Is there possibility to do unambiguous identification of file in vba ? I mean this :
- at the beginning you have file on hard drive, ex. : aaaa.doc
- some time later you will do some change, for ex: change of its name to bbbb.doc or you add some text in word document ...
I need to do some code for finding files although their names or content was changed.
Hello Everyone
I am looking to build and Overtime tracking form and have been pondering on the design of it. Here is my idea and not sure how I should go about doing it (straight forms and tables or queries). I would like to select my employees in a combobox and have their information autofill the remaining fields and/or add new ones. Additionally have fields that I can input any overtime occurred which would be stored in a seperate table but displayed in a sub-form in datasheet view. These fields that were just filled out with the overtime information would clear everytime the add record button is hit.
I know that sounds like alot and sure I can muddle my way through that part of it, the big question I have is do I need a seperate table for every employees overtime? Or is there code/query that can select the records of the selected employee and display the information that pertains just to them?
Has anyone come across or posess a sample database similar to this? If not can someone point me in the right direction for example code and tutorials?
I look forward to hearing from everyone on this.
Thank You
Jaz
In my Frontend, i use parameters like:
1) computer name
2) a certain file's existance
So i'm sure that the front end is being run on an autherized computer.
i have hardcoded these values in the vb code and password protected the project so that no one knows about it.
what other parameters can i use to stop the front end being run from any other computer else than thoses allowed.
I am trying to create a report that filters out certain records in a look-up field.
The field is called "program status", and the options are:
Housed
Evicted/Un-housed
Grad
GRAI
Closed
I want the report to display only records that are classified as "Housed" or "Evicted/Un-housed". Additionally, I'd like to be able to create a second report with only the Grad, GRAI, and Closed records.
I am attempting to right program for work and here is my problem. Every Unit in the Army has a Unit Identification Code and my boss wants two records of each UIC stored. But when you add a new record for that UIC he wants the oldest one purged, so he only wants 2 records on file in order to maintain some sort of volume problems. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated
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Is there any systematic way of naming Tables, Queries, Forms, and Reports in order to identify easily which of them are connected to each other?
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I'm using Office 2010.
I recently upgraded a DB from 2003 to 2013 and ran into the following problem.
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Here's my code and a screenshot is attached.
Private Sub Command35_Click()
Dim dd As Integer
Dim fileDump As FileDialog
Set fileDump = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
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[Code] ....
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Dim fdFileSelection As Office.FileDialog, lstrFileName As String
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[Code] .....
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This code works fine for return the filename only:
Code:
Private Sub TEST()
Dim f As Object
Set f = Application.FileDialog(3)
f.AllowMultiSelect = True
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Next
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Code:
Private Sub LoadRef2Cal_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_LoadRef2Cal_Click
Dim s As String
Dim i As Long
Dim ExcelWorkbook As Excel.Workbook
[code]....
Im developing a database for work, I would like to provide a link on a form to run an external program. The form is call frmProfile. The table is called tblProfile and the hyperlink field is called link.
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The main complications are that the output file requires fields from several tables, and there are some rather long and complicated calculated fields to be included as well. My choices seem to be :
1) Create a complex query, including the calculated fields, and use DoCmd.TransferText
2) Create a report and then use TransferText
3) Use DoCmd.OutputTo (I haven't looked into this to see if it has any benefit)
4) Create an intermediate, temporary, Table and then run a simple query to output it using TransferText.
In access i want to create a button that can export a form to a .pdf file i know this is possible true VBA, and i tried to google but all those vba codes do not work.
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Code so far:-
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Dim stSubject As String
[Code]....
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I have been checking codes in the web and I found this:
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
ShellExecute Me.hwnd, "open", "D:SebDesktopGA-BDpdf est.pdf, "", "", 4"
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Below is code to adjust file attributes.
Code:
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim path As String = "c: empMyTest.txt"
' Create the file if it exists.
If File.Exists(path) = False Then
File.Create(path)
[Code] .....
I need to create a function that I can launch using a macro that will copy an excel file from one folder to another in the file system.
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~Legend~
hrst = header record set
drst = distribution record set
tblHeaderExp = header table exporting from
tblDistExp = distribution table exporting from
~End of Legend~
[Code].....
I've got a table with field define as hyperlink which stores link to a external pdf.
Then i create a form including this field and add a unbound field which has got intermet browser format (as a type).
What code I have to put in onclick event in a hyperlink property sheet to open PDF inside the form?
I'm importing a txt file using the following code.
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Code:
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I am trying to code a button to select a file path.I get a compile error: User-defined type not defined on the following line;
Code:
Dim fldg As FileDialog
I am trying to import a csv file into a table... it works fine however it put all of the row in just one column ...
DoCmd.TransferText TransferType:=acImportDelim, TableName:="tblTempImport", _
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I have text files placed into a folder like AIN28_01012014_1355.txt
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how to write VBA to extract data from .msg files and import that data into a table in my database.I have over 5000 .msg files of which I need to extract the following information:
First name: Tim
Surname: O'Rourke
Street & Nr: 399 Upper Eastern Green Lane
City: Coventry
[code]...
The field headings are all in black bold and the required data come after the colon, I have name the fields in my database exactly the same but using the normal naming conventions:
strFirstName
strSurname
strStreetNr
strCity
[code]...
Im trying to programmatically (without any user intervention) retrieve the long path name for a given file. It seems to me this should be a rather easy thing to achieve using Access VBA. Ive tried using various FileSystemObject methods with no luck. Ive Googled many variants of VBA get full path without any meaningful hits. provide the first string as a parameter to some object and have it magically return the second string.
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