Here is a question I have been hammering away at for a while but have not come up with an answer yet.
I am trying to come up with a way to make a digital archive in addition to the access database that i have been working on. Right now I have records for customers and all of their reservations, as this is a travel agency. I would like to be able to save all emails, pdf receipts, and any other applicable files that may pertain to that customer and/or on one level lower, their reservation.
Yes, I have heard of the attachment option in Access 2007, but I am getting mixed feelings about using that to solve this problem. One reason is because I have heard that this can make a database absolutely huge very quickly. (One question I have about that is whether or not that large size ends up slowing down the database or not?) My other concern is that after creating everything I would really like to integrate the database into SQL Server and only use access as the front end for forms and reports. And SQL Server 2005 does not work with access's new handy attachment feature in 2007.
This must be a common need with various businesses, so maybe you all have a few ideas out there. I would love to hear them!!! I am open to anything that solves this problem. Thanks for taking the time to read this and help me out.
i'm in the process of creating an Access database to import data in text files and then export the data as fixed width text files, this is now working fine
My next step is to be able to setup an "Archive" Table which will hold all the data i have imported across multiple import proceudres for the last 30 days, i then want to be able to "De-Dupe" any files i import against this to ensure i never load duplicate data.
Has anyone had the experience using a digital notepad, such as this one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16883101001, can this device allow an user to enter free text from handwriting to a field on a form in real time?
Hi All, I have just recently purchases a signature pad, I have added it to my working program, via using the demo applicaiton which comes with it. However I am getting a mismatch type. On the form load this code is highlighted in debug mode: SigPlus1.SigString = Signature.Value. I think that the problem is that there is no value in the Signature it is Null. So I was wondering if there was anyone with any ideas that might help me. Thanks
I am trying to figure out how the digital signature cert works for an access application. I have completed my program, access db and access front end. This is going to be used on a network drive and multiple people will be using it. Right now I get that "This file may not be safe if it contains code that was intended to harm your computer" on all the computer that open the mde file. From what I am reading I need to get a digital signature for the file. Is this something I purchase and code into the file? Or do I have to get the cert and have the IT department install it on a server? Any explaination of the process would be great. Thanks.
Hi all, I have heard alot about digital signature, however it is not quite what I am looking for in reguards to them, I would like to add a digital signature to my form, from a writing tablet. So I can write my signature and have it appear on the form when I would like and save it to the file and clear it out for the next person to write in the same spot on the form. If anyone could help that would be great. Thanks in advance
Is there anyway to have a digital signature in Access? Like there is when signing PDF Files. I had perfected a way to use password an signing but that wasnt good enough for the higher ups. Before they will even consider my idea they want to have digital signatures?
adding digital signatures to a form or table? my dilemma is this:
we issue out badges to people based on their clearance. if someone has a Top Secret Clearance, they get a green badge. If they don't have a TS Clearance, then they get a Red Badge. When we issue out badges, we take their CAC from them to hold in place of the badge in case they never return the badge, and we have them sign out the badge # in a paper log. I wanna get rid of the paper log and replace it with something digital if possible.
What I'm wanting is an Access table that can hold their digital signature from their CAC. They insert their card into the CAC Reader, type in their pin and press enter, done. Access inserts their digital signature into to the table and locks the record so that editing of that particular record cannot be possible.
I have an accdb built using Access 2013 that will run with in 2010 Runtime. I am about ready to distribute the application, and am starting to do some research.
When I attempt to package and sign the db using the feature in Access 2013 it asks for me to "Confirm Certificate".
Before I go buy one I want to 1) try to create on myself and 2) learn about some good places to buy them.
1) I created a "Self-Signed" certificate using IIS, but the certificate doesn't show up on the list of certs when I attempt to package and sign the accdb. Is there a way to use a "Self-Signed" certificate to package my accdb?
2) If purchasing a SSL is the only option. Where is the best place to buy a SSL that I can use to package and sign accdbs from Access 2013?
I have a question about sending secure emails by VBA code in MS-Access. I have a Access application within you also can also send emails by VBA code using outlook. Everything works fine, but now the recipient wants to receive the mails with a digital signature by S/MIME.
I got a digital certificate from the recipient as a pfx-file.
I work for an airline, and we use an Access Database to track all baggage claims. The file is getting pretty large, so we want to remove the closed claims from the main table. Is it better to append the closed claims to a new table, or would it be better to export the closed files to an Excel document?
If I choose the option to Append to a new table, can this be done to a second database or just create an additional table in the existing file?
Any help that you can give, I'd greatly appreciate.
I have a form with names and addresses on it that gets its information from a querry. On the form tis a button that operates a tick box to Arcive a record. I also have a list box that finds a record on my database when I click on the name.
