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  1. Smashie

    Access 2010 Design question

    Thanks. The 'business user' will have lots of memo fields though. My suggestion at this stage is to double key unfortunately. She wants ALL the information on a form and not as tick boxes or in a quantitative way. So unless there is a better solution I intend to store data in the database where...
  2. Smashie

    Access 2010 Design question

    Hi, I have a user who wants a form to have loads of qualitative data on it. Looking at her requirements it would mean at least 50 memo fields. To do this on a form and then save the data would quickly create a huge database. My initial thought was to export the form to MS Word and use some VBA...
  3. Smashie

    MSDE Questions

    (1) Has anyone any comments on using MSDE rather than Jet (good or bad)? (e.g. can one create a non PK index via the GUI with MSDE?) (2) Does anybody know of any good documentation for using MSDE that is aimed at people who have only ever used Jet with Access and NOT used SQL Server. (3) Thanks!
  4. Smashie

    Access on the internet / an intranet

    I want to access an Access database via the web. Are there any people out there with experience of doing this? I am intending to use ASP (/VB Script) to access the database and use something like Dream Weaver to do the basic pages. I am not a networky sort of person and have heard horror stories...
  5. Smashie

    hyperlinks access to word/excel

    In Access 2000 at least, using the hyperlink to go BACK to Access from Excel / Word does NOT open another version of Access. If it does in Access97 then maybe that's 1 reason to upgrade (although Access2K has a lot of other problems as I have discovered!)
  6. Smashie

    hyperlinks access to word/excel

    Hyperlinks are easy. I am using Office 2000 so this reply relates to the use thereof. In Access insert a field of type "Hyperlink" and use code to populate the link to something like: hyper = "c:\my documents\excel\excelfile.xls" Then in the excel file from the INSERT menu...
  7. Smashie

    make it look pretty on screen regardless of vdu size??

    I have tried ShrinkerStretcher - that's what you get at the Softseek site. I didn't like it. I was writing my own but that is on hold (it's quite hard really!). Try the above - we have also been looking at a resizer written by Ken Getz (subject to copywrite) but have not made our minds up on...
  8. Smashie

    how to get my Access-Application on my homepage?

    Access 2000 comes with Active Data Pages. I wouldn't use them personally as they are crap. Getting the data onto your homepage can be done with ASP (Active Server Pages). If you use Access 2000 and use the ADO object model rather than (or as well as) DAO then using ASP is 'fairly' simple. You...
  9. Smashie

    Where has Switchboard gone in 2000?

    The "command not available" message only appears if you didn't fully install Access 2000. A partial install will not install "ACWZMAIN.sbm_Entry".
  10. Smashie

    Need Your Opinions: Access 97 vs 2000

    Access 2000 seems a Microsoft rush job to me. The new features aren't that impressive - i.e the Internet integration is frankly poor. I feel that Microsoft should have waited a while and then released a new version of Access that TRULY allowed greater web development. I have come across quite a...
  11. Smashie

    Adding custom Help files to apps

    Access developer edition permits the insertion of custom help files - not sure if they are available in the retail version.
  12. Smashie

    Updating dates in a table with an update query

    You could do it in code like this: Private Sub Command4_Click() Dim yy As String Dim dd As String Dim mm As String yy = Mid(dt, 3, 2) mm = Mid(dt, 5, 2) dd = Mid(dt, 7, 2) dateform = mm & "/" & dd & "/" & yy End Sub Apply the above conversion to the...
  13. Smashie

    Access97/8.0 slower than Access v2.0

    I'll ask Phooey to reply to this as he knows the answer
  14. Smashie

    Access doesn't fully shut down

    Here is the code...<br>============================================================<br>Private Sub Attempt_Logon_Click()<br><br>Dim cnnUser As ADODB.Connection<br>Dim rstUser As New ADODB.Recordset<br>Dim StrFind As String<br>Dim fltMainMenu As String<br><br>Set cnnUser =...
  15. Smashie

    Access doesn't fully shut down

    DougP<br><br>Thanks for your interest. I hope you can help.<br><br>I am using the.seek method of the ADO.recordset object.<br>To do so I (1) Create a connection object (to the current project), (2) Create a new recordset. (3) Open the recordset using the connection created in step 1.<br><br>I...
  16. Smashie

    Access doesn't fully shut down

    Does anyone else ever experience a situation where you close Access from a button (docmd.quit) and then find that Access is still running in the background (preventing Access from re-opening). Both myself and Phooey have experienced this when using ADO and I thought I had tied it down to the...
  17. Smashie

    Multiple Instances of MSACCESS in background

    Mr Phooey,<br><br>I have spent some time looking at this problem. It appears to be due to using the recordset.seek method with a variable name passed as the first argument.<br>This caused Access to close with a thread still...
  18. Smashie

    Can't use docmd.close while in a form event

    Thanks DougP<br><br>I had got worried when my thread seemed to be the only one not answered.<br>As usual with me, I hadn't explained very well. You're solution would not have worked but then, unless you were psychic (maybe you are), you'd not have known the real problem.<br><br>Anyway, your...
  19. Smashie

    Can't use docmd.close while in a form event

    I have a text box which has an EXIT event. This event is supposed to check for null in the text box and, if this is the case, to bring up a message box for the user to say that this is a mandatory field. CANCEL EVENT is used if the user has mistakenly forgotten to enter a value (so focus remains...

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