Recent content by sisterpete

not really what i was hoping for, but sounds like it would work fine... i'll give it a try... thank you...

Thank you Galaxiom.... i'll give that a shot.....

hello, i looked through the threads here, and while i found a few that i thought may give me the answers i am looking for, i did not find them... sooo..... i have recently taken over a network that is used only for an access database for a free food and clothing ministry. i recently replaced...

working with a database at our food ministry. I have a button to call up the windows calculator, but i would like to have it as part of the form... or better yet (maybe) go to the income field, have a drop down calculator that would input the total normally we have only one income so no big...

Thanks... learning here... but that made sense once i "looked past" and realized i needed my control name... It Worked!!! one last queston for the day... hopefully... dont want to overstay my welcome... i added the flashing background and set my time interval... is there a way to either stop...

i am not needing a required date, only want it to flash all the time... so i understand that "required date" should be removed, but not for sure about the "if" part... since there are no variables that im looking for, just flashing always. thanks

thanks for the info... i like your status as a "certified grandpa" ha ha me too... nothing like it in the world....

here's one for you... once my text-field "txtMoreThanOneRec" pops up, i have the background color set to "red" to call attention to it. i would like it to flash on and off, so in searching the web i found this... it's for the foreground color, which i understand needs to be changed, but this is...

thanks bob..

one more question... when i go to properties and click on the little ... for an event edit, on one of the computers, it goes right to visual basics, but on the other computer it pops up a box asking me to select the builder i want expression builder macro builder code builder just wondering...

ok... thanks to all who replied... i honestly have no idea about code... im at lest smart enough to work on a copy of the database, if i change something change it back if it doesnt work, etc... and thats how i learn,,, so, from you guys telling me to try certain things, and after trying them...

tab stop to "no" doesn't help at all... tried that... actually it's stills et that way. i've went to properties and cannot find "tabulator" anywhere??? using access 2003 the only fields i see are auto tab "off" tab stop "off" tab index "23" thanks for the replies...

we have a field on our form called "Searchbox" that is for search criteria. for example, if i put "321" in the field, i will get all the records with "321" either in their social security number or the drivers license number. when there is more then one matching record, a seperate field...