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Managed to solve it! On the advice of another, I ticked the 'Save Password' box that appears at the foot of the screen that pops up when you're linking tables and, voila, ODBC is now up and running on all machines! D :)

Thanks anyway, Pat: Will have a look at som mySQL forums.

I created a single DNS file and the connection worked fine my machine to the server. When I used the same DNS file on another machine, again, the connection was fine but when I tried to enter some data back on my machine, the ODBC Connection failed! Presumably, it's some sort of permissions...

Hi Does anyone have (or know of) a simple log-in screen (eg username + password) example that I can follow? Plus, presumably, I will be able to restrict some users from certain areas + functions? Or am I better off to follow the built-in Security / Permissions that come with Access (though I...

Thanks MOP: That seems just the ticket - though how I do amend the sfilter part to allow the browser to search for both jpg's and pdf's files? Many thanks again D:)

Hi I need to able to: 1. Store, as link, the filename and path of a pdf file that the user enters on a form; and 2. Rather than let the user (mis) type the file's details, have a File Browser window pop up so that they can point to where the file is stored on their PC. Any tips, advice...

Thanks - that worked a treat!:)

Hi Is there a simple way to display numbers entered as 3-digits - eg 007? My user has an invoice reference which consists of a pre-fix (eg 'INV') and then an automatically generated number (eg 7). Rather than the invoice reference be displayed as 'INV-7', they would prefer see it as...