Recent content by StefanScheidegger

Hi there SageKey promises to be able to avoid the installation problems of the ODE97 if using their installer. Does anyone have experiences with SageKey and do you think it is really worth using it. Regards, Stefan

Thanks LittleSmudge for your comment. - Did you make bad experiences like the above problem. - Are there less problems to install A2K or Access XP runtime? - Would you still recommend to distribute Runtime 97 Applications? Stefan

I have read some articles in the internet that runtime files 97 cannot be properly installed if Access 2000 is already installed on the PC. Do you know if this is the case? Have you made similar or different experiences? Thanks. Stefan

Hello I have a form with a command button which starts a time-consuming make-table query (about 10 minutes). Is there a way to give the user the possibility to stop an ongoing query? When running the make-table query, MS Access pops up a form which says "please wait.......". On this...

Thanks very much. This resolved my first problem. Stefan

Hello I am desperatly trying to create a 30 days trial version with MDT-2000 (Installer for Access 2000 databases). I am somehow unable to find out how this can be done. Can anyone tell me how I can do that? Thanks for your comments. Stefan

Hi I have a form which also includes a text box with recordsource Query X. The Query X performs quite complicated calculations. So, after every input by the user, the hourglass appears and the "old value" of the text box disappears until MS Access has finished the calculations in...

Hello Does anyone know the effectiveness of the installer MDT-2000? I am especially interested in its security features (Demo, Shareware, etc.) Kind regards, Stefan

Hello does anyone know how I can at the "tab functionality" (like on the keyboard" to the end of a function? Another question: How can I achieve that the data in a form field is marked when the field is clicked on? The default value of the fields is "0" and I would...

Hello One question, I have an Access application (created with the normal MS Access, not the developer edition), can I provide this application to someone who has only the Access run-time version? Thanks and regards, Stefan

Hi there I have been trying hard to create a progress bar for a make-table query. Unfortunately, it is not working yet (progress bar appears but does not show the progress, however, the Microsoft Access status bar down the screen shows the progress of the make-table query). Here is the...

Hi everybody Thank you for your comments. I certainly didn't mean to insult anybody in this forums since I sincerely appreciate the great help of the people that have been helping me here. I was not aware, that user interface design is such a huge subject itself. As a beginner and...

Hi there I would like to prepare a nice user interface for the users. Can you please tell me what are "the elements" of a user interface which is considered to be user-friendly (menu, where should be the command buttons, etc.). Thank you so much. regards, Stefan

Hi Charles Thank you so much for your answer. I will try to implement this into my database. One question before starting the implementation. Where do I have to add the below code: For i = 1 to 1000 call UpdateProgress(i,1000,"Testing") call ProcessMyDataHere Next i Does...

Hi there I have the following on a form: - 1 main form - 1 subform - 1 other subform (this subform has just informative information for the user) - 1 command button (opening a complex report Here now my problem: - Due to the complexity of the report (report is a dynamic heading report...