My problem is that even though I archive the record and the persons details dont appear, the name still appears in the list box. How can I remove/hide the name from the list box as well. I tried a requery but it didnt work?
i have a form with various fields, on this form i have an archive button that places certain fields in an archive form. however this does not remove the information from the main form. pls see attached
Hi, we have a database for keeping record of our games (unreal tournament games).... Its just a simple database and we enter our results based on the following fields: -
Opponent: Game Type: Players: Maps: Date: Result:
the file has started to get quite big and wondered if it would be possible to automatically move entries say that were older than a month old to a new table, or archive table. Im not a big access genious so i hope i have explained enough for you to understand what im trying to do here.
How can I remove (delete) a page from a table (the entire row that has that specific data) and have it go into an archive? I don't want to completely delete the information, but I don't want to have it in my current table and have to have all kinds of filters and other criteria to view in my queries and reports.
Hi My database is to have a Personnel data area whereby I can store all relevant details for employees within the company. I plan to incorporate a feature whereby I can alos maintain a history of documentation written and issued including links to the actual documents for that employee during their time with the company.
Has anyone done a similar thing they would be willing to allow me to use? I figure this would contain links to work documents stored on the hard drive in a specific folder. Selection of a specific item from a historical list - would invoike Word /similar and display the appropriate file...
Any ideas would be gratefully received. Thank you.
I have been trying to figure out how to do this and the transferdatabase function wouldn't do what I needed. I have a table that has a bunch of records, each being a request for cad work somebody wants me to do. I change the status of each one to pending, working, or complete. Anyway I want to only keep the completed task records in the database for 90 days. After that the records will be exported to an archive database and purged from the working database. The problem I face is not getting the records I need “I used date stamps ;)” but getting the records I filtered to append the archive database table and not overwrite it. I made backups ;) of my db and am testing on those and cant figure this out. Below is the code I used to export. Like I said it overides the table rather than append...
DoCmd.TransferDatabase acExport, "Microsoft Access", _ "X:Archive.mdb", acTable, "tRequest", _ "tRequest" MsgBox "its done" Any ideas, pointers, stern words and a link to a post I missed, anything to help is appreciated. :o Thanks, Eric
I have a Database in which I would like to archive data once it is now longer actively being used. I have VBA code that does everything i need it to, however I would like to name the new archive table related to the dates in the data being archived. Below is the code I am using to archive and delete the information from the main table.
Code: Dim strSQLCreate As String Dim strSQLDelete As String Dim strArchiveTableName As String
[Code].....
I know it will be in the "strArchiveTableName" variable, I am just not sure how to pull the dates out of the data being moved. The TestData table holds a date and time for each test, and the earliest and latest dates is what i want to append to the table name.
For example: Currently "tblTestData_A102Archive"What I want "tblTestData_A102_1/1/2012-1/1/2013"
I need to produce a query that will show only one File and location even though there are multiple records contained within that File. To clarify,
In each individual record I have Id_No, Surname, File_Name, DOB, Location.
I need to shred the file once the person is over 25 years old, but some File_Name have different people with different dates of birth. I would like to display the File_Name only if all of other records in that File_Name are over 25 years. I have attached a picture of the query which I use to find the over 25's
I would appreciate any tips as to how I can archive records where the yes no field named "Resolved" is ticked. These records may need to be retrieved (as opposed to deleted). Any deletion would be made at some time later as part of a manual database maintenance process. Unfortuantely the database is 200 Kb larger than permitted to upload however, I can forward a zipped copy if required. Kind regards. Bernard
I have created a form in Access updating the files each month but I need to keep the previous month data as historical record . how can I creat and archiving function / command so that the files that have been updated are not lost and will be kept for future use? thank you for your help
I would like to develop a command button that archives the current record displayed in the form - my intent is to move that record from one table to another - a sort of automatic cut and paste from one table to another...can anyone help???
I need to archive some data in a table with a checkbox on a form. I have tenants table & property tables. Sometimes tenants move out & new move in but i don't want to delete information from old tenant. But i can't have duplicate property id's assigned to different tenants.
So I made a checkbox on the tenants form that sets the tenant to active or inactive with a status column in the tenant table. how do i delete only the property ID so i don't have duplicates when the new tenant moves in?
I have a single table database for inventory. Every 3 months or so, some records get changed or updated. My manager wants to keep an archive of all of the records that have been changed so we can go back and look at an history of all of the records. So, My thought is to create an "Archive" table, appended all of the current records to it. Then, when changes are made, create an Append Query, or what ever works, to copy just the changed records from the Main to the Archive table. There are only 200 items in the inventory so it is not a large database.
In the case of a system that keeps track of checking in and out (e.g. library books), where is the archive data stored? If a person makes 30 trips to the library, obviously one record will be the current visit - but where do you keep the 29 other visits?
Do you create a separate table for old check-outs: Current_Check_Out and Archive_Check_Out?
Or do you just leave the data in place and as-is: All_Check_Outs?
