I have no idea wheather this is supposed to go in Queries or Forms, so feel free to move this to either.
Here's my problem:
I made a query that looks at three text boxes on a form. I'm not sure how to set up the buttons correctly so I just bluffed it (like always :) ). Every time I run the query it keeps wanting me to re-enter the data that it was supposed to look at anyway! If you need more info, just ask. Thanks.
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P.S.: I'm really new at this. I just learned about Access a week ago.
I'm told (via the non-helpful help system packaged with MsAccess) that the way to 'turn off' the helpful confirmation message related to an action query is under tools>Options>Edit/Find tab, and then uncheck the appropriate boxes.
I've done this. In fact, right now I have all three boxes unchecked which relate to confirmation messages (record changes, document changes, and action queries) - and I'm still having that same popup message every time I run the query, or have a report pull the query for me.
this wouldn't be more than just a hassle, except that one of the end users for this system isn't the most computer-savvy person in the whole world. In fact, I desperately need to "steve-proof" this system! I have this nightmare of being woken up at midnight because of this little glitch. any ideas how to disable that popup confirmation message for good??
how to change Access default error messages with custom messages? Like, if I enter some data in a sub form where the parent form is empty new record, default error message says that 'You must enter a value in the 'column name' field'.
I want to disable this default message and display my own error message. Now I know MessageBox and MsgBox fuctions to display custom messages, but how to disable the default message.
Basically i have a form which logs error corrections. The users enter a 'date received'. My user has now asked to have a date due to automatically be calculated by adding six days. I have done this with no problem:
=DateAdd("y", +6, [date received])
My form is not unbound, this date due field is the only unbound field i have. This date does not need to be saved in the table, just to appear when the user opens the form, which it does.
The problem which i am having is that i have a report which runs of a query, printing out the error correction, when the user types in the auto number required. The records added after i put the date due field, will not print out and when i run the query and type in the auto number of these records they do not appear...yet they are stored in the table. Obviously this is due to the 'date due' field, but im not sure how.
I really don't understand what is wrong. Could someone please give me an insight into what maybe wrong or tell me what to search for in the forum, because the searches i have tried have not come up with anything.
Hi There, I know this subject has been beaten to death, but I have searched the forum and cannot find a post relating to my particular problem. I have three cascading combos on a subform that work fine and dandy when I open the subform on it's own, but when I open the main form that the subform is embedded into, I get the following message [IMG]cascade[/IMG] I know I am missing something simple. Any advice would be most welcome.
A friend of mine has recently created a simple database which holds details of childrens story books. It logs the name of the Author, the storyline, its character etc in various tables...
He's currently creating some simple queries for his database. However, there is one query which neither he nor I can figure out, I'll try to explain to the best of my ability.
Basically, the 'story line' field in his database explains the basic plot of the book, some of the plots have the words "son", "dad", "father" and "boy" in them.
Now, he wants to create a simple query, which looks up and displays data which contains the keywords "dad", "father", "son" etc in them. So far he's tried...
Like "*Son*" Or Like "*Father*" etc...
This worked, briefly. The query was bringing up storylines with both contained the words "son" and "father" , which is correct. However, the query was also bringing up story lines with the word "song" in them, or any word which remotely related to one of the keywords, but didn't contain the exact criteria in the query (son, father etc).
In basic terms, how do you create a query which only brings up words that match the EXACT query criteria? In this case, 'Son' or 'Father' or 'Dad' etc? Rather than words which only briefly relate to the criteria, such as 'Song' or 'Fat' etc?
Thanks for your cooperation, feedback and examples would be highly appreciated.
Heya, I know this is probably something simple as I know I have done sql problems like this before. However, I am wanting to show cars which have the same name but are of different colours (without duplicates), I figured I could just use a SELECT DISTINCT? However, when I do this it just brings up one car name and one colour when there are multiple colours.
SELECT DISTINCT car.carname ,car.colour FROM cars;
I am guessing its because the SELECT DISTINCT statement is applied to both the name and colour.
If somebody could just tell me what I am doing wrong because I am guessing its something simple yet I am too frustrated to see what it is now!
