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  1. mstekkie

    combo box item not being displayed in report

    hello, hopefully someone can help me with this. :) i've got a combo box that has three fields: primary key, occupation name, and occupation code. i also have a few reports that require the occupation name to be displayed. problem is, that instead of showing the occupation name, it only shows...
  2. mstekkie

    add item to combo box in alphabetical order

    hello! i've got this combo box that allows the user to choose an occupation. if the desired occupation is not in the list, the user has the option to add it to the list. my question is: how can i add that new item to the list in alphabetical order? thank you in advance! ms.tekkie
  3. mstekkie

    buttons on a form to display certain records

    there's this one form (the company info form) and it has a link to another form (the employee form). for each company there are up to 4 different test dates, and emps can be tested on any of the four dates. what i want to do is to click on a button to list the employees for that month, and...
  4. mstekkie

    working with strings and substrings

    i'm having a lot of problems with this program. hopefully someone can help me out. the program prompts the user for an equation such as 123 + 123 = what i'm supposed to do is break up the string into four substrings and display each string on its own line. i know how to display the substrings...
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    names in combo box with same number show only the first name

    i have a combo box that displays occupations, and its corresponding number in a bound text box. for some occupations, they will have the same occupation number. eg. chargehand and foreman both have the code 1234567. what happens is that when i choose foreman from the list, it shows chargehand...
  6. mstekkie

    NotInList for combo box not working

    i have a combo box that lists occupation descriptions, and it has a bound text box that displays its corresponding number. i want the user to be able to add a new occupation. this is the code that i'm using to try to add a new record to my occupation combo box: Private Sub...
  7. mstekkie

    blank lines on reports because of grouping

    i've got a report which is grouped by category. an employee may be one of the 6 different categories. what i want the report to do is to show the 6 different categories with the percentage of people in each one. what's happening is that the report is leaving blank lines on each page. i've...
  8. mstekkie

    radio buttons to open reports

    i've got 4 radio buttons and each button opens a different report. what happens is that no matter what option is picked the first time, it always goes to this certain report. what i want it to do is to open the appropriate report depending on what button the user clicks on; but i don't know...
  9. mstekkie

    printing a report based on checkboxes

    i have a form that lists the employees of a company. if an employee will be tested, then the user clicks on the check box. what i want to do is to print a report that shows all the employees that will be tested. i don't even know where to begin. thank you in advance.
  10. mstekkie

    integrating access with outlook

    i'm wondering if there's any way to send email via outlook from my access database. thank you in advance.
  11. mstekkie

    excluding columns from a report using an option box

    i have a report that has to be printed out; it contains employee info, test results, occupation and so on. anyways, the user wants to be able to choose which columns they want to see on the report. i've thought of just making different reports (based on the possible options) but there may be...
  12. mstekkie

    adding new data without typing in pk

    i've got this one form with the firm number as the pk. when you click on the view employees button, it shows the employees associated with that company. problem is, when i want to add a new employee, i can't do that without inputting the firm number again. i want the employee linked form to...
  13. mstekkie

    reports based on forms

    i know a lot of other people have asked about this, but none of those threads work for me. i have a form that displays a company's list of employee info. what i want is a button on the form that will open a report based on all the records that are shown in the current form. i've tried this...
  14. mstekkie

    can't get back into design view - hidden toolbars

    stupid me, i hid all the toolbars while looking for something, and now i can't get back into the design view of the system. is there any way to get my toolbars back? thanks in advance
  15. mstekkie

    some forms are blank after using filter by form

    i'm using the filter buttons to filter forms by company name. i'm able to view some companies, but some of them don't show up at all. i don't understand why that's happening and how to fix it.
  16. mstekkie

    is it possible to integrate quickbooks information with access

    i have invoice information in quickbooks which i would like to use in my access database. is there any way to integrate the quickbooks information into access? thank you in advance.
  17. mstekkie

    Bring info from main form to subform

    My main form displays company information. When I click on the 'view employees' button, the employees information form pops up. When I want to add a new employee, the firm number from the main form should appear on the employees form without having to be typed in. I've tried the example that...

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