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Hi- I have a report that must fit onto one page. However, some memo fields on the report have a lot of text and won't fit into their allotted spaces on the form. I can't use the can grow/shrink property because the report is based on a standard state issued form and must look the same as the...

Hi--I have a subform on a page that is is read-only (I set the "allow edits" property for the form to "no"). When there is no "sub-data" for the main record, I still want the form to show up with blank fields. Right now, the subform doesn't even show up--just...

Hi- I have a text file with data in fixed width format. I'm trying to get the data into a format that I can use to link the data to some other tables (.dbf, or in Access or Excel). The problem is that there are carriage returns within the records, so one record takes up more than one line. I...

Hi- I'm curious about the lockfile that Access produces when more than one user is using a database. What does that lockfile contain--does it hold the data that the user is inputting, then update the database tables when the user exits? Or are tables instantly updated once a record is entered...

Hi- I'm working with a database MS Access 97 database that I've inherited (someone else created it). There is a form with a tab control object with three pages. The first page contains the main record (there's no subform on this page). The other two pages each have a subform on them. When...

Hi Alcar- Thanks for the response. The tables are split from the forms/reports/etc. The users don't have direct access to the tables that the front end is linked to. I think I need further clarification. Do the users need to have the ability to hit a "save" button? Since they're...

Hi- I have a database whose tables are split from the forms, reports, queries, etc. that are on the front end that the users have. I got a question from a user about some records that she deleted yesterday that have reappeared today. Does this have something to do with different users...