Auto-Populate Cascading Combo Boxes

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Good morning everybody,

I am working on a database where law clerks input the tasks that they accomplish each day. They use a form called "TaskDetails" to input all of the information related to their daily tasks via combo boxes. The problem I have is: often times the clerks work on the same task more than once and I would like them to be able to continue tasks already in progress - using notes to indicate what particular portion they completed that day.

In order to do this I would like to have a combo box that is based on a query of all of the tasks the clerks have completed. When they select a Task Name from the combo box, I would like all other combo boxes on the page to auto-populate based on the selection.

The query that my combo box is based on includes all relevant fields.

So to summarize: When I click on the "Task Name" combo box I am presented with all of the records related to tasks. The fields/columns are divisionofwork, subcategory, workassignedby. I have combo boxes for all of these fields on the same page, bound to the table of tasks. Ideally, a clerk makes a selection from the "Task Name" combo box, and the subsequent 3 combo boxes will reference their relevant column in this selection and auto-populate. How can I do this?

Please let me know if my wording is unclear. Thank you :)
 
Maybe if I word this more simply...

I have a combo box on a form, it is based on a query. There are 4 fields in this query - Case Name, Division, Subcategory, Assigned By. When a selection is made, all column widths are zero except for Column 0 - "Case Name" which is what I want the combo box to display.

I have 3 other combo boxes on the same form based off of the remaining 3 fields. One for Division, one for subcategory, and one for assigned by. These combo boxes are based on a table.

What I would like is simple. When a user selects the Case Name from the first combo box, I want the Division/Subcategory/Assigned by combo boxes to automatically populate with the values from columns 1,2 and 3 from the first combo box.
 

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