ComboBox.HideDuplicates Property

Access Developer Reference

You can use the HideDuplicates property to hide a control on a report when its value is the same as in the preceding record. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression.HideDuplicates

expression   A variable that represents a ComboBox object.

Remarks

The HideDuplicates property applies only to controls (check box, combo box, list box, option button, option group, text box, toggle button) on a report.

The HideDuplicates property uses the following settings.

Setting Description

True

If the value of a control or the data it contains is the same as in the preceding record, the control is hidden.

False

(Default) The control is visible regardless of the value in the preceding record.

You can set the HideDuplicates property only in report Design view.

You can use the HideDuplicates property to create a grouped report by using only the detail section rather than a group header and the detail section.

Example

The following example returns the HideDuplicates property setting for the CategoryName text box and assigns the value to the intCurVal variable.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Dim intCurVal As Integer
intCurVal = Me!CategoryName.HideDuplicates