You can't assign a value to this object

[gilberto]

Hi all
I'm quite a naive Access user, and I'm trying to solve this problem:

I have a combobox in a form linked to a Boolean field message_sent in a table.

There are two ways of setting it True:
- the user can click on the combobox or;
- the user can click on a button, which has a VB routine that sets message_sent = True

Sometimes, using the form, when the cursor highlights the combobox, and the user tries to click on the button, this error message appears: "You can't assign a value to this object".

Any help is really welcomed!

Thanks in advance
Gilberto

 

[llkhoutx]

I get a similar message when entering data in a certain combo box. I click "OK" and can then select/enter my data.

It's driving me crazy.

 

[gilberto]

I also can quit the message clicking OK, but this isn't really nice...

Any other views on the problem? (which seems more common than I thought...)

Thanks again
Gilberto