Microsoft Access

Set Down Arrow Action In Microsoft Access

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to set when the down arrow is pressed on a Continuous Form in access that it goes to the next record and not the next field. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks, Dustin

Word and Excel

In MS Access you can create a form so when its all filled out the data is automatically put into an Excel spreadsheet under the correct headlines. Is this possible to do this with a form made in word?

Microsoft Access linking

Hi, I have a database in access which has a main table and a products table. They are linked by a customer I.D. field (Primary Key). I have 2 forms one is the customer form and one a products form there is a button to open the products form from the customer form. I would like to be able to open...

Can I link items between Outlook, Word, Excel, and Access, through the Calender view?

Can links be set in Outlook Calender '07 to docs in Word, Excel, Access? I want to be able to go to a set date and access from that view all items pertinent without having to go looking for each item separately. Is possible?

How can I print all picture attachmens attached to a record on an access report

I have a number of records that each have multiple attachments (pictures)> I have created a report and only the 1st attachment of each record prints on the report. Is the a way to have all the attachments print on the report for each record?

Microsoft Access AutoNumber

Hi , I want to add a row of serial number for the existing records in MS access .Whenever I am trying to define a new row with type as "Auto Number" and save the same it automatically gets changed to Text type.Please suggest.Also, the requirement is modified and now the serial number has to be of...

Adding Serial Number to an already existing access document

Hi , I want to add a row of serial number for the existing records in MS access .Whenever I am trying to define a new row with type as "Auto Number" and save the same it automatically gets changed to Text type.Please suggest. Thanks, Ansh

Resizing Microsoft Access 2003 properties form

I recently installed MS Access 2003 SP3 on a new machine under Windows XP SP3. I find that I cannot resize the properties window when doing form design. The problem also applies to popup forms that I create. If I take the .mdb file to another machine, it works just fien. I have tried...

How can I select unique records from Access based on two criteria

I need to do the following: SQL = "select amount, count(amount) from table1 group by amount having count(*) =1" This returns all unique records, but I need to add another criteria to that statement ie: I need to select all unique records only if a second value is met as well! This is what I had...

Sending more then 1 Access Report to Outlook

Hi, I have 2 Access Reports which I need to send to Outlook as attachments. I usually use SendObject, but that only allows for 1 attachment. I am using Access 2007 Thanksyou Julie

Combo search box - "Invalid Outside Proceedure"

..and before you ask, no I don't use anything linked into Access 2007 to program my database. So, I've been creating a form coming from the same table with the same information to be used as a separate edit form. And now suddenly my "search box" gets this error in my normal form. HELP!

Temporary recordset in MS Access VBA

Hi, I am using MS Access 2003 as a front end to 2 Oracle databases. I am trying to retrieve a recordset from a database through ADO/DAO, display that recordset in a Form for users to make changes, and then write the records that have been changed to a different database (i.e. I don't need to make...

Unable to import data using DSN file from SQL Server to Microsoft Excel or Access?

hi ALL, i have a strange situation, there is few people who is not able to load data from sql server using dsn file. I have used correct method, i have used odbc driver -sqlserver... i believe every thing should be fine. I have check the access permission for that user. that is not the issue....

Access 2003 Form fields Sync

Hello, I am turning to you as a last resort :/ Here is the case, thought it looked simple to me at first... : I have a field which needs to be updated according to another field in a form according to the date in a table: Table contains [KEY, field1, field2] and the form uses to updated a...

How do i have access fill in a field in the form in opening with data from the parent form

My first question please feel free to point out to me if i need to do any of this differently I am looking to create a button that opens an existing form with a new record and inserts into a field in the new record data from the parent form. We have a system where information is distributed to our...

Problems with VAL function

I have a table with an NVarChar field that contains left aligned numeric values. I've tried using the VAL function to return the integer values, but I'm getting back Short Date results. What can I do to get integer results? Thanks, Arlin

ASP.NET and Multiple Access Databases Open

Dear Colleagues Please could you help me? Is it possible to have an ASP .Net Web application with multiple (7) large MS Access 2000 databases open simultaneously. When I heard this I was surprised because there could be dozens of users each using up to 7 large and disparate Access databases...

MS Access - Create Median Aggregate Function

Is it possible (and has anyone done it yet) to create additional aggregate functions in MS Access (I'm using 2007)? In particular, I want to create "Group By" queries that calculate the Median of each group. I have a median function that works on entire columns (or subsets) individually, but it...

Sending a message from Access thru Lotus

Error message comes up: "A stored from can not contain computed subform" and my message comes out unformated on Lotus 6.5 but it is fine on 8.0 (or is that really the reason?) All our users are on 6.5, what do I do to fix this?

Monthly Average in Access 2007

Dear All, I need to calculate the monthly average on an array of data the gets added to weekly. Therefore, from Jan to March, the total is divided by 3. Come April, the total should be divided by 4, and so forth. Please, no VB code if possible - my VB sucks Thanks Riaan