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  1. GingerR

    MS Word - Put Check boxes in footer?

    Hi--I'm an Access guru, but someone at work is trying to do something MS Word and I'm trying to help him. I'm not up on "forms" in MS Word either. He made some check boxes (I see now he did it with the ActiveX controls instead of the "form" toolbar) - he put them in the footer of the first page...
  2. GingerR

    Sunken vs. Flat controls

    Access 2003/Win XP: I've designed forms with some flat controls. But on other people's machines I see that they are sunken. Any idea why, or what I should do to make them flat on everyone's machines? Thanks. Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or...
  3. GingerR

    Wondering if there will be conflict/corruption writing to tables

    Access 2003, multiple users, FE on machines/BE on server I've re-written a db to make it faster for the users, so that only the data for the Widgets they are responsible for is written to temp/local tables in the FE on their machine, then when they are done the data is written back to the...
  4. GingerR

    Correct bad Excel Data with vba

    Hi--I used to write big macros in Excel years ago, but since using MS Access, haven't been in Excel too much for about 8 years. I need some help figuring out how to correct a problem in Excel that is affecting my MS Access application. At my company, there's a web-based application which...
  5. GingerR

    need VBS file help

    Hi. I launch vbs files from Windows Scheduler to open/run MS Access db's (2003) at various times during the night. In the VBS files, I set the security of the db to low so they'll open and run. One problem I now have is that db's with MS Access security--I need to know the syntax to make them...
  6. GingerR

    Office XP Web Components ERROR

    I have a db in Access 2002, Windows 2000. Works fine, but sometimes various users calls and get an error on startup. I just went to such a user's machine, and in trying to run a query which calls Environ("Username") (i put 'environ' in vba code so that's not the issue) which runs on startup, i...
  7. GingerR

    MS Word Doc and Paragraph marks

    I'm exporting a report from MS Access to MS Word (rtf, which is the only feasible choice). The users will have to edit that Word doc frequently. However it seems when it converts from Access to rtf, there's a paragraph mark at the end of every row of text, like this: here's a pargraph of text...
  8. GingerR

    Export to MS Word - paragraph marks

    I'm exporting a report to MS Word (rtf). The users will have to edit that frequently. However it seems when it converts to rtf, there's a paragraph mark at the end of every row of text, like this: here's a pargraph of text that% is one single paragraph so% it won't wrap around% when the user...
  9. GingerR

    Environ("Username") not working for one person

    Hey there. I've been using Environ("Username") successfully for years. Just deployed a new db recently, and one person gets an error. After investigating on his machine, the error is it doesn't recognize "Environ". I checked the references and none are missing (I have DAO 3.6 and Active X Data...
  10. GingerR

    Word Macro/VBA Help

    Hi. I still need help on this: thread68-951088 Thanks--g
  11. GingerR

    Word Template

    I'm an Access VBA girl, and having trouble with some Word VBA. I never do any programming in MS Word, so I'm struggling. In my Access db, the user hits a button which exports an Access Report to MS Word. It has to be in Word per gov't regulations, in Courier 12, and other certain formatting...
  12. GingerR

    Is "Track Changes" like in MS Word available in Access?

    I am trying to replace a current process which involves a whole person compiling mulitple MS Word documents written by multiple people in multiple formats. I will have the users enter their info directly into a db. At times they will alter their inputs, in which case the edits must be captured...
  13. GingerR

    Subdatasheets - getting value

    Hi. I need to know how to get the value from a query when a user has clicked in a record. I have a set-up where when a user clicks a button on a form, there is a query displayed, with 5 subdatasheets. They navigate down thru the subdatasheets. I would like when the user clicks a value in the...
  14. GingerR

    chart format on-the-fly

    i have an area chart, based on a crosstab query. i have manipulated it so that one field will always appear as a column heading on the far right (i made it alphabetically the last). i want this area chunk to always have a certain format (blue and white diagnol stripes), but it will always be in...
  15. GingerR

    Chart Format on-the-fly

    i have an area chart, based on a crosstab query. i have manipulated it so that one field will always appear as a column heading on the far right (i made it alphabetically the last). i want this area chunk to always have a certain format (blue and white diagnol stripes), but it will always be in...
  16. GingerR

    Print multiple report with one Printer selection

    Acc2k. been searching but cannot find what i need. i have multiple reports that when a user clicks a button (actually on a toolbar) right now, i force them all to print to our office printer. however i would like the user to be able to select which printer they want only ONCE, then print all...
  17. GingerR

    need data just deleted

    acc2k--keeping a log of changed, added and deleted data. all fine, except i can't figure out the deleted data: i have a main form. in the subform, is just a list of related 'areas'. a user can choose one and hit DELETE key. once they confirm delete, i want to log into my EDITS table the value...
  18. GingerR

    Excel need macro help

    hi guys--i'm an Access programmer, but some of the guys i support wanted me to put a bunch of their excel stuff into Access for them. I need to re-format their spreadsheets to go into Access properly. it's been 5+ years since i've worked in Excel and can't quickly remember how to do what i want...
  19. GingerR

    Conditional Formatting for NULL field

    Access 2k: i have a subform (datasheet) where i want all but one field greyed out all the time so users see easily those fields are non-editable. one field always has a value in it, at least a 0 so the condit formatting is >=0 make it grey, so that works fine. two other fields tho are NULL (i've...
  20. GingerR

    Acc2k Charts Too Slow

    moving an Acc97 db into Acc2000. lots of charts. i have two machines, have been running some tests. for one example, it takes Acc2000 47 seconds longer to process the chart (counted with my extremely scientific One-Mississippi method). this is typical. upon hitting The Button, lots of queries...

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