for us about 10 years ago, using an early
version of Access. Now we're using Access 2003.

Recently some users are having problems with drop-down fields. When they
click the drop-down arrow they don't see any of the choices. However, if
they click a 'blank' line, an entry is chosen--they just cannot see it. (I
think we know the name is there because it will print, or something).

We had a consultant look at it, and he said it was a 'refresh' issue. He
said it was possibly caused by a combination of newer hardware and the
growing size of the database (it's under 150MB). Strange, but he had run
into it before and was able to fix one of the fields so it displayed
properly. (We have dozens of fields to fix.) What he did was go into layout
view or a properties page (?) and copy a query statement from one field and
paste it into another field higher up in the window. He said this caused the
data to load sooner and the field no longer displayed blank.

Unfortunately, I cannot contact the consultant. Can anybody point me in the
right direction? I've hunted around, right-clicking on every object I can
find, but cannot find the screen he was on.

TIA

Your consultant may not have a handle on the problem. There is a combo box
bug in Access 2003 SP3 that can cause this. I believe that there is a hotfix
available from Microsoft for it as well.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674/en-us
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com

"TOP" <speaker910@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Looks like my original post got lost.
>
> We have an app that was built for us about 10 years ago, using an early
> version of Access. Now we're using Access 2003.
>
> Recently some users are having problems with drop-down fields. When they
> click the drop-down arrow they don't see any of the choices. However, if
> they click a 'blank' line, an entry is chosen--they just cannot see it. (I
> think we know the name is there because it will print, or something).
>
> We had a consultant look at it, and he said it was a 'refresh' issue. He
> said it was possibly caused by a combination of newer hardware and the
> growing size of the database (it's under 150MB). Strange, but he had run
> into it before and was able to fix one of the fields so it displayed
> properly. (We have dozens of fields to fix.) What he did was go into
> layout view or a properties page (?) and copy a query statement from one
> field and paste it into another field higher up in the window. He said
> this caused the data to load sooner and the field no longer displayed
> blank.
>
> Unfortunately, I cannot contact the consultant. Can anybody point me in
> the right direction? I've hunted around, right-clicking on every object I
> can find, but cannot find the screen he was on.
>
> TIA

Two words: Life. Saver.

Thanks!

"Arvin Meyer [MVP]" <a@m.com> wrote in message
news:#iweZvl$IHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Your consultant may not have a handle on the problem. There is a combo box
> bug in Access 2003 SP3 that can cause this. I believe that there is a
> hotfix available from Microsoft for it as well.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674/en-us
> --
> Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
> http://www.datastrat.com
> http://www.mvps.org/access
> http://www.accessmvp.com
>
> "TOP" <speaker910@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:90025F00-A649-4EAF-B81A-AF9302A0C54D@microsoft.com...
>> Looks like my original post got lost.
>>
>> We have an app that was built for us about 10 years ago, using an early
>> version of Access. Now we're using Access 2003.
>>
>> Recently some users are having problems with drop-down fields. When they
>> click the drop-down arrow they don't see any of the choices. However, if
>> they click a 'blank' line, an entry is chosen--they just cannot see it.
>> (I think we know the name is there because it will print, or something).
>>
>> We had a consultant look at it, and he said it was a 'refresh' issue. He
>> said it was possibly caused by a combination of newer hardware and the
>> growing size of the database (it's under 150MB). Strange, but he had run
>> into it before and was able to fix one of the fields so it displayed
>> properly. (We have dozens of fields to fix.) What he did was go into
>> layout view or a properties page (?) and copy a query statement from one
>> field and paste it into another field higher up in the window. He said
>> this caused the data to load sooner and the field no longer displayed
>> blank.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I cannot contact the consultant. Can anybody point me in
>> the right direction? I've hunted around, right-clicking on every object I
>> can find, but cannot find the screen he was on.
>>
>> TIA
>
>