Forms :: Unbound Object Frame Takes Forever To Load
May 6, 2015
I'm experimenting with unbound object frames to embed an excel sheet in Access.If I have an excel application already open and busy, and then open my form, access freeze completely and won't do anything. My users will probably be running excel vba programs when they attempt to view this form, if there is no work around I'll have to drop the idea of embedding excel in access.
whenever an "external" thing wants to use excel (opening a file in explorer, etc), it uses the very 1st excel application open on the computer at this moment, instead of creating its own instance, or at least scanning for how busy the open application is. Because of that, I think that even loading the preview in the access form will try to use the current excel process even though it's completely busy.
On a Tab Control inside a from, I've created an Unbound Object Frame, referring to an MS Excel Work Sheet. The goal here is to link that Unbound Object Frame residing on the Tab Control and save the form/link.
Now, when I execute the code, the Object Frame is linked and updated, but when I close the form, the link inside the Object Frame is not saved! However, when I do the exact same thing without placing the Object Frame on one of the pages of the tab, so as regular control inside the form, all works fine.
The code is as follows (performed when I click the button);"OLETest" refers to the UnBound Object Frame placed inside the first page of a Tab Control inside the form.
I am using an unbound object frame to display an .png image file which is set in vba.
The image is an excel chart saved as a .png
The problem I have however is that the image I save from Excel is great quality, and is pretty tack sharp, but when I display the same file in the unbound object frame in access, it is not nearly as sharp.
I am setting the picture property of the control as:
ubImageUserChart = "c: empmyChart.png"
It displays alright, but is just a bit fuzzy - still quite legible, but it is a complex graph with a lot going on - has regressions and formulas etc on the graph, and they need to be very clear.
BTW - the unbound frame is the same size as the Excel chart which gets saved as a .png file. If I tile the images (Access unbound frame and original file in picassa preview) side by side - they are identical - size, orientation etc.
It is not practical for me to try and do the chart natively in access as it is way to complex. I am using access vba to drive an excel session to do all the statistical yack work and chart rendering, then displaying a png image of the resulting chart in an unbound object frame in access.
I have 3 PC's on my Network accessing a back end which is sitting on the main PC.
i.e. Main PC has Front End and Back End PC 2 has Front End and is linked to Main PC's Back End PC 3 has Front End and is linked to Main PC's Back End
PC 2 and PC 3 take about 5 minutes to load the intial main form. Once it is loaded the performance is ok. I have a Gigabyte network so know it's not just a slow network.
I have had a look at many other threads and also read http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/performancefaq.htm but nothing has helped.
Any ideas about settings in say the options page that I may have set wrong.
FYI I have Default Open mode set to shared, Default record locking set to No Locks, and Open databases using record-level locking ticked. Not sure if these are correct or if there are other settings to consider here.
I have also found that once you open the initial form once, it then loads quickly if you close it and then open it again, but if you close the database front end and re-open it it then takes 5 minutes again.
The only answer I have at the moment is to never shut the darn thing...!
I have a listbox "lbxMP" that holds names of forms and a subform "ctrlMP" that opens selected form (ctrlMP.sourceobject = lbxMP). I also have some various master cbx that control criteria in each form. I am trying to create a button that will not only clear/null all the cbx values (which works fine), but I am having a hard time telling me.ctrlMP to go back to null or unbound (i want it to blank out the subform to make it look fresh). I have tried requry and also me.ctrlMP = null and ctrlMP=unbound with no luck.
First, just want to say I wish I had found this site a long time ago. Lots of good stuff here :) I don't know a lot about Access, but know it can be a great tool for what I need. So I hope I can find the help I am looking for...
Ok, on my form I have three unbound combobox's that I use to filter the information I want. The first two do not need to be used, meaning that the third combobox will show all the records if the first two are left blank. With that being said... I would like the form to show no data until the selection is made in this third combobox. SO, my first question is how do I make the form show no records till this combobox has a selection. And second (at the same time), make that third unbound combobox with the selection load that record to the form fields so they can be viewed or edited??
