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Syncronizing MS Access databse file

I am developing a database with about 10 tables in it. Basically it will be used in 2 or 3 distant geographical locations (let's call them A,B and C). The desired work flow will be as follows: A,B and C should always have the same database. So when A does any changes he should be able to send those changes over to B and C. Emailing the e...

Access 2007 upgrade DAO references conflict

I am updating an Access 97 DB w/ VBA code to Access 2007. The VBA code uses DAO objects that Access 2007 references when I converted the db files (first from 97 to 2002, then to 2007). My problem specifically is with the two references: "Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library" and "Microsoft Office 12.0 Access database engine Object Library...

open file from path stored in access db when user clicks button on form

I'm new to Access VBA development and being asked to debug and add features to an Access 2007 application that two previous developers worked on. A form displays records from a database and shows a button for each record. The button is supposed to open a file using the appropriate path. But when the user clicks the button, it always use...

Any way to export an OLE object into an XML file with scripting from ACCESS 2007??

I am trying to output an XML file with an Ole Object from an ACCESS 2007 Database. The receiver is very specific about the format of the XML file. In order to meet the requirements I am using MS scripting. However, when I run the script I get an incorrect procedure error. It is being caused by trying to add the Ole Object because whe...

access 2007 bug - intermittent query parameter prompts

I am working on an Access 2007 application that was created by someone else. It has a strange, intermittent bug in which it prompts the user for query parameters when the main form is opened. The query parameters are clearly not necessary, because the error does not always occur. The very strange "fix" to this problem is to open and clo...

how to check if table is exists or not in ms access for vb macros?

Hi friends, i am new to vba macros. Any idea to check the table if it is exists or not? I check with previous post and idea, but not got clear solution for this. Please provide your idea. Thanks in Advance Friends. ...

Access Application Changes not Working

I have an access application that displays data from our database and does some operations on that data. My problem is that I did not create this app, and when I try to add command buttons to a form, those buttons are not visible when deployed. Any idea what might cause this? To summarize: I add a button with VBA behind it, it works...

Recording a many-to-one relationship in Access 2007 forms

Here's what I want to do: The user should be able to enter a new "sale" record with some basic information (who's buying, etc.), and then add items to that sale (like a shopping cart). There's one master "Sales" table and one "SaleContents" table, that look like: Sales: int ID, name of person buying, etc. SaleContents: FK SaleID, Ite...

VBA question: debug.print displays the correct data - how to get it out of Immediate window?

In my database I have certain tables that have confidential information. Each of these tables contains an empty field called "ThisTableIsConfidential". I have a function that correctly displays a list of the tables that have this field in the Immediate window. Now I want to display the list on a form and I can't figure out how to do it. ...

Editing the contents of a ListBox

I have a ListBox with various rows of data (items that someone is buying, basically), and when the user clicks on a row it populates a textbox on the side with the quantity of how many of that thing he's buying. For example, one row might be "Pencils, $5, 3" and clicking the row makes "3" appear in the textbox. If the user changes that...

Selecting a record in Access Subform

I have a form in Access 2003 that contains 2 subforms. The first is in datasheet view and is only 2 fields, SiteID and SiteName, so a list of many sites for one record in the parent form. The second subform is the same datasource as the first, but in single form view, so it shows all the site fields for one site in a single form. The ide...

access vba replace vblf's with vbcrlf's

Lets say for example my table name is "thistablelf" and the column where I want to replace all the vblf occurances is called "vblftovbcrlf". How do I replace all occurances of vblf's to vbcrlf's? ...

Connection string syntax for Classic ADO / ODBC / Oracle 10g EZConnect

I'm trying to connect various VBA projects to an Oracle 10g back end using ADO (2.8) and no TNS. After various attempts, we've decided that the simplest series of steps for a clean installation include: Set up an Oracle Instant Client Install the accompanying ODBC driver (Test the connection using EZCONNECT via SQL Plus) (Test the conn...

Access 2007 Visual Basic Code Subversioning

Is there a way to version the VBA modules inside an Access 2007 database, or am I just stuck with exporting the code and keeping it separate from the database and maintaining two different copies? ...

ms access close form

I know that docmd.close will close the current form but for some reason I have gotten it in my head that I want to be more explicit. What I do is docmd.close acForm, me.name. Is that totally crazy or is there a good reason to do this? ...

Access 2007 Using the ID value from a list box in VBA/SQL statement

Guys...if I want to run a button click event that takes a list box and uses the ID field that is in the listbox in a SQL statement in VB, then is it me.MyListbox.selected or me.MyListbox.value to get that value? for some reason I have tried both and neither seem to be working. .value returns an empty value, and .selected generates ...

global click event handler (WithEvents)

I am trying to create a class module that will act as a global handler for when ever someone clicks one of the sixty textboxes I have in my form. Th textboxes represent a timecard for the week displaying information as clock in, clock out, lunch start,end,duration, total daily hours under each fo the seven days of the week. When someon...

Tempvars and access 2003

I have a database that is used in a mixed 2003, 2007 environment. I have some minor functionality that uses 2007's new TempVars feature. If it is a 2003 user, it isn't a problem for them to not have those features. How do I write my code so that it will compile and run on Access 2003. I have tried on error resume next but this doesn't w...

Pass data between event handlers in collection

I have a collection of event handlers of extended textboxes that handle the click event. On a click of any textbox in a column the event handler will unlock every textbox in that column by calling its form name and then sets a variable with an identifing variable in the active handler. Is there a way to set this identify variable inoth...

The control or subform control is too large for this location on resize

I have a simple form in Access 2003. The form has a List control and a button. I wanted to make the list to resize with the form (only vertically) while the button remains at the bottom right of the List. I'm using the following code on the form's resize event. list.Height = Me.InsideHeight - list.Top - 200 commandButton.Top = list.H...