I have a search form passing text from unbound controls to a query. These two fields (AuthorName & Title) of the query are from two different tables (Authors & Papers) set up in a many to many join. The 3 dummy records I am using are as follows:
Record 1 AuthorName: Smith (Author 1) Title: SmithTitle
Record 2 AuthorName: Smith (Author 1) AuthorName: Jones (Author 2) Title:SmithJonesTitle (i.e. two authors for this record)
Record 3 Author: Jones (Author 2) Title: JonesTitle
If I stick in 'Jones' into the Author field and 'JonesTitle' in the Title field I correctly get 1 result from the query (record 3). However, oddly, if I put in Smith and SmithTitle I get two records (2 x record 1)!!!!! There aren't two records!!! Similarly if I leave both blank I get all the records and again there is a duplicate of the Smith record (and only this one is duplicated!)
The query criteria are:
[AuthorName] Like [Forms].[Search]![Author] & "*" [Title] Like [Forms].[Search]![Title] & "*"
This is my first post so can I just say how great and useful this forum has been for me since I joined! I have found pretty much everything I have wanted without having to ask, so thank you everyone!
I am only beginning with Access at the moment, as I try to implement some improvements to the way my company works!
I have one really simple, but annoying issue at the moment and I cannot find the answer anywhere!
I have a currency filed in my table. I want to format it in USD, but USD is not available in the format options, just £ and €. I cannot see where the hell I get the USD $ format from?
I know this is probably well simple and I am being a plum!
Does anyone know if it is possible to add a pop-up message to an individual record in a database? and if so how do you do it???
I have a database which holds infomration about suppliers, some suppliers give us fixed prices for some products to general customers but they also offer another price for certain customers of ours. What i want to do is have a pop up message displayed to users that pull up these products with varying prices..
I modified a form in an existing split database, by simply adding several fields. Now, I get various messages such as " not Access database " or if it opens, the following message when I try to close it: "Your last change may not have been changed because an internal buffer was locked by another user... "
Plus, when I do get out, I cannot delete the .ldb file which it says is open by Administrator. The thing is I ma only one to try this new database and I set no permisasions or... ?
Been asked to build a module to enable the user to send SMS text messages to mobile phones. I know Access can do this and some sample code I have seen was in VB and it uses MSXML2 but if anyone has any different approaches I would be interested.
I have a form that has a bunch of text boxes and a few drop down boxes (that reference lookup tables) that allow the user to add to a lookup table.
I have this working and the tables are beign updated. My question is that when I go to save I get a message box saying ("YOU ARE ABOUT TO APPEND 1 ROW (Yes/No)") for every look up table.
Is there a way to not show this message box. I think I am getting one for the form and other text boxes in general and then 7 more for each Lookup table. I am cool with one, but want to get rid of all the Lookup Table message to update.
Below you will see a bit of the code that I am using to update the Lookup tables.
CODE: SQL = "INSERT INTO tbl_CITY VALUES ( '" & CITY & "' )" SQL2 = "INSERT INTO tbl_INSP VALUES ( '" & INSP & "' )" SQL3 = "INSERT INTO tbl_OCCUPANCY VALUES ( '" & OCCUPANCY & "' )" SQL4 = "INSERT INTO tbl_STATE VALUES ( '" & STATE & "' )" SQL5 = "INSERT INTO tbl_TYPE VALUES ( '" & RENTALTYPE & "' )" SQL6 = "INSERT INTO tbl_UNITS VALUES ( '" & UNITS & "' )" SQL7 = "INSERT INTO tbl_ZIP VALUES ( '" & ZIP & "' )"
Please can someone give me a hand. I dont know a lot of coding but what I want to do is when I add a record with a IDnumber to a table I want the System to Check automatically if that IDnumber has been entered in 10 times in the table, if it has I would like a message to popup
Hi to all. I need to modify some existing error messages in my form so that I can create messages that will be more user friendly. I know that it is possible but searching for this issue was a bit confusing. How do I do this?
Is there any resource that gives a definitive run down on all the errors that can exist within access; their causes and solutions. For example; the enter parameter msg box that appears when it doesn't recognise field value.
OMG - I've have spent what seems like forever doing this database and I've opened it and it has listed the following saying that they are broken references and I must fix them but I don't even know what they are!
