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Quick Questions About Creating an MDE
I want to make a simple database for my neighbor who does contracting work. The purpose of the application is to track her expenses and allow her to bill clients for her services. I've never created nor used an MDE, so I'm only guessing this is what we should use. 1. For many years I've used a fabulous databas... 2 Jul 2008 12:55

Reformat date to the first of the month
I have a list of maintenance events for several years, the events have taken place on random days of every month, i need to count the events for each month. With the current date format MM/DD/YYYY i get groupings of events for that day of the month, and not just the month. I was thinking i'd reformat the event ... 2 Jul 2008 21:10

Closing Access on Open application
I have a form that shows a list of hyperlinked documents. They are Word, Excel, pdf, and some internal reports within the database. When I click on the hyperlinks, I want the database to close if the hyperlink opens another program, but stay open if it is an internal report. Is there some code I can attach to t... 2 Jul 2008 23:12

Entering info into one field & having the description auto fil
No - I'm not on a form - I'm in the tables themselves. 1 - Products and the other 2 - Order Details. What I wanted to accomplish with this is to have my product information in one table (ProductID, ProductName, ProductDescription) and then have that information auto fill into the Order Details table. There i... 1 Jul 2008 15:25

ADO versus OBDC connection
Can anyone tell me if an ADO connection string to a Sql-Server is faster than the OBDC connection? I am a relative new comer to these different methods and the one I am using, while it works, takes 5 - 6 minutes via the OBDC method. Any help would be appreciated. ... 2 Jul 2008 20:08

Finding date values in an alphanumeric field?
I am looking for a way to find date values in an alphanumeric field in a table. Here is an example of what fields might be: em to rd 4/3/08 rvw 4/10/08 hold repairs 3/5/07 rvw 7/5/08 em to rd 06/23/08 rvw for funds How do I figure out how to write an expression that would find these date values in these ... 1 Jul 2008 15:25

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Create records including images
I would like to create a series of records each one with with text information and individual photos. Its a list of animals at a rescue centre. Any help please ... 4 Jul 2008 04:54

Selling a database
Hi. I have created a database that I would like to sell. Those purchasing it already have Access on their computers. How can I protect the database so that only those individuals who purchased it can use it? Thanks. ... 2 Jul 2008 02:41

Entering info into one field & having the description auto fill.
Hello: I might be completely confused as to what I'm talking about and may not use the correct terminology. I have a database that has several tables, but in particular, there are 2 tables in question. 1 - The first table is called "Products" and it holds the following structure: ProductID (AutoNumber) - Pr... 1 Jul 2008 15:25