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    Hi, It has been a few years since I used Access, so I'm asking your patience.. I am trying to open a columnar form from a tabular form (continuous) using a command button. I used the button wizard, but when I tried to match the key field (" […]
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    Is there a way to have a macro that builds a query? I use the same query over and over again. (only changing the criteria) I do not want to have to repeatedly build the same query using the query design. Any help would be great. Thank you […]
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    In my .accdb, DAO Db, I'm trying to use an AfterUpdate or OnLostFocus event procedure in a class module to populate a date on two tables. My form control is bound to the "MovieCodeSendDate" field on my master table, and I want the fiel […]

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