I am having a problem with Access 2007. I have my project split into front and back end MDBs. It use to work fine but when I upgraded to Acessw 2007 I can no longer open the project on more than one computer at a time. The first work station opens the MDB using a shortcut. After that no other computer can open it (no error message, just doesn't open) they can open Access and them open the server MDB, but thats kinda lame.
Anyone have a clue as to why the MDB can not be opened (via a shortcut) on more than one workstation?
I'm making an Access front-end for an existing app based (I think) on SQL Server 2000. (The Access thing makes labels... the "label wizard" supplied with the SQL Server program isn't very good.)
I can use it fine, but eventually it's going to be used by non-techie people. As it uses linked tables, when you first run it you get a message box similar to this popping up:
http://www.rainjam.com/images/login.jpg
On some machines it tries to create a trusted connection automatically, and fails, and then gives you this box with "Use Trusted Connection" ticked - thus making it even harder for people to use.
Ideally I don't want anyone to have to bother with this. Is it possible to put something into the form's OnOpen event that passes the server, database, user & password details to SQL Server, so it all happens invisibly? I've already tried creating a file DSN on the machine it'll be used on (doesn't seem to do much) and also putting this code in:
Set objConn = New ADODB.Connection objConn.ConnectionString = "Driver={SQL Server};Server=[server];Database=[db];Uid=[blah];Pwd=[blah];" objConn.Open
(I must admit this was a bit of a stab in the dark... it didn't work anyway)
I also found this thread (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=50449) and tried the code but it didn't seem to work (got one of those "You entered an OnOpen expression that can't be evaluated"-type errors).
Finally... I briefly investigated redoing this whole thing as an Access Project, but haven't ever used them before and don't really have the time to learn!
Any tips would be really, really gratefully received...
I have a report based on a query that has data for many dates. At the moment I have put a specific date in the criteria of the query so that I could build the report format. So it now displays all the data for the date i have in the criteria section. I will need to run this report several times per week so the specified date (and corresponding data in the report) will need to be changed to a new date when I open the report i.e. when I open my report I want to show data in the report only for a specified date.
Can I create a date parameter box open up when I open the report? Can I create a form with a button that when I click will open the report displaying data for that date? What would be the best way?I also need to display the specified date on the report.
Problem: Visual Basic run-time error 7792: You can't open a subform when it is also open in Design view.
I have a subform with properties for SourceObject, LinkMasterFields, LinkChildFields changing according to objects and events in the master form.
The subform was bound to a query before which meant that the subform load event was happening as soon as the master form is loaded. I needed to restrict the subform loading until a certain point so I removed the SourceObject property for the masterform's subform. The subform on the master form is now Unbound.
(This is because I'm now running some code on the FormLoad event for the subform which needs to be restricted until the LinkMasterFields and LinkChild Fields properties have been assigned correctly otherwise it takes ages to load.)
Now I'm getting the above error. Obviously, i do not have the subform open anywhere in design view. No Visual Basic windows are open. I've closed the db, closed access, reopened it and clicked on nothing except the masterform. The error occurs when I raise the event in the master form which assigns the sourceobject property to the subform, i.e.
Me.sfmQryAllOV.SourceObject = "sfmQryAllOV"
Can anyone help me? I've googled this but finding no answers.
I have 2 SQL Servers. Is there some way to set to which sql server connect the .adp (or .ade) via code?? Now I have 2 sql servers (development and production).. but soon I will have more server at production in different cities. All SQL Servers have different names. Same databases names but the servername are all different. So I have to configure the connection of the .ade in the the development server. Then when I want to send and upgrade to one of my clients, I have to go to his city and manually reconfigure the .ade to connect to his SQL Server. This problem would be solved if all SQL Servers had the same name, but this is not my case.
It would be nice to have a config.ini file or something like that where the .ade could read the name of the server to connect to.
I am trying to insert a picture in a field OLE object, but after I have selected the picture I would like to insert, I get the following error message : A problem occured while MS Access was communicating with the OLE server or ActiveX Control. Can someone help me to resolve this problem ?
I've never dealt with SQL Server, and have no working knowledge of it. Is it possible to upsize my db without it? The server that we have uses Windows 2000 Server as it's OS, would this be capable of housing an upsized db? I was tols that MSDE is only capable of about 15 concurrent users, and I will be having +-100 concurrent users on this particular db. Is there another option?
Hi guys, its been awhile. I inherited a database thats an MDB and I need to get it on to sql server but I am having problem with this query, can anyone help please. Its suppose to give you the month and year when you click on it, you just put that in and up come the results on a query or report, now I have something similar to this but the code is very different.
SELECT DISTINCTROW Format$([Main Table].Date,'yyyy') AS [Date By Year], [Main Table].[Violation Type], Sum([Main Table].Loss) AS [Sum Of Loss], Count([Main Table].[Violation Type]) AS [CountOfViolation Type] FROM [Main Table] GROUP BY Format$([Main Table].Date,'yyyy'), [Main Table].[Violation Type], Year([Main Table].Date) HAVING (((Year([Main Table].[Date]))=[Please Enter the Year]));
This gives them a dialog box which ask them for month and year and they enter it in and they get a generated report or form which gives them their results. But when I transfer this to SQL it gives me error message cause Jet SQL and SQL Server dont exatly speak the same language, I mean SQL server doesnt know what Format$ is I guess thats something ACCess comes up with on its own or something, I dont know. HELP PLEASE!!??
when i open a form i want to open another frm at the same time. i have a main form with some buttons in it. when i click on a button and a form opens then i am not able to click on a button to open other forms from the main form.
