gringope24
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Hi Folks,
When the table field is related to another field in another table then mostly the easiest way to choose a value is to use combo box.
When there are available five, ten or even few dozens of values to choose, it is no problem with clarity of using the form.
The problem arise when I have several hundreds of records in combo - let assume that you choose a customer. In many application customer table can have even few hundreds of records, I think that using combo box might be not the best solution.
Of course you can search combo as you type, but it requires from user knowing the beginning of the customer name ( in some situation it is not so obvious, because sometimes you use only a part of a name in daily routine and using a combo you need to know exactly the beginning of the name).
Therefore I was think what technique you use in this situation and if using combo is still valuable?
When the table field is related to another field in another table then mostly the easiest way to choose a value is to use combo box.
When there are available five, ten or even few dozens of values to choose, it is no problem with clarity of using the form.
The problem arise when I have several hundreds of records in combo - let assume that you choose a customer. In many application customer table can have even few hundreds of records, I think that using combo box might be not the best solution.
Of course you can search combo as you type, but it requires from user knowing the beginning of the customer name ( in some situation it is not so obvious, because sometimes you use only a part of a name in daily routine and using a combo you need to know exactly the beginning of the name).
Therefore I was think what technique you use in this situation and if using combo is still valuable?