Recent content by Richard McCabe

That will work. Now if there is no version of Access or Access Runtime on a computer does the owner need to download Runtime or what? Are there step by step instructions about how to do all this?? Richard McCabe rwmmc@juno.com

Access 2007 uses accdb and accde files instead of mdb and mde files. I tried making and accde file, but MS Access was needed on the target computer to run the application. I found several articles that talk of a newer version of ACCESS Runtime disrupting an older full version of MS Access...

I have been reading a lot about Access Runtime and the problems that occur when a runtime application is installed on a machine that already has a full version of Access. There appears to be a major potential for problems here. Does anyone know of a program that can be used to create an .EXE...

I have the same problems and questions. If you get any good info, drop me a line and I will do the same. rwmmc@juno.com

I have an electronic flashcard application which I am nearly ready to give to several grandchildren for theier usew and amusement. This program will need to run on computers that do not have a full version is access installed. MS Access runtime was suggested by someone who admits that he has...

KDM913, Try using the LEFT function on the full length name. Make sure that the field holding the concatenated name is long enough! You can also get the #NAME if the table does not have some of all of the fields being used. If something is not spelled correctly, that is like not having that...

I like to go through the new threads posted since my last visit. Sometimes thew last visit can be some time ago. When you click on a thread and read, and maybe meke a suggeation, it would be nice if the program remembered where you were and returned to the next thread when you were dine...

BigMac, Have you tried using the BackColor and Forecolor of the trhat cell. When you get the one cell working right, you will need to add similar commands for each other cell in the row. All the commands will go in the same procedure so it shouldn't be too bad. Richard McCabe

BBryan, You can select that the checkbox is either enabled or disabled when the form opens. You might also want to make a separate If statement for the blank and disabled condition rather that using else just to see if something else is creeping into the game. Richard McCabe

You caught it a lot quicker than i did when I did the same thing!!! Rich McCabe

Guys, When you save an accdb file and create an accde type file must Microsoft Access be installed on another computer needing to use the accde file? If so it there some way to create a file that can be run on a computer that does not have MS Access? Richard McCabe

Check the specific field the combo box is updating. If the number of decimal places is set to 0, the values will be rounded. 1.75 is rounded to 2... what happens if you choose 1.25? Richard McCabe

You can try using the on click and double click events of the text box. You can also try increasing the size of the text box and put buttons on top of the blank portion of the text box. I have done the former suggestion , but not the latter one. Richard McCabe

Need to automatically specify indexes, I have a form written that tests second an third graders on basic math facts...electronic flashcards! I track the percent wrong answers each fact has gotten and want to have an index for each operation...addition, subtraction, multiplication and division...

Mr. B Looks like there are 16 possibilities for the four choices in the two fields. If status = A And Time = 1 Then xxxxxxx yyyyyy zzzzz End if If Status = B and Time = 2 Then ZZZZZZ SSSSSS End If Fourteen more and we are done. I have done similar...