I've downloaded and installed the new SQL server 2005 express edition CTD (June ed.) along with the Express Manager.
How do i get an access database into SQL server?
Now that it's installed, what next? When i try to upsize, it asks me to choose a server, and gives 3 options, and i'm not sure where they come from. Where does this list come from? are they previous installations of the MSDE on my computer? are they servers that ar available over our LAN?
i read that the default name if an instance of SQL server express is SQLEXPRESS but that's not on the list...
do i need to create a new instance of SQL server on my computer to house the database?
I really just want to try it, to see if it's something we should do, but i can't get it to do anything at all. i don't know where to start...
I've done some searches, but nothing tells me where to start. I'm getting really frustrated with this....
I have A db that links to a SQL Server table via an odbc connection. The problem is that I have to set up the odbc datasource on each machine that needs to run the db. Can I set up an ADO connection to the table and use that connection as a record source through out the app to drive forms , reports, etc? (And this would eliminate the need to set up and odbc connection to the table on each machine...) :confused: :confused:
Oracle Express Edition, DB2 Express Edition-C, and SQL Server Express Edition.Which one would you develop for / work with if you had a choice (SQL Server, Oracle, or DB2)?I am thinking of making a database application with one of the above and the criteria is:Great support, communityRock Solid and stable; where some clients do not have a DBAFastEasy to back-up and restoreRelatively easy to program and developEasy to deploy and scaleThe general direction I am getting from a few people is leaning toward SQL Server Express. They say it is easier to work with than Oracle, (supposedly Oracle is not for the faint hearted especially when there are network issues) but Oracle is faster and maybe more stable than the others. Haven't really heard anything about DB2...MySQL is out, simply because of the price of an OEM for a desktop application that can be expanded later is too high for what I want to do.Thoughts?Thanks
I've been asked to assist a local non-profit transfer an Access DB to a new server. The DB was set up a number of years ago and the designers are no longer available.
The old server is set up as a workgroup server, and the new server is set up as a domain server. (I am completely unfamiliar with how networks are set up...I've never dealt with this end before.)
The designers set up a .mdw file which (I believe) controls permissions etc. After much wrangling, we finally uncovered the admin password. However, even signed in on a workstation as the admin w/ full rights, I still can't copy a functional version of the DB to removable media in order to move it to the new server.
The server does not have MS Access loaded....only the .mdb and .mdw files.
I *think* I have to replace the 'secured' .mdw file with a generic, clean .mdw. Do I need to do this on the server, or the workstations, or both?
I'm planning make a move from Access to SQL Server. To be honest I never used it before, but I told to my bosses that I'm a Gooroo in it.:) So can you guys give me an idea if it is really hard to make a move, to upload the existing databases and to get used to it. How long it takes? What books would you recommend? Or what forum?
I have developed a full attendance and payroll system. I want to make this system available for responding remotely as well through email and SMS.
Thus, I am planning to attach a GSM modem into the server hosting the system, and assigning a fixed telephone no. The client can send SMS to this server, which in turn respond to his request. To make this, I should also install a third party software through which I can access to the Incoming and outgoing SMSs database using MS Access coding.
I have got such third party software called Activexperts SMS Messaging Server. However, the software license is $ 1,400 which is expensive for me.
Thus, can you suggest me another software name I can use to handle such job.
Hello, I am new to this forum and hope someone will be able to help me.
I understand that when querying using a split MS Access database it retrieves all the data to the client machine and then applies the criteria (hope this is correct) at the client side.
If I were to link to Oracle XE tables via ODBC, does a query using these linked tables still bring across all the records to the client or will it run the query on the server and just bring down the records matching that criteria?
Is it same thing about speed and other issues to have ADP application that works with SQLserver and to have a MDB (or MDE) application that has no querys but works with sql views instead?
We're currently looking at changing a couple of my more complex Access 2003 databases to Access Front End with a SQL Server Back End. This should give us better stability and reduce network traffic loads. I was looking at the Access help file on Upsizing and came across the following paragraph. On face value to a novice like me this would seem the easy option - but is it?
"Create an Access database front-end to an SQL Server database back-end so that you can create a front-end/back-end application.
This approach requires very little application modification since the code is still using the Jet database engine. "
I have an Access 2000 database that is linked to a SQL server back end. One of the tables has 4 OLE object fields into which we insert bitmaps of the client's logo. We do this by right-clicking on the field and then going to Insert Object > Create from File and then select the .bmp file to be inserted. This works fine when I do it on my site, but when I connect to the customer's machine using PC Anywhere and try to do it on his machine, I get a message saying that the OLE Server isn't registered.
I've searched on the error message and all the answers say that they apply to Access 2002 and 2003.
What might be causing it in Access 2000 and how do I fix it?
Hi We have a database implemented in MS-SQL server 2000 on a local machine. I want to use some of tables in my access (or excel) program. Can I link to the table?
Strewth didn't think I was ever going to work with Access again, but I am, so here comes a table link question for you.
Got an access xp FE linking to SQL server via a DSN file. All linked up fine, however the tables in access have been given a 'dbo_' prefix to the original table name in SQL server. :rolleyes:
How to get rid off?
A setting in the DSN file? Some VBA to loop through each table and rename? Linked table manager which I haven't got round to installing yet?
I m using MS-access as backend and I am using the following query where I use FIRST() as aggregrate function.
SELECT FIRST(COUNTRY) AS FIRSTOFCOUNTRY, ZONECODE FROM LOCATIONS GROUP BY COUNTRY,ZONECODE HAVING ZONECODE = "ZONE01"
Now I have to shift my access database to SQL server 2000 where First() function does not work. I had searched for that but still cant find the alternative.
