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  1. cyberbob999

    Update or Cancel Update without Addnew or Edit

    I *think* I understand the nature of this error--if I'm using a dao/ado recordset and I try to update it without using the addnew or edit method beforehand... Well, I do use two different dao recordsets in my project; however, both are read only (for data display only--neither is ever updated...
  2. cyberbob999

    Error trapping

    I have a date field on my form. I would like to keep all of the functionality associated with the field being a date; however, I have one problem. If I enter a non-date string in to the field, I would like to be able to deal with the error handling before Access pops up saying "The value...
  3. cyberbob999

    Counting number of lines

    I have a form that is viewed in continuous forms. One value (txtComment) varies in length from only a few words to 3 or 4 sentences. Ideally what I'd like to do is vary the size of the text box on the form such to fit the amount of text. Something like the cangrow property would be nice...
  4. cyberbob999

    MS Word default directory

    Let's say that the directory where my db is located is c:\a\b\c\d\. Is there any way to use objword.documents.open() such that I can just put the include the filename as the argument vice the entire path? (i.e. objword.documents.open(filename) vice objword.documents.open(c:\a\b\c\d\filename))...
  5. cyberbob999

    filter assistance requested

    I'm trying to filter my recordset using a combobox. This seems like it should be an easy task to me, but I can't make it work. I've followed various examples in this forum, but I can't get any of them to work. Can someone please point out what I'm doing wrong? This is what I've tried...
  6. cyberbob999

    filter basics

    For the life of me I cannot figure out how to filter a recordset dynamically based on a combobox value... I have a form that uses a table (surveillances) as a source. My combobox is cboFilName. The field that I want to filter by is [performer]. If someone could please explain to me how to do...
  7. cyberbob999

    Populating MS Word table from form

    I am trying to fill in a table in MS Word using a recordset from a query (SurvQuery). SurvQuery has the following fields: [comment], [cause], [action] and [date]. The table has only the 4 columns: one for each of the above fields. There is a variable number of rows depending on how many...
  8. cyberbob999

    option group controlling a text box

    I'm new to Access, and even newer to VB...so hopefully this will be an easy question to answer. I would like to be able to display/edit [comments] in a text box that is controlled by an option group (or toggle buttons? ...or whatever is easiest!) Each record has a variable number of comments...

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