Recent content by pdanes

As you wish, but please don't think you have to go to a lot of work on this. I didn't mean a full layout of functionality, just things like do you mark records that are changed, or also records that have only been examined, what about records that have been deleted, do you automatically clear...

That's a nice layout.

Well, maybe. What criteria do you use to flag a record, and how do you deal with records that stay flagged when the app exits in an uncontrolled fashion?

It would. I do not have that field on these records, but I'm considering adding it. I have zero issues with adequate disk space, and it would come in handy sometimes.

Yes, TempVars are certainly one mechanism that can be used for that. They lose their value when the app closes, though. My 'last group' caption buttons are stored in custom document properties, and repopulated when the app starts, as well as imported when a new version is distributed. I will...

It's not a regular occurrence, just something that can happen. Not a bad thought, but in my case, I think that flagging records and then having to keep track of what has been flagged would mean more work than it is worth. The MRU list should serve just as well, and older records will...

That's also a good idea. I already have six command buttons with most recent six group IDs as captions, for recall of groups of records in another part of the app, but I currently have no way to recall individual recent records based on the simple fact that they had been recently edited. I do...

Yes, that would work, but again, sometimes they do NOT want to see the records. As they make a change, they want it to vanish. The most common such scenario is the user has identified a set of records with a specific error, filtered by that error, and as he corrects the error, he is done and no...

Thank you, but I don't think that would work well for me. These are all pretty independent users - they make their own choice about what they are working on, and there is almost zero interaction between datasets. It's a collection database for a paleontological department in a museum, and the...

Hey, that's a great idea. I could even make it a group of two toggles, one for each method of proceeding upon form close. First shipping of the new version, I would have neither selected, and not let the user edit a record until selecting a preference. That would force them to pay attention and...

This isn't really a technical question about Access, but more about design philosophy. I have a fairly standard setup, with a set of records filtered in a continuous form, and clicking on one opens a popup dialog in which the record can be edited and re-saved. All pretty vanilla. But the main...

Yes, those certainly could be as you say. Again, though - I need to get at the data in its proper form, understanding what goes with what. Simply extracting some number or text data can give a clue about contents, but is not useful for anything definite. I'm surprised nobody recognizes the...

Thank you, just tried it. Installed and runs great, but none of the options read this properly. A few do open it, but it's just a mess, same as when I simply open it with a HEX editor. Yes, I believe this is legitimate, or I wouldn't be doing it. I could be wrong, of course - that's always a...

I didn't upload it to the forum. I only put a link to a transfer site, and the link is set to expire tomorrow anyway. I'm not in the US and the database is not from a US source, so no state or national laws apply to me or this database. I'm kind of sorry I mentioned the word 'police', though...

The author claims to be in touch with the police department over it, and has promised to send my questions to their IT department and get back to me with their answers. It's not encrypted or anything like that, it's just in some old and so far unidentified format. I'm not breaking into anything...