I am writing some search results to an excelsheet for reports using the time and date functions to build a filename. I downloaded a StripSpecialCharacters() module, but it doesn't take them all out (only takes ascii above 127).
Does anybody know of another function to do it. searched the archive to no avail.
Thanks in advance
I need to be able to strip the last 21 characters from the following strings using a command in a query. Any ideas? I know I need to Instr command but not sure how to do it.
Greg
Impulse Manufacturng
96803-386868-386869-163241
INSP-F96191B-384761-389552-162206
INSP-F96191A-384758-389551-162205
F96191A-384758-389551-162205
F96191B-384761-389552-162206
INSP-97407-389462-389463-164428
My users do a fair bit of copy/paste from any number of sources.
How do I force the paste action to strip out any hidden characters? Now I realize that a return and a space are hidden characters, so how do I strip out everything but the ones that I want?
I am new to VB and want to know how to chop the last three characters off a string. Am writing dynamic SQL and have to take the AND off the last WHERE clause if needed.
Any help greatly appreciated
is there a way to do this in VBA in Access I looked at trim but it does not help much
Dim MyString, TrimString
MyString = " <-Trim-> " ' Initialize string.
TrimString = LTrim(MyString) ' TrimString = "<-Trim-> ".
TrimString = RTrim(MyString) ' TrimString = " <-Trim->".
TrimString = LTrim(RTrim(MyString)) ' TrimString = "<-Trim->".
' Using the Trim function alone achieves the same result.
TrimString = Trim(MyString) ' TrimString = "<-Trim->".
I have a select statment setting the data that will be in a combo box
I would like to trim this data...
for example the select statment returns something like
category>subcatgory>field>subfield
so I want to trim it down to be
field>subfield
My DB is on SQL Server with an Access adp front end.
SQL uses the Windows NT user name and password for security and also pulls in the user name into a field in every record so we know who has added and modified it.
For one table we are actually using the user name field on the form and in a report for reasons other than security.
The user name is filled in with first the name of the network group, then a slash, then the user name itself. So there are 7 characters I don't really care about.
Is there a way in VBA to remove those first seven characters and only show what comes afterwards? Thanks for the help!
I would like to cut off the first 6 and last 2 Charaters in an after update event but not sure how, I cannot use mid as the length of the string may change but never the first 6 or last 2, can some one show me how it's done ...
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I need to remove the left two characters and the right four characters of a string in a query. I have found how to remove one side or the other, but not from both sides. Thanks in advance for the help!
In MySQL I can use the LEFT(3, field_name) command, but I essentially want access to pull all records from a table where the the first three digits of a number field match those pre-selected by a form drop down.
This database is in Access 97. Is there a way to compare the first x number of digits using SQL only, or do I need to run each line through code first, and then check it (I really don't want to do that)?
example numbe rin field:
123456789
SQL checks to see if 123 matches value selected on a form.
I'm familiar with writing a replace query to replace characters or strings but what I'm trying to do this time is a bit unique to me. I have a string of numbers that will either be 8 or 9 digits in length. The first 1 or 2 digits will be the State code (1-50 hence the discrepancy in number of total digits), then a 2 digit agency code, then the last 5 digits are a producer code. What I need to do is change the 2 digits for the agency part both to 0. So basically characters 6 and 7 if you're counting from the right. To me it feels like I'm trying to do it backwards so I'm having a hard time writing it.
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I'm trying to do something like this:
Code:
Do Until rst.EOF
rst.Edit
If Left(rst!FldText,10) contains any numeric characters Then
rst!FldType = "Mixed"
ElseIF Left(rst!FldText,10) contains "PO" Then
rst!FldType = "PO"
Else
rst!FldType = "Std"
End If
rst.Update
Is it possible to query a field for special characters in a string? I want to find any records that have characters other than A-Z, 0-9
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If possible, I'd like to some help with a query that strips the address number from a Parcel Address and leaves only the street name left.
Before:
1234 Somewhere St.
321 Crossing Meadows Dr.
1234A N. 9th St.
After:
Somewhere St.
Crossing Meadows Dr.
N. 9th St.
Thanks,
SKK
How can i strip out punctuation marks from a field that i am calling in a writeline command? There is a comma in the name (vendor name) and it throws off my import into my accounting program.
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I m trying to add document2.doc to document1.doc by clicking a button on a form.
I use the next VBA code.
Selection.InsertFile filename:="document2.doc", Range:="", ConfirmConversions :=False, Link:=False, Attachment:=False
I get the following message error:
Err.number = 5174
Err.Description = "The file cannot be found"
Try one of the following things:
* Check if you write the name good
* try an other file name (document2.doc)
The file document2.doc does really exist and is saved in the same directory as document1.doc
the problem is sometime I get the error message some times not in this last case it works very good.
can any body help me ?
Thanks in advance.
I'm making a macro to output a report to an Excel spreadsheet using OutputTo and would like to add the date to the filename since this is done each day and the files need to be different. So I'd have something like "Output" as the base filename and "Output20050628" as the final filename. Would someone please help me out on this? Thanks in advance.
