I have a form that has a field called Project Name where a user types the project name. We have certain abbreviations we use for a building making it hard to search in the future.
I know we can set the autocorrect option on Access Program but that will effect all MS applications.
Is there a way to have a certain field or for have these autocorrect options?
In a table called Appointments and the field called Plastics we enter the initials of surgeons.
However in a report i want the initials converted to full text - in the example below the initials are HJC
The expression below doesn't work - it just returns everything in the Plastics column.
Any ideas?
Expr1: IIf(HJC([tblAppointment]![Plastics]),"Heather Cleland")
Hello friends,
I am having trouble displaying or updating data through all my subforms.
So im just trying to isolate the issue,
I went into my table definition and changed fields named with seemingly reserved keywords as follows:
name = personName
userId = personId
Now, i have hundreds of report and queries based on these tables (3+) with these fields. What do i need to do to automatically update my reports and queries without going into each one to manually update :eek:
Is that what the autocorrect option does? I have been advised to always have it turned off as it causes database corruption.
So how do i update my all things with these field name change.
Any suggestions, comments would be greatly appreciated :)
hi,
i am currently dealing with a form which does not show data after it has been opened.
it shows the data after removing the filters from the form when it is opened.
in fact the filters are set to false
Me.FilterOn = False.
so kindly help me out from this problem
thanking you
I am trying to build a database for the handling of events for our clients. I therefore do have four tables named "Client", "Invitation", "Invitation status" and "Events". The table invitation includes an own primary key and the primary keys from the tables "Invitation", "Invitations status" and "Events" as so called secondary keys. I have now built an ongoing form, based on the "Client" table.
This form has a list field which includes the upcoming events. All our clients are listed below this form (as it is an ongoing form). After the name of the client I do have a drop down field calles "status" (source is the table "Invitation status" where we can remark if the client is invited, has confirmed his attend and so on.
The problem is now as follows: I am able to put in the status of a specific client for an event. The result is saved in the table as wanted. I am also able to change the status and this will be saved in the table as well. What doesn't work is that if I want to change the event, the status doesn't change. This means that if a client hast the status invited for event X he has the status for all events, which shouldn't be. The aim would be that if I am changing the event, the status also has to change.
My DVD library database I have a memo field which has the description of the movies.
In some cases, like my tv show records, I have a lot of data because of the episodes and episode descriptions.
I'm currently displaying this data using a split form with the datasheet on the left
I must use a small font in the memo field in order to display all data.
I could use a larger font and simply scroll but I'm looking for an alternative.
I've even thought of creating a hyperlink filed and point to the movie on IMDB's web site. But when I click the link nothing happens even though I copied and pasted the link into the field.
Hi all,
I need help on creating a form for users to enter data for their projects' progress about 10 projects totals.
Among other data, I have difficulty to have data enter on these 2:
**On budget: have 2 check boxes: either 1/Yes and 2/ No
**On Schedule: have 3 check boxes: either 1/Yes and 2/No and 3/N/A
If I use GROUP OPTION frame for each On budget and On Schedule, whatever value Yes or No (or N/A) they will be the same for all 10 projects!! :-(
Also, I would like to FORCE the users to enter the value for those On Budget and On Schedule for each project before they move on to the next project and so on...
Please kindly advise how to do this.
Thanks so much for all your help.
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I have a ComboBox which looks up the records in a query. The query contains the names of current employees. The table upon which the query is based lists Employees and their start date and finish date. The Query is based on finish date being Null (ie they're still working here).
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I'm stuck on how to proceed from here. Sample database attached.
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Thanks
Kabir
Hi
Have the following code that works on Access 2000
Dim myForenameBefore As String
Dim myForenameAfter As String
With CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("Names", dbOpenDynaset)
Do Until .EOF
myForenameBefore = .Fields("Forename")
myForenameAfter = Replace(.Fields("Forename"), "Elizh", "Elizabeth")
MsgBox myForenameBefore & " " & myForenameAfter
.MoveNext
Loop
.Close
End With
So that I can replace any abbreviated names in a table, however I cannot figure out how to put the value of myForenameAfter back into the table replacing the existing data.
Must be particularly thick today
I have a form with a number of check boxes. Clicking on the checkboxes carries out a count function which is then displayed. If the count goes above 20 then a message box is displayed telling the user of it. My problem is that once the number is above 20, the message box diplays everytime. I want it to display just once, regardless of how high the number goes. The checkboxes can be ticked in any order.
At present i'm using
On click
If Me.Text1 > 20 Then
Msgbox "The number is graeter than 20"
End If
Hi all
The following code only half works. I want to stop an ugly error occuring when primary keys are duplicated. In the following code the error handler picks up and displays a simple message when a user attempts to add duplicate values. BUT if the users adds a record, the record is successfully added followed with the same error message. I think I've put the error handler in the wrong place, but I can't figure out where it should go. Any ideas are much appreciated.
Damon
Private Sub cmdUpdateGoMaths_Click()
'update Go Maths
On Error GoTo error
Dim adors As ADODB.Recordset
Dim sSQL As String
' sSQL = "Select * from datGoMaths;"
' Set rsADO = New ADODB.Recordset
' rsADO.Open sSQL, CurrentProject.Connection, adOpenKeyset, adLockBatchOptimistic
sSQL = "dataGoMaths"
Set adors = New ADODB.Recordset
adors.Open sSQL, CurrentProject.Connection, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic
With adors
.AddNew
.Fields("EQID") = Me.lstGoMathsStudentName
.Fields("IDGoMaths") = Me.lstUnitNo.Column(0)
.Fields("Score") = Me.txtScore
.Update
End With
Set adors = Nothing
MsgBox Me.txtStudentName & " Added"
Me.lstGoMathsStudentName = ""
Me.txtScore = ""
error:
MsgBox "test"
DoCmd.CancelEvent
End Sub
I currently have a macro that sets the value of several fields on a "lost focus " event; however there is an error that I would like access to ignore, is there any way to have this macro process this function "On Error Resume Next" ?
Carbo
When I export my access database to XML I noticed that the XML elements for the table keys contain the key numbers themselves, not the table name (or a chosen field in the table). For an application I am working on, this presents a problem. What I have is:
One table called 'Process' that looks like:
Process instance_idSystem instance IdProcess name
26 24 Two_thread_process
I have another table called "Thread":
Thread _instance_id Process instance_Id Thread instance name
30 26 T1_instance
XML export looks like:
- <process_INSTANCE>
<process_instance_id>26</process_instance_id>
<system_instance_name_id>24</system_instance_name_id>
<process_instance_name>two_thread_process</process_instance_name>
- <thread_INSTANCE>
<Thread_instance_id>30</Thread_instance_id>
<process_instance_id>26</process_instance_id>
<thread_instance_name>T1_instance</thread_instance_name>
</thread_INSTANCE>
</process_INSTANCE>
What I would *like * the XML to look like is:
- <process_INSTANCE>
<process_instance_id>26</process_instance_id>
<system_instance_name_id>24</system_instance_name_id>
<process_instance_name>two_thread_process</process_instance_name>
- <thread_INSTANCE>
<Thread_instance_id>30</Thread_instance_id>
<process_instance_id>two_thread_process</process_instance_id> (**name instead of key here**)
<thread_instance_name>T1_instance</thread_instance_name>
<thread_instance_type>periodic</thread_instance_type>
</thread_INSTANCE>
The access XML export writes out the key values as they appear in the tables. What I would like is for it to put in the ‘process instance name’ instead of the key that points back to the base (process) field.
Any pointers on how I could do this?
Thanks
John