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Hello, I have two questions (pretty basic for you guru's). #1: Using a cmdbutton on a form, how do I open a file that is located on my A:\Sample.txt. #2: I have data in this Sample.txt which looks something like this; Line#1 WidgetA, 1234, WidgetB Line#2 WidgetC, 5678, WidgetD In my form I...

I am not even sure if this is the right forum, but lets give it a try. I have some software that I want to put on a disk for demonstration purpose only. Hence, I send you a disk, you install it and see a demo of my product in action with perhaps bubble messages poping up telling us what we're...

I am not even sure if this is the right forum, but lets give it a try. I have some software that I want to put on a disk for demonstration purpose only. Hence, I send you a disk, you install it and see a demo of my product in action with perhaps bubble messages poping up telling us what we're...

In reply, I have tinkered with VB at work and basically worked in cleaning up forms, modifying properties, etc.. But what I want to understand is the difference between ADO, DAO, ActiveX.DLL, ActiveX.exe, how to contact to databases, why do we use modules, classes, etc...

I will be the first to say that I'm not the fastest learner when it comes to VB 6.0. So let me pose this question. There are one billion books and cd's that teach you VB 6.0, yet with your expertise I would like to open a can of worms. What do you recommend be the easiest most favorable reading...

Basically to make it easier for everyone. In my form I have Developer and Cost (i.e. Tim $45.35). I can add Tim,$45.35; to my rowsource which is a combobox with 2 columns. All I want is to copy what I selected from the form to a table. I don't care if its a combo or list box in the form...

Basically tblDeveloper has all my stored data. Hence I have about 20 records in tblDeveloper. Using that table I can create a form and see everything in my drop down combo. As if your in the form, looking at the combobox and selecting a developer which along side of the developer is cost...

This is what I have: tblDeveloper (fields: Programmer and Cost)=these have data. tblDeveloperX (fields: Programmer and Cost)=reads what I select from the form. I have a form which reads data from tblDeveloper. Hence a drop down box: Developer Cost Al $25.34 Ben...

UGGGGGGGGGGH I am ready to give up. In my RowSourceType I have [Value List]. In my row source I have [widgetA, widgetB,widgetC]. Keep in mind my table (tblWidgets) is blank and has nothing. What I select from my row source should go into the table. Now when I follow your instructions and bound...

How do I make it bound? The combobox does say Unbound.. Do I just type in the table name or use the expression. And if I use the expression, how do I copy what I selected in my combobox to the table? Thanks in advance for helping.... terry

Ok Access has kept me up at night trying to figure this out. I created a combo box in a form. This form has data [RowSourceType=ValueList] and [RowSource=widget1;widget2;widget3]. Running the form, the combo box displays the three categories of widgets as it should. However I am not able to send...

Anyone know of where I can grab code which has the guts of what Micrsoft Outlook does. I have looked for downloads in calendar/scheduling/appointment books/PIM/etc... I have no problem creating my own List box and calendar control but I would like to see something similar to what Outlook...

Skip, thanks much. It worked!!!! Terry

I have several hundered rows and columns in Excel. What I want to do is every 4th line Bold and thereafter italics. Hence row 4=bold, row 8=italic, row 12=bold, row 16=italic, row 20=bold, etc.... Help?

Try this: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/1,10150,0-10000-103-0-1-7,00.html?tag=srch&qt=winsock&cn=&ca=10000