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  1. Thingol

    Closing excel instance seems impossible....

    Hi All, I've made a script that I use to convert a set of tab separated text files into formatted excelsheets. The script works, except that it leaves an instance of excel open, even though I think I am closing it and removing it from memory. I read about 10 threads on different fora before I...
  2. Thingol

    Converting txt-files to xls from within MS Access 2000

    Hi All, I have created the code below (code block 1) to convert sets of tab-separated text files to MS-excel (2000) workbooks. I want to import the excel-files into MS-Access (2000), and I would prefer to run the conversion routine from text to excel from within Access as well. This way I could...
  3. Thingol

    Open tab-seperated text files and save them as xls

    Hi All, I'm trying to create a batch-conversion script that converts a set of text files to a set of excel workbooks. I've currently made a script that I thought would do the trick, but upon saving I get the error message: Runtime error 13: Type mismatch Below is the script I'm using (the...
  4. Thingol

    Trouble with installation

    Hi all, I just tried installing ActivePerl-5.8.8.817-MSWin32-x86-257965.msi on a Windows XP Professional machine. I more or less accepted the default options, except I only checked the upper two checkboxes in the optional setup actions window. ("Add Perl to the PATH environment variable" and...
  5. Thingol

    cash book - compare values visually

    Hi all, I am making a simple cash book for my own administration. I structured the input of data like this: ______________ | | | Receipt data | Important field: Total sum on receipt. |______________| | 1. | _______?_many______ |...
  6. Thingol

    Paste contents of Word document into single Excel cell

    Hi All, I'm trying to write a macro in Excel that pastes the text of several rtf-documents into a single Excel cell for each of the documents. What I have already is a macro that checks what rtf-files are available in a certain folder, and that copies the content of the rtf-file. It also pastes...
  7. Thingol

    Transparency question

    Hi All, I'm relatively new to InDesign, so don't be too hard on me! :-) Here's my question: I have a Master spread with a bitmap image covering the entire left page. I have made another master page based on the first master page. On this one I want to add chapter numbers, which I want to be...
  8. Thingol

    Show subitem on form

    Hi everybody, I'm trying to create a cash registry database. I have made a list of ledgers and a list of subsidiary ledgers, e.g. a ledger for household costs, for transportation, for sports, for salary, etc. and subsidiary ledgers for say food, personal care, petrol, Car maintenance, etc...
  9. Thingol

    Change CSS Stylesheets using Javascript - works in IE; not in Firefox

    Hi all, I have used this tutorial to create a set of stylesheets between which I can switch. I fact, I switch between two stylsheets that contain specific markup and I have one main sheet that is always enabled. The code works in IE, but not in Firefox. Can anyone help me out? I really want it...
  10. Thingol

    Problems with positioning and scaling of nested list vertical menu

    Hi all, I'm trying to build a vertical css menu that uses background images to get a menu that scales up together with the displayed font size. See http://www.alistapart.com/a rticles/slidingdoors/ for an article on how this technique should work for a horzontal bar with tabbed navigation. My...
  11. Thingol

    Vertical CSS menu using "Sliding Doors Technique"

    Hi all, I have built a menu using css which you can find here. The CSS can be found here. The menu looks great in Firefox and Opera, and on first sight, even IE seems to render thing correctly. However, when you move the mouse over the menu, you'll notice that the hover state is not displayed...
  12. Thingol

    Complex query building in VBA

    Hi all, I am trying to make a smart selection using SQL in VBA. I have an address database in Access 2000. I have a table in which relations are made between persons in the database and groups they can belong to. Each person can belong to any number of groups and each group can contain any...
  13. Thingol

    Short question on listboxes

    Hi all, I have a listbox with the multiple selections option set to extended. I need to know the listindex for each selected item. I think I need to do something with the itemsselected property of the listbox, but I'm not sure how to do it. This is the code I have now: intTeller = 0 For...
  14. Thingol

    Open a form with a recordsource based on a selection in a listbox

    Hi All, I have a database in which I have a form containing a listbox. When a user selects some rows in the listbox and then hits a commandbutton, he should be taken to a new form, which has its recordsource turned into the records that correspond with the selection from the listbox. Here's the...
  15. Thingol

    Skipping labels and multiple copies of each label in multi-page report

    Hi all, I found some code from MS on this page that helps skipping used labels in an access report, and printing multiple copies of the labels on one page. The code works fine as long, as all the copies of the together with the white space do not take up more than one page in the report. When...
  16. Thingol

    Conditional value in textbox

    Hi All, I have a contacts database, and want to create a report to display the results from a custom query. The field "Gender" contains either one of the values "Male", "Female" or "Unknown". Since the report is use as layout for letters, I would like to use the Gender field to create a...
  17. Thingol

    DoCmd RunSQL automatic confirmation

    Hi All, I hope this is a simple question: I have a piece of code that updates a query throught the DoCmd RunSQL command: strSQL = "" For inti = 0 To 2 Set Q = db.QueryDefs("qrySelectionLabelsUpdate") 'Update fields for which Gender equals strGender(inti) strSQL = "UPDATE...
  18. Thingol

    Update query through vba

    Hi All, I'm trying to create an Update query through VBA. This is the code I currently use to set the sql of the query: Set db = CurrentDb() strSQL = "" Set Q = db.CreateQueryDef("qrySelectionLabelsUpdate") strSQL = "UPDATE qrySelection SET qrySelection.Gender = 'Sir' WHERE...
  19. Thingol

    changing field value if it has a certain value

    Hi there, I want to create a query in which the field [gender] is evaluated (it can have three values: "Male", "Female" or "Male/Female"). I want the query to show "Sir" if the value is "Male", "Madam" if the value is "Female" and "Sir/Madam" if the value is "Male/Female". I have been trying...
  20. Thingol

    Moving or copying from listbox A to listbox B

    Hi all, I am trying to create a selection tool in my contacts database. I have a form in which I can fill a listbox (lstZoekResultaat) with the results from a custom search that's based on text entered in some textboxes/comboboxes. This all works as it should! Now I want to be able to create...

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