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  1. Lobmeister

    SQL string from ListBox Values

    I have asked users to choose from 8 listboxes the values 1st,2nd....8th. This corresponds to fields which they wish to return and group by in a query. Therefore i need to translate these values into ordering the corresponding fields correctly in a SELECT (and GROUPBY) statement. What is...
  2. Lobmeister

    String Issue

    I have a collection of string values which contain any or all of the values "1st", "2nd".....up to "8th" OR "n/a" What i need to do is first discard those with value "n/a" then order the remaining strings, "1st" to "x th" ..any help gratefully appreciated Elliot
  3. Lobmeister

    Searching for .dat Files from Access 97 mdb

    For the last 2 years I've been running an access97 mdb (on windows nt)which contains a module which uses office 8.0 references to perform the following code to search for .dat files : With Application.FileSearch .LookIn = "C:\My Documents" .FileName = "20*.dat" If...
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    Can't find the OLE Server

    I am current administering a client/server mde which uses VBA to transfer Access 97 field data to a Word 97 template to create new documents and then email them through MS Outlook 97. As far as creating the documents - no problems. But when the emailing procedure is called it throws up amessage...
  5. Lobmeister

    Record Is Too Large ?

    I am running an access 97 db in a multi user environment. A couple of tables require a lot of MEMO fields for the users to enter detailed notes. This seems to have caused errors due to the overall size of the records - there is no supporting help file in Access - can someone please help - is...
  6. Lobmeister

    Working With Date Types

    In MS Excel, you can use the date type format [h]:mm to express time values over one day in the form of hours and minutes e.g 46:23 (would be equivalent to 2days 2hrs 23mins) and these can be added together. I need to know if MS Access can create this format. I have tried the Format function but...
  7. Lobmeister

    Splash Screen

    i have just worked out how to replace the standard splash screen in Access 97 but do not know how to create a PAUSE so that the splash screen is visible for a tangible amount of time b4 the database loads up - at the moment it only shows for a fraction of a second !!! - Any help please!!!
  8. Lobmeister

    Sending Email in Outlook from MS Access

    I have just worked out how to send emails in Outlook from Access - including Subject and Body text - how do I include attach any files The mailitem object has a .attachment method but I dont know the syntax for pointing it to a certain file - can anyone help ?
  9. Lobmeister

    ODBC - Link

    I am building an Access data base which needs to link to a few Oracle based tables via ODBC. This works fine except everytime the database is opened and I try to access these tables it asks me for the Userid and password for this connection - is there any way I can automate this process so that...
  10. Lobmeister

    Automation with Word 97

    I am working on a Form based Access system. The form needs to have a button which triggers a mail merge of the record details into a predesigned form letter in Word 97 -How do i write the code for this ?? Please help ASAP Elliot

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