I have been told to make my database look 'sexier' but I am a bit worried that the pictures may slow it down or increase it's size unneccesarily.
Speed is an issue because we have some offices that dial in and access it that way and as such are limited to their connection speed.
So what I want to do is created a few images, link to them, and put in code that can 'turn them on'.
The question is how?
I have created a new image object. Changed it's properties to linked.
Now I need some code that reads:
If myvalue = "Yes" then
myImage.visible = true
Else
'code to delete image
End If
I am a bit worried because that means that the images will always be there on load up, so loading the form will be just as slow because the images are there.
Or maybe I can do
If myvalue = "Yes" then
'code to create image
End If
Please help.
Edit - Part two to this question is: How do I use relative links for images? I have a folder of images and I want them to work no matter where the database sits.
Edit again - Just another question: Is it possible to have Images appear and disappear depending where the mouse is?
I'm just wondering, is it possible to put a graphics in the code? the reason I want to know is that I will put a sad face on each customer every time they call. so if they will call me 5 times i will see a 5 sad smiley face on the customer information. Can you please help me with this one. or if you know any way to do just let me know. thank you so much.
Here is my situation. I have a database with a table in which contains all of the names and members of our club. Every member in our club has a rank, the rank is held in a field called "rank". I also have a form which is used to add and edit the information into this table. The form that i have create is a bog standard form with nothing special on it. What i would like to be able to do is when the form loads and the information from the table populates it, i would like a picture box to hold a picture that represents there position like an avatar. I have tried doing this myself however my attempts just resulted in errors about not have the form focus. I use the code editor to do this. I know this is possible to do as i have seen it on some other projects.
If any one has any idea or hints about how i can do this please reply. As an added thing i would prefer if it was done in the code editor as the machine it has to run on has macros disabled.
Have a database that stores information about jewelry. The user wants each record to have a picture of the item. No matter what I try I can’t put a picture field in my table. All help is appreciated. tillessal@yahoo.com :confused:
However, on the frmImage there is also an ImageControl that may or may not have a picture. The name of the path and filename is stored in a field in a table (not OLE).
I do not want the frmImage to open at all if no image can be found under the path and name specified. The file/picture name is exactly the same as the ProductID in the link criteria above. Perhaps a message to say that no image was found. At the moment the form opens up regardless.
By the way, the Me.Visible = False refers to the form that opens the frmImage form, so will have to become True if no image found.
I have set up a bound object frame on a form, everything works good, only problem i have is the picture doesn't display but the name of the picture does, ie...picture.jpg. if i click on this the picture is displayed in microsoft office picture manager, I think I'm close..maybe just a shove away..
I need very very urgent help in database forms. I have 2 pictures. Active and Inactive. How do I go about where when there is no record, the inactive pictures shows, but when there data is entered into the db, the active pictures appear. Can someone please help me??
In everyones opinion what is the best way to handle picture uploads in an Access database?
One picture for one employee, where should I store the pictures. I know that keeping pictures in the database eats up space and really can slow ya down. Make a new folder just for pictures??
i have a folder called photos and i have all the pictures named properly, and i would like to be able to creat a table with each picture in this folder and have there picture name be the fields unique Id. im not sure how to import so many pictures and how to give there name.
Im in the process of building a database for a friends business, and im a bit of a newbie with access. Id like to get some opinions on structure and overall how i should build the Database. My goal is to have two types of clients ... donors and buyers. A client can be both a donor, a buyer or both. When a client is a donor, they get a certain amount of credits added to their account. When a client is a buyer, they will be purchasing those credits from a donor. heres an example of what i want to accomplish; John smith donates 500 credits; I enter John Smiths info and credits into his profile; Jim Doe buys 100 of John Smiths credits; I want the DB to automatically update Mr. Smiths Credits, and then add 100 credits to Jim Does profile. Also, I want John Smith to be able to purchase credits from Jane Johnson, and again, have the credits added to John Smith and deducted from Jane Johnson automatically. Get my meaning here? The tables will also contain the typical client info ...ie; Name, Address, Phone, SSN etc... Can i/Should i do a seperate table just for credits and link it to the client tables? Should i create seperate tables for Buyers and Donors?