I'm sure it can be done, but I am lost... Hope I explained it ok :) Thanks in advance!!!!!!
I have a following problem: I have a form in continuous mode. Users are supposed to filter data in it to their liking using inbuild filters in Access. After that there is a button that should calculate total weights in filtered records (at this point, I add more calculations once I have solved this issue). Code of button is as follows:
Code: Private Sub btnCalculateWeight_Click()
Dim rst As Recordset Dim weight As Long Dim material As Long Dim subtype As Long Dim locus As Long
[Code] ....
Loop goes through recordset correct amount of times but for unknown reason takes value only from the first record and sums it N times where N is number of records in recordset. Recordset seems to be correctly assigned according to messageboxes I added to pinpoint problem. PotteryWeights is a custom function I made and it works properly.
I have a form that I created that has a tab control. When the form loads, it automatically sets the focus to a field in the subform. This wouldn't be a problem, except when it does it hides the tabs at the top of the form so I have to go and scroll back up every time I click a tab so that I can see the tabs. Is there a way to adjust this? I have tried hiding a field and setting the focus to it and that didn't work. I also tried setting the focus to the actual tab, but that also did not work.
I am currently building a database for the company I work for that is fairly similar to the Northwind Database; however it is made from scratch so hopefully some of the common problems with that database won't find their way into mine.My problem is that when I go to my Orders form, I pick a customer from the main form, which creates a record on the Orders table. When I then go to the subform to choose a product/line item, I get the error in my title ("The LinkMasterFields property setting has produced this error: 'The object doesn't contain the Automation object 'OrdersT.") as soon as a product is chosen from the drop down list.
Is it possible to make it so that whatever the dimensions of the image i paste the OLE object's frame will also be the same? I'm having a problem, not necessarily a problem more like a preference, I'm inserting pictures of each individual inside a database and whomever last took these pictures didn't make sure there was a standard size So all the images are different sizes and when they're put inside the OLE frame you can see the image inside it but the frame itself also shows its white background because the image isn't the full dimensions of the frame. I was thinking if it's possible to make the frame automatically adjust to the image's width & height.
I'm trying to run some VB code (in an Access module). The code executes for 10 seconds or so, and then Windows XP robs it of any CPU. I've tried (many times) using task manager to set the priority to high or real time, but still MSAccess shows as using only 2 or 3% of cpu.
I've got in intel core 2 due, running Windows XP SP2.
I've got a table with about 2 million rows. When I try to append the 2m into another table with an append query, or if I burn through the table with a do loop in VB using recordset.append and then recordset.update it takes forever (hours). What burns me up is that the CUP sits there near idle, varying from 2 to 4 pct usage.
SELECT FCST.REF_DT AS [Date Forecasted], ACTUAL.REF_DT AS [Date Shipped], FCST.QT AS [Qt Forecasted], ACTUAL.QT AS [Qt Shipped], FCST.PART_NR, FCST.REGION, FCST.TYPE, IIf(FCST.QT=0,'',formatpercent((ACTUAL.QT-FCST.QT)/FCST.QT,2)) AS MPE
FROM TBL_FCST_WKLY AS FCST, TBL_ACTUAL_WKLY AS ACTUAL
WHERE (FCST.TYPE=ACTUAL.TYPE) AND (FCST.REGION=ACTUAL.REGION) AND (FCST.PART_NR=ACTUAL.PART_NR) AND
FCST.REF_DT = (SELECT DISTINCT DATEADD("ww",-LT.LEADTIME,ACTUAL.REF_DT) AS FORECASTED FROM TBL_FCST_WKLY FCST2 INNER JOIN LEADTIME LT ON LT.COMPONENT=FCST2.PART_NR AND LT.REGION=FCST2.REGION WHERE FCST2.PART_NR=FCST.PART_NR AND FCST2.REGION=FCST.REGION) AND
FCST.MONTH_DT = (SELECT DISTINCT DATEADD("ww",LT.LEADTIME,FCST.REF_DT) AS FORECASTED FROM TBL_FCST_WKLY FCST2 INNER JOIN LEADTIME LT ON LT.COMPONENT=FCST2.PART_NR AND LT.REGION=FCST2.REGION WHERE FCST2.PART_NR=FCST.PART_NR AND FCST2.REGION=FCST.REGION);
i am querying two tables TBL_FCST_WKLY which has 29500 records and TBL_ACTUAL_WKLY which has 798222 records. When i run this query it sites there forever. Is it because i dint optimize my query or is it because the number of records is too much for access? can someone help plz.
