Hi,
You haven't mentioned where your Excel cell get's it's data from.
Also, it sounds dodgey to me that the cell is updated each second (why not only when it changes?).
It would obviously be simpler to update the Access field directly from the source - but what is the source?
Regards,
Darrylle
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