I have a combo box on a form that is linked to a SharePoint field, the combo box populates correctly however I am having difficulty trying to add VBA code to select all of the options or to unselect all options.
With a standard combo box you can use:
cmbBox1.value = ""
and that will reset the field. The same thing can be done with a list box that has multi-select enabled however this tosses an error, "This control is read-only and cannot be modified", with the combo box that has multi-select because of the lookup.
I have done some searching however no one seems to have a real answer other than to use a listbox instead and that isn't a solution here.
Has anyone worked with one of these fields and know how to select all of the options using VBA?
Here is a link describing this type of field but it does not discuss how to interact with it using VBA - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/use-a-list-that-stores-multiple-values-HA010031117.aspx.
UPDATE:
There has been some confusion about the type of field I was describing so I have added some screen captures to show the difference between a combo box that allows multiselect, a list box that allows multiple options and a combo box with the option added.
First the field I was describing:
Second the list box:
Lastly the combobox:
These images visualize the issue that was described. As you can see there are multiple check boxes that need to be selected or unselected. Normally I would not create a field like this but as described above this is how Access interprets a combobox from SharePoint that allows for multiple selections.
After a ton of searching and trial and error I figured it out.
To unselect all of the check boxes it is
cmbBox1.Value = Array()
So with this information I figured that to select items they have to be in an array. Creating an array with all of the items that are in the combo box and then setting the combo box equal to the array will select all of the items.
I used a basic loop to set each element of the array
Dim SelVals(), i
ReDim SelVals(0 to cmbBox1.ListCount - 1)
For i = 0 to cmbBox1.ListCount - 1
SelVals(i) = cmbBox1.Column(1,i)
Next i
cmbBox1.Value = SelVals
Obviously then you aren't limited to only using the entire contents - you could assign any array and those would be the values selected.