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    Access Europe User Group - Wed 7 Jan: Spot the Difference – A new style MsgBox for Access (Neil Sargent)

    Thanks - I have read your article which, although interesting, doesn't address the 'Problem' (mine I admit) that the logic of the revised box has changed. I still maintain that this was a change purely for the sake of change and totally unnecessary. If they wanted to change a dialog why din't...
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    Access Europe User Group - Wed 7 Jan: Spot the Difference – A new style MsgBox for Access (Neil Sargent)

    Have just been in the position (eventually) to try formatted message box - will be adopting generally as it does what I want in a rational, logical manner, Thank you Isladogs for pointing out its existence. PS I hope this doesn't change too !
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    Medical

    As an outsider I can only say that however much I complain about the NHS in UK it sounds better than this. Mind you we do NOTHING for veterans.
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    Access Europe User Group - Wed 7 Jan: Spot the Difference – A new style MsgBox for Access (Neil Sargent)

    Two minor points - I described the bold line as a heading. Secondly, of course it doesn't go against the rules of eEnglish: I should have said it encourages users to go against them.
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    Access Europe User Group - Wed 7 Jan: Spot the Difference – A new style MsgBox for Access (Neil Sargent)

    Back to the change of style there is one truly important fault with the new style message box. It stops the WizHook variant working properly. I like many coders use this as it replicate(s/d) the original Access Message box where separating the text of the message with the @ sign divided it...
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    Creating reasonably realistic fake data in SQL Server

    Don't you just love predicted text :D
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    What's your best/worst joke?

    I don't know if the following (true) story counts as a joke but you either laugh or you cry! I'm in the poo. The wife started to re-arrange the shoe shelves in the hall and with much frustration told me my shoes we a nuisance as because they were so big they took up a lot of room. Being...
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    Access Europe User Group - Wed 7 Jan: Spot the Difference – A new style MsgBox for Access (Neil Sargent)

    Thanks for trying to produce a variant that might suit me. It is, however, just that; a variant of the same thing. Obviously, things aren't going to change and I will have to live withe new version(which I still don 't like. ) I does, however, remain change for change's sake and is totally...
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    Access Europe User Group - Wed 7 Jan: Spot the Difference – A new style MsgBox for Access (Neil Sargent)

    I will look at it when I get a decent internet connection back: ours has been dodgy in the extreme for the last few days with storms, gales, snow etc. Hopefully, I'll be able to do my my luddite thing. :) Mind you this change is a perfect example to MS doing the other thing Murphy warned...
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    Access Europe User Group - Wed 7 Jan: Spot the Difference – A new style MsgBox for Access (Neil Sargent)

    I personally hate the new style message box! It provides nothing new and is much harder to read for people like me with weak, close-to eyesight
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    Auto Insurance

    Bit a reach even for you Doc man: Britain didn't exist for 740 years after England came into being where we spoke English. That's only 80 odd years older than USA. Now (American) English and British (English) I can go with. Mind you, there is so much cross fertilisation between the two these...
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    Auto Insurance

    Surely you're referring to American, not English. :)
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    Unaccounted change in new document

    You're right, of course - should be Selection.Copy :)
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    Unaccounted change in new document

    It's actually Application.Selection and it saves the Table that been selected. Within VBA in Word it is by definition the Application object if used without without a qualifier (or was). Application.Selection is actually the cursor position. And the code (without Application) is what is...
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