Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

  • Congratulations strongm on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by simon373

  1. simon373

    Table column widths

    Hi, Is there a way to force a series of columns to align left even if the table width is much larger than the columns? At the moment they are autospacing, which is not what I want. Thanks.
  2. simon373

    Authenticate by certificate?

    I have a php based intranet and would like a user to only be able to login using one computer. Is there a way of implementing a certificate based system or similar? Many thanks
  3. simon373

    PHP certificate auth system?

    Hi, I would like some way of authenticating a user logging into my PHP intranet so that the user can only log in using one computer. Is there some way of implementing a certificate stored on the user's machine to do this? Many thanks.
  4. simon373

    Switches - managed or unmanaged

    Could someone please explain what additional functionality a managed switch would have over an unmanaged switch and why it would be used? Many thanks.
  5. simon373

    XP networking

    Thanks for this. Yes, there is a second cat 5 port in the room which I did not mention. Also, to clarify, my internet is provided on a university campus. So, thinking about it further, I guess that it will not be possible to network the two computers. As, if I could do that, I would be able...
  6. simon373

    XP networking

    Hi, Is it possible to network two XP computers via crossover cable using one pair of network cards and have another pair of network cards within the same computers connected to another network simultaneously? Would this cause conflicts? The reason behind doing this is that my internet...
  7. simon373

    Select record or create new - If statement

    Still having some difficulty with this Private Sub cmdOpenRecordCard_Click() On Error GoTo Err_cmdOpenRecordCard_Click Dim db As DAO.Database, rs As DAO.Recordset Dim strSQLquery As String Set db = CurrentDb() strSQLquery = "SELECT * FROM tblRecordCard WHERE tblRecordCard.CustomerID = " &...
  8. simon373

    Select record or create new - If statement

    Thanks for this. I'm getting the following compile error: invalid or unqualified reference, on the line: .AddNew Running Access 2000. Any ideas on this one? Thanks.
  9. simon373

    Error Accessing File. Network Connection May Have Been Lost

    Hi, I had a similar problem the first time I tried this fix. I think I solved it by copying and pasting forms from one database to the other one at a time (rather than exporting) then pasting in the VBA and setting has module after each one. Now I religiously compile my VBA every time I copy...
  10. simon373

    Select record or create new - If statement

    Hi, On a button click event, what VBA code could I use to check if a customerID exists in a related table, view that record in a form if it exists or (if it doesn't exist) create the record (and view in a form) using the primary key displayed on the current form as a reference? Can anyone...
  11. simon373

    Lookup tables - Is there another way?

    Hi, Sorry if this sounds like a silly question, but: Let's say I have the following information: A product that can have many attributes like colour, weight, height. I want to be able to select each attribute from a dropdown list. Do I have to create a table for each attribute like: ID...
  12. simon373

    Offline files using more than one server?

    Hi I am currently using offline files to work on documents from a server when I am at home. I then go back into the office and the files are synchronised with the server. If I was to work for more than one organisation, is it possible to also synchronise offline files from their server in the...
  13. simon373

    Can a src attribute be added to a script tag after onload?

    Hi, I am trying to retrieve a variable from an xml document and pass it to a script tag src attribute using DOM setAttribute. The variable is not retrieved until the onload event, so the script will already have run once with no src attribute. var photourl =...
  14. simon373

    Best way of displaying XML data?

    Hi, I have a project where I need to retrieve data on animals from an XML file. The XML file might look like: <?xml version="1.0"?> <animals> <cat> <headertext> Animal Facts - Cat </headertext> <descriptiontext> A cat is a an intelligent animal. </descriptiontext>...

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top