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I wish someone could point me to a resource that could help me understand the Object Brouser in Access. I am trying to figure out how to set a global string variable equal to the Access Security User Name. I can find in the brouser that Library DAO, has Classes Workspace, Document, and...

Excellent suggestion cpod!!! It worked like a charm... thanks!!!

I am creating a new MS Access application to replace a very old DOS app (1984). It has a field called Form Number. I exported the existing data and imported it in Access. This field comes across as a text because in contains not only Forms, like 1,9,20,340, but also forms named 99R and CS2000...

Thanks for your response... I have read the 'specifications' section of the help but I have also heard from a lot of less that satisfied users in the last five years that Access has a much lower threshold for acceptable response that those specs indicate. I was hoping I would get some real life...

I have been asked to develop an estimate for a call-tracking database. It sounds like it may be too large to be effective using Access and might be better with VB and SQL Server... or a canned package. Does anyone have an recommendations or sources of information that would provide Realistic...

I have added control tip text and status bar text on the properties of the fields of a subform but it doesn't show up. Any ideas why? Doesn't it work on a subform?

I'm not sure I understand exactly how you