Also, I have an excel spreadsheet with formulas to do credits already, but when i tried to import it into a table in access, it didnt work so well. Any opinions on table structure, design etc would be greatly appreciated Thanks all for lookin in
Hello to all, i have a non-windows application and i would like to create a vb program to print invoices. I would like to send to this program a txt file with all the values (qty, vat, customer name etc with vertical & horizontal positions in the form etc..) and then superpose all i need to print with an image (gif or jpg wich is the my customer invoice presentation. In fact i have 2 layers , one with all the value i print and another with the invoice image background. I'm a beginer with VB, so i need advices to create this program, maybe someone did this already. Thx in advance VINCENT
Im fairly new to access and im having trouble constructing a stock control system that can create sales orders and adjust stock levels accordingly, hold customer details linked to sales orders. Ive spent about 20 hours trying to do this and its just pickled my brain, ive searched everywhere but sometimes im uncertain what exactly it is im looking for. Can anyone give me some pointers?
I have 7 tables at the mo but its 4 of the tables i need for the sales order:
tblcustomerdetails customerID,first name, last name (general customer details)
what im trying to do at the minute is contruct a subform for a form that would require entering the products into through a combo box selected by productname and then autofill the product description and listprice. Ive ended up deleting all my forms and queries because nothing seemed to work right. I will then add this sub form to a form containing all the customer information and the total price for the subform this then needs to be output to a report for printing, but i can figure that out later. Ive attached my database if anyone wants a look if you dont understand my jibberish.
I was wondering if this could be done in Access. Let me explain
I work at a candies manufacturer in Puerto Rico. Right now we are not tracking any kind of inventory. Is it possible to efficiently track our kind of inventory ( raw materials, work in process and Finished Goods) in Access?? Maybe using a bar code system??
I would like some advice or opinions from people who have worked with access and mysql.
Currently we run a large database in access which holds around 3500 records. It is actually running quite slow at the moment. What would you suggest to speed it up? ive heard running it on a sql server but i dont have the info to know if this would be correct.
Also i was thinking or changing the access database and getting it fully redone in mysql why would this be more advantageous?
Also i havent any knowledge on MySql is it easy to learn for a beginner? Do you have any information such as websites i could visit to learn or sample databases? Or would it not be worth me learning it? What would you see at the front end and back end?
My client wants me to make fields from different tables on the same form which he wants to use for input. This has made it very difficult for me as my queries have to involve a lot of outer joins and in some cases full joins.
I'm trying to set up a database, which I've done before on different programs, but I'm new to Access. I have a rather elaborate plan but am not sure it's actually possible.
I would like to set up a system that will effectively take input from the user within a record on the database. In simplest terms I'd like to set up a form on which the selection of a value for one field for a record affects the list of options available for a second field. As a basic example, say there are two fields: Input with possible values Red and Blue; Options, with possible values Red1, Red2, Blue1, Blue2. Ideally I would like to set up a form on which if Red is selected in Input, the options Blue1 and Blue2 don't appear in the Options box. Crucially you can also then select Red1 or Red2 as the value for 'Options' for that record (as opposed to just having a text box with the options written in it), as this provides the potential for a string, with the selection of a value for Options affecting another field.
Obviously in reality there will be many potential values for Options, and it won’t be obvious to the user which are compatible with each value for Input.
I wanted to use Program Flow functions with a combo box - say for the Record Source: IIf ( [Input]="red" , "red1;red2" , "blue1;blue2" ), though this would probably need to become a Switch/Case/Break command in the real database - but I don't think you can input equations into the Record Source.
I've also thought about trying to use queries, but can't see how it would work either, (the form for every record is the same, so the combo/list box for Options will always have the same properties. Switching between forms based on the value of Input seems impossible).
Then again perhaps I'm trying to make a database do something it wasn't really designed for, and should go back to basics and just display the possible options in a text box that is dependant on Input (but this way I won't be able to use the value of 'Options' in a further process).
I'd really appreciate any suggestions, especially since I'm pretty clumsy with the system still (first day using it, oh joy) and so could well be missing an obvious solution.
Hi, I'm still an amateur at using Access and have just recently been introduced to normalization.
