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VB Coding-Database and SQL

This document contains code for populating combo boxes and list boxes from database tables in VB. The first section shows a generic subroutine called "LoadBox" that takes in an object, table name, ID field, and description field as parameters to populate the object from the database table. The second section shows a function called "ShowListTTip" that displays the text of the selected item in a list box as a tooltip when the mouse hovers over it.

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VB Coding-Database and SQL

This document contains code for populating combo boxes and list boxes from database tables in VB. The first section shows a generic subroutine called "LoadBox" that takes in an object, table name, ID field, and description field as parameters to populate the object from the database table. The second section shows a function called "ShowListTTip" that displays the text of the selected item in a list box as a tooltip when the mouse hovers over it.

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THE KENYA POLYTECHNIC

VB CODING

Database & SQL

Load ComboBox, ListBox from Database Table


Shows text property of ListBox in ToolTip

'Generic Sub to fill comboboxes, listboxes etc...


'usage: loadbox cboBoxName, "dbTableName", "dbIDField",
'"dbDescriptionField"
'Where: cboBoxName is the combo/listbox you want to populate,
'dbTableName is the database table where you want to populate
'from, dbIDField is the unique Id number for the fields (ie:
'Customer_ID) and dbDescriptionField is a text field (ie: Customer_Name)
'------------------------------------------------------

Public Sub LoadBox(cboBox As Object, strTB, IDField, descField As


String)

On Error GoTo Errors

Dim rs As Recordset 'Declare a recordset


Dim sql As String 'Declare a string to hold the SQL statement

cboBox.Clear
'Clear the combobox in question, in case it isn't
sql = ""
'Clear SQL in case there is another var named SQL somewhere
'Setup SQL to select fields based on the values passed to the
function
sql = "SELECT " & IDField & ", " & descField & " FROM " & strTB
'Open the recordset with the data returned by the SQL statement
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset(sql, dbOpenForwardOnly)

With rs

Do Until .EOF 'Loop until the End of the recordset

'Add the items, and thier corresponding ID's


cboBox.AddItem rs(descField)
cboBox.ItemData(cboBox.NewIndex) = rs(IDField)
.MoveNext

Loop

.Close

Debug.Print cboBox.Name & " was populated"

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End With '(rs)

Set rs = Nothing 'Release the variable

Exit Sub

Errors: 'Error handler

If Err.Number <> 0 Then

MsgBox ("Error #: " & str(Err.Number) & Err.Description)


Exit Sub

End If

End Sub

'------------------------------------------------------
'Author:Chris O'Leary
'Posted:5/26/98
'[email protected]
'
'Shows the text property of a listbox in the tooltip property,
'when the mouse hovers over the listbox for a second. Relies
'on the SendMessage API, declared in the API_Routines file.
'------------------------------------------------------

Public Function ShowListTTip(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As


Single, Y As Single, ListBox As ListBox) As String

' Show tool tip message

Dim lXPoint As Long


Dim lYPoint As Long
Dim lIndex As Long
'
If Button = 0 Then ' No button was pressed

'Get the x/y position of the mouse on the screen.


'in "TwipsPerPixel" (X and Y)
lXPoint = CLng(X / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX)
lYPoint = CLng(Y / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY)
'
With ListBox

' find which listbox item the mouse is hovering over.


lIndex = SendMessage(.hWnd, LB_ITEMFROMPOINT, 0, ByVal
((lYPoint * 65536) + lXPoint))

' show the tooltip or clear last one, make sure the index is
'greater than or equal to 0 and not greater than the
listcount

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If (lIndex >= 0) And (lIndex <= .ListCount) Then
.ToolTipText=".List(lIndex)" 'Return the text=".list(lIndex)" Else
.ToolTipText 'Return nothing

End If

End With '(ListBox)

End If '(button=0)

End Function

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