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Option Compare Database
Private Sub btnImport_Click()
Dim strFile As String 'Filename
Dim strFileList() As String 'File Array
Dim intFile As Integer 'File Number
Dim filename As String
Dim path As String
Dim TheDate As Date
DoCmd.SetWarnings False
path = "C:UsersChinaboyDesktopData"
'Loop through the folder & build file list
strFile = Dir(path & "*.xls")
While strFile <> ""
'add files to the list
intFile = intFile + 1
ReDim Preserve strFileList(1 To intFile)
strFileList(intFile) = strFile
strFile = Dir()
Wend
'see if any files were found
If intFile = 0 Then
MsgBox "No files found"
Exit Sub
End If
'cycle through the list of files
For intFile = 1 To UBound(strFileList)
filename = path & strFileList(intFile)
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acImport, acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, "sheet2", filename, False
'Inserts date in date column based on file name
TheDate = Mid(strFile, 12, 8)
CurrentDb.Execute "UPDATE sheet2 SET callDate =" & "'" & TheDate & "' where callDate is null"
Next intFile
DoCmd.SetWarnings True
End Sub
Hi all,
I got a headache to changing my form's filename... i am totally a newbie in Access while in the few months ago... so i just create all those form or table name's for the way i like. But now i had already know how important of management of the filename because when u r using the module to write the code u will be headache to look for the filename that u want in the code. So that is important to add 'tbl', 'frm', 'Qry' infront of the filename.
So do anyone have a good way to edit all the file name with all match to the other in the module with a quick way rather then one by one editing (really tired for one by one) Thanks!!!
I have a replicated database. I'd like to display the name of the version of the database that is being used on the data entry form so it's clear which version is being used.
What's the code for the current filename? (I'm talking about the entire "filename.mdb" file).
Good morning,
I have a listbox that contains dates (0105, 0205, 0305, etc.) and depending upon which date is selected in the list box, I want to import the corresponding month's text file. Here's the code:
Private Sub List64_DblClick(Cancel As Integer)
Dim frm As Form, CTL As Control
Dim VARITM As Variant
Dim X As Integer
Dim period, PERIOD1 As String
period = Me!List64.Column(4)
PERIOD1 = Me.List64.Column(0)
DoCmd.TransferText acImportFixed, "df import specification", "LOCAL DF-SL", "S:FinanceAccounting OperationsNational AccountsAccount Recs116406-Account ReconDF_" & PERIOD1
DoCmd.TransferText acImportFixed, "Rf import specification", "LOCAL RF-SL", "S:FinanceAccounting OperationsNational AccountsAccount Recs116406-Account ReconRF_" & PERIOD1
DoCmd.TransferText acImportFixed, "MDdf_import_spec", "LOCAL DF-GL", "S:FinanceAccounting OperationsNational AccountsAccount Recs116406-Account ReconMDDF_" & PERIOD1
DoCmd.TransferText acImportFixed, "MDRf_import_spec", "LOCAL RF-GL", "S:FinanceAccounting OperationsNational AccountsAccount Recs116406-Account ReconMDRF_" & PERIOD1
So I have the files saved on the above mentioned S: drive, i.e., MDRF_0105 and when the user selects 0105 in the listbox, I want the appropriate file to be imported.
This code is set on the DblClick event.
Please help!
Thank you!
Is there a code to get a filename to show up next to an attachment box?
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I have this line of code:
DoCmd.TransferText acExportDelim, "Dhcp Specification", "tblDHCP", "U:" & [Forms]![frmExportDHCP]![cmbServer] & ".txt", False, "", 850
Where the section highlighted is a combo box on a form. I was trying to use the value in this combo box to describe the filename of the text file I was exporting to. However I get the error:
The Microsoft Jet Databse Engine could not fond the object 'X#txt'. Make sure the object exists and the you spell it name and path name coreectly.
Where X is the string stored in the combo box.
Any ideas where I have gone wrong/what could be improved?
Cheers,
Matt
I am trying to create a unique filename when sending a report via email in snapshot format.
As already stated in another thread, the filename comes from the report's "caption" property.
Can a unique filename be given in a case like this? I need the filename to be a series of concatenations of
field names.
This report will be sent one page at a time. And sent by seperate people as many as 100 times in a single month. And as much as 1000 times in a single year. Each page (report) will be stored on a sever. So saying that, the need for a unique filename for each time the report is emailed is very important.
Thanks for any assistance on this.
Tasha
For instance, I got some dynamic length path with filename as follows:
F:OUTDOOR9-8W1250832 ABCworking 1.3-0.6 BOARD 720.tif
Is there any easy way to get only the "working 1.3-0.6 BOARD 720.tif", which is the desired filename.
I need to import a number of .csv files every day and overwrite the old tables with the data from the new .csv files. However, each day, the filenames will change.
For example,
Day 1: Import fileA 1.csv, fileB 1.csv, fileC 1.csv
Day 2: Import fileA 2.csv, fileB 2.csv, fileC 2.csv
Day 3: Import fileA 5.csv, fileB 5.csv, fileB 6.csv
The files will be named fileA [#].csv, fileB [#].csv, fileC [#].csv, and so on, with a different number each day (with no pattern to the numbers).
Is there a way to write an import specification or VBA script that will import these? Perhaps something that allows a regular expression in the file path so I can import "C:fileA*", "C:fileB*", etc.?