I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with a database I'm trying to create. I need the database to store vehicle information (name, make, model, color, license plate), along with parking information (date, time, place, who issued the notice)
My biggest question so far, is finding an efficient way to list a vehicle with what would be an undetermined number of parking slips. and then of course being able to retrieve that information on one form.
I tried using a from for VehicleInfo with a subform for ParkingInfo but I'm not getting the relationships right, the parkinginfo form is not displaying all the information connected to the license plate when the main form shows the vehicle information..
if that makes sense, any help or advice on how to proceed (or begin) would be greatly appreciated.
I have been developing a catering order system at work. A demo version has been in test and initial issues sorted. The users are very happy with the way it works and though far from perfect it does everything they asked for and then some.
Basically, each order for refreshments/food creates a record and order number. Orders feed through to a daily 'jobs' diary sorted by date/time which the catering staff work from.
However, what they are asking for now is to be able to link some records together for collation/charging purposes. Grouping using the customer ID and the order Date doesn't work as customers could have many orders across many dates , and some of the orders by the same customer won't need to be collated together. My initial thoughts are to add a unique code to each order that needs to be linked , has anyone any ideas on this , is there an easy way to generate a code (perhaps CustID, OrderID , Date, other?) which can be added to other records to 'link' them.
I would be grateful for any suggestions.(other than a complete redesign :eek:)
I was hoping someone could offer some advice on how I would design the following project:
Student Table - ID - Name - Unit (each student belongs to one specific unit) - License type (each student could have multiple license types)
Unit Table - Unit Name (string)
License Table - License Type (string)
I have created a report that dynamically updates information according to what unit the student belongs to via a drop down box, i.e. while the report is open, select a unit from a drop down, press a button to apply the filter and the report automatically updates. I want to add the same kind of functionallity to the report based off of licenses as well. My original design had all license types in the Student Table as a yes/no option. I couldn't get the filter to work properly so I moved license types to its own table (which makes more sense anyways...) But, unlike the Units Table, any One student is allowed to have many licenses so this creates a bit of a problem. If anybody has some insight on this I would much appreciate it. If you're not following, please let me know and I will try to be more specific. Thanks.
Hi. I just recently started studying Access independently since my school never taught it to me and I'm trying to design a invoice type of database as a summer project. I'm stumped on queries because the office 2000 guide I have only briefly goes over it.Basically, what i'm trying to do is create an automated value like in excel so that the "Net" column i have will subtract with the "sales" column to automatically enter a value for the "profit" column. I can't find any place for me to enter anything like [profit] = [net] - [sale]. i tried to use the input mask but since my data is in currency, it won't allow me to do it. can anyone please tell me where to start or what i've been doing wrong? thanks.btw, i'm also trying to do the same thing with the y/n feature of access. i'm also trying to find a way so that if i type y/n for a column, it will copy the value from a different colum so say i put yes on "account R" then i want the "AR$" column to copy the value from the "sale" column automatically. if i can solve this problem the same way as the previous problem then please ignore this (i THINK this can all be solved with queries.)
I have an assigment and have to create a database, i'm just starting to learn how to use access properly.
there's a screen of a form I made, if anyone has some advice to make look better it would be welcomed. As you can see it is very basic.
I also would like to know if it possible to create a search bar, for example typing in "sales" and the list of all the candidates working in sales comes up (I know how to do this in a query, but how do you transpose it into a form).
For now I have 20 comboboxes on my form each bound to a field from my sourcetable. Since ya can only choose 1 value in a combobox, the users want to to choose multiple values in each box. How should I implement this? I can't use 20 listboxes because I haven't got any free space left on my form.
I am creating an incident database for students at a high school. At the moment I have one table for the students with a studentID (Autonumber) that links to an incident table in a one to many relationship.
My question is as I have many different types of incidents taking place, e.g. student on report, phone call, Referal from teacher, medical incident, exclusion etc... would it be better to have a table for each type of incident or keep it as at present.
Hi there, Being new to Access and table relationships I need advice on the table design I have so far. A jpeg image of the table relationships can be viewed at www.joyceandstevieb.com/dbasemap.htm Do I need to include foriegn keys to counties and countries in the address tables? Or will the connection from city to county and then country suffice? Also, could I trim down the address and contact tables to just one of each? I don't know how I could differentiate which is customer supplier and haulier though. Any help would be appreciated.