I am running in to a brick wall with this. I have an unbound text box with the control source set to =IIF([text42]=0,0,[text42]/[text44])*100 and in continues to return a #name? error.
I am not sure how to get this expression to work. I have even tried to put =[text42]/[text44] and I still get the #name? error.
I was wondering if it is possible to load multiple forms into one subform? For example: I have form [SO2Menu] and form [Critical]. Can I have one subform in a main form that by the click of a button ill load either menu depending on the users selection?
Hi!, I am trying to make something to make my job easier. To be honest I am a beginer in this field. I am having a field, when I enter one value ( let that be 10) it should pop up one form and if another value ( let that value be 20) it should pop up another form. or else I can explain in this way If data field value = 10 then it should run macro 1 & if data field value = 20 then it should run macro 2
I have built a database which has a number of forms with a frm_PartNo subform in.When ever I click a button to load one of these forms I get the following error message: ECN Database v1.31 cannot find the referenced form 'frm_PartNo'. But when the form loads the sub form is there with all the related data !
I'm using a barcode scanner to enter ID numbers into a combo box on a form.. I've got it to do this much - scan the barcode, and then the form loads the relevant record. Great - now I want, that when a barcode is scanned, it makes the next field the 'live' field (the one with the cursor in it).
I'm a newbie using Access 2007.I am trying to make things as easy as possible for the user of a database that I have been working on. The users maximum screen resolution is 1600 x 900 and I want to have specific forms automatically "maximise" to fit the screen.I have set the Form property "Fit to Screen=Yes" but it does not do what I am expecting and want.I also have "Auto Resize=Yes"
I am having a problem filtering a form on load.What I am trying to say is if the role = Agent then filter on todays completed records and records that have a completed date of Null for the particular agent.
Here is the code:
If Me.txtRole = "Agent" Then AgentFilter = "(CASEOWNER ='" & Me.txtName & "')" DateCompletedFilter = "((DATECOMPLETED = #" & Date & "#)OR (DATECOMPLETED Is Null))" DoCmd.ApplyFilter , AgentFilter & " And " & DateCompletedFilter Exit Sub End If
The filter on the agents works and the filter on the completed date of null apeears to work however when a record is completed it diappears on refreshing of the form even though the record has been completed on todays date.I have investigated the code an the issue appears to be with the DATECOMPLETED = #" & Date & "# part of the code.
I'm trying to open a specific set of records when the form is first opened (namely the most recent date that was added). I'm trying something along these lines and am simply unable to get it to work:
Private Sub Form_Load() Dim strQry As String strQry = DMax("TranDte", "Transaction") DoCmd.OpenForm "FrmSalesInp", acNormal, "", "[Transaction]![TranDte]=" & strQry, , acNormal End Sub
Amongst many other things i would like to be able to see which teams in our company have access to which database. We currently use up to seven!!! different Databases which makes for tremendous fun...just kidding.
Since every Team has access to more than one Database andevery Database obviously gets used by a multitude of Teams, i thought the best way to go would be a Junction Table. Whilst building this, however, it occured to me that i could have just created fields for each Database in the Team Table which then can be ticked.
So here's my question, is it more space consuming to create a junction table, it certainly appears to be more work right now...