Hi, when I want to open my new database a lot of messages appear, which are not really friendly for the user. Does somebody know how to avoid them?
The application "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice11msaccess.exe" is set to be launched by this pdf file. the file may contain programs, macros, or viruses that .......Then you are able to click on Open or Do Not Open
and
Opening Database.mdb This file may not be safe if it contains code that was intended to harm your computer. Do you want to open this file or cancel the operation? Cancel, Open or More Info
and
Security Warning: Unsafe expressions are not blocked. Do you want to block unsafe expression? Yes, No or Help
I have used a command button placed next to the project name box which if clicked opens up a finance details form for the project name box.
Problem is if that project does not have any finance details it still opens up the form but just comes up as totally blank.
Is there anyway i can get an error message to come up and say "No matching data found for this project" when they click the command button to open up the finance form, but there is no finance data?
I have tried but unsuccessfully.
I entered this code
Private Sub Label75_Click() On Error GoTo Err_Label75_Click Dim stDocName As String Dim stLinkCriteria As String
stDocName = "Contract Filtered"
If Combo22 = "" Then MsgBox "No Matching Data Found", vbExclamation
I have a very simple database I wrote a few years ago that provides reports on data (mainly calculating sums & percents on those sums). When run, the reports open form-dialog boxes that prompt for criteria. The dialog boxes then become invisible & the query accesses the data in the invisible form & allows the report to run.
What is the easiest way to have the program display error messages when 1. The criteria entered is not found 2. The form/dialog box has an empty field
Right now, the computer has an automatically-generated action failed message and the macro halts. These are confusing to the user.
One when a required field is set to yes - i want to change the error message to something more meaningful.
Two i would like to stop people enetering data into a sub form on the main form when there is no data in the main form? I linked them using the wizard.
So main product linked to sub form with productID?
I've validated some fields that users enter info into but can anyone tell me how I can change the message that pops up on the error message so that it is relevant to my system, i.e. is there anyway of personalising it? Please give me a simple answer, I'm not very good at using Access!
I am an A-level ICT student I am creating a database system for my year 13 coursework and was wondering if there is a way to edit the error messages which appear when an input mask is not followed correctly and such. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
I have got the following code off another thread which works great!
I was just wondering if there was any way I can link the scrolling messages to a table so rather than having to go into the code to alter the messages the user can change them through a form or in the table.
Option Compare Database Option Explicit
Public txtScrollStatus As String ' Needed for Status Bar
Private Sub Form_Load() DoCmd.Maximize ' Text for Caption of Form Me.Caption = " CAPTION MESSAGE " & Space(25)
' Text for Label on Form Me.lblScrollingLabel.Caption = " SCROLLING LABEL MESSAGE " & Space(100)
' Text for Status Bar txtScrollStatus = " STATUS BAR MESSAGE " & Space(25)
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Timer()
' Produce the Scrolling Text in Caption on the Form Me.Caption = Mid(Me.Caption, 2, _ (Len(Me.Caption) - 1)) & Left(Me.Caption, 1)
' Produce the Scrolling Text in Label on the Form Me.lblScrollingLabel.Caption = Mid(Me.lblScrollingLabel.Caption, 2, _ (Len(Me.lblScrollingLabel.Caption) - 1)) & Left(Me.lblScrollingLabel.Caption, 1)
' Produce the Scrolling Text in Status Bar of Access SysCmd acSysCmdSetStatus, txtScrollStatus txtScrollStatus = Mid(txtScrollStatus, 2, (Len(txtScrollStatus) - 1)) & Left(txtScrollStatus, 1)
After spending the last few hours searching the forum and net for an answer I have finally conceded again that I need advice
I have a field in a table called DOB (date of birth) this is currently set as a Date / Time field
It did orignally have an input mask for short date i.e 11/11/2011 but i have removed this for now.
On my form (Patients) there is also some code in the after update properties box of DOB to calculate a persons age which is entered into another text field on the form.
What I need is a customised message box if the user enters the date incorrectly i.e 11/11/11 instead of 11/11/2011 alternativley is there a way to change what the user puts in i.e 11/11/11 to 11/11/2011 automatically after udating but keeping the code to calculate the age?
