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  1. magicmandan

    listbox arrow up and arrow down keys not working after on key down event

    Thanks very much for the replies, Unfortunately I couldn't get this to work as desired so have abandoned this idea and gone back to just using a command button to remove the item from the list.
  2. magicmandan

    listbox arrow up and arrow down keys not working after on key down event

    Thanks very much for the response, Unfortunately none of your suggestions have resolved the problem. I has already tried moving focus to another control and back again without success. I tried form refresh and listbox requery, but the only thing that works is displaying a msgbox which when...
  3. magicmandan

    listbox arrow up and arrow down keys not working after on key down event

    Hi all, I have an unbound single select listbox on an unbound form. I have the following code on the On Key Down event of the list box so that users can remove an item from the listbox using the left arrow key on the keyboard. After removing the selected item I want the user to have the...
  4. magicmandan

    How to create tabbed doc/application that cant be resized by user

    You could create one main form, put a tab control onto the main form and then add as many pages to the tab control as you want forms open at once. On each separate tab page put a subform control containing each of the forms you want to display.
  5. magicmandan

    using mailto html in text box with rich text format

    EDIT.... With more experiment I have changed the mailto html to read: <div>&nbsp;<a href="mailto:enquiries@here.org.uk">mailto:enquiries@here.org.uk</a></div> This now opens the default mail client and adds the correct 'to' address : "enquiries@here.org.uk" the only problem being now is that...
  6. magicmandan

    using mailto html in text box with rich text format

    Hi I'm having problems getting the mailto hyperlink working in a text box on a form that has text format of "rich text", control source being a memo data type. To test the rich text control and source i have created a form with 2 text boxes, one set to rich text the other plain text so that i...
  7. magicmandan

    Input mask and format of textbox

    Thanks for your input. \N000 works well as the display format. I was hoping to create an input mask as well using \N000;0;_ but unfortunately the leading zeros are not displayed just blank _ placeholders, so PRNid of 11 displays as N011 but when entering the field N_11 is displayed. I guess...
  8. magicmandan

    Input mask and format of textbox

    Hi, I have an identification number (PRNid) stored as a integer in the underlying table. On a data entry form i have a textbox with the control source set to PRNid. I want to keep this number as an integer but when ever it is displayed on a form or report it need to take the format "N000" -...
  9. magicmandan

    Application focus problems between access and word

    Thanks Hugh, Sorry for the delay in responding but had to wait until i was back on site as the original code words fine on home PC. AppActivate is indeed available for VBA. And after a couple of tries it eventually worked. If anyone else could shed some light as to why the original code did...
  10. magicmandan

    Application focus problems between access and word

    Having just tried to reproduced the steps involved in it working properly and then not working i have found the following situation... I open the database, navigate and open an approriate form which has the spell check functionality - click on the button and the dialog is not shown - i then...
  11. magicmandan

    Application focus problems between access and word

    Hi, I have an extremely frustrating problem. I have developed an Access database (Office 2007 on Windows 7). I want to allow users to spell and grammar check certain information that they enter onto the system. As Access has no native grammar checker I found and adapted the following code that...
  12. magicmandan

    Word 2007 Marco to open Access Database and go to record

    I have the following macro that reads content control values within a word document - saves them to a back end database and then opens the front end to show an access form/subform and highlights the record that has just been changed: Sub TransferDate() 'On Error GoTo ErrHandler Dim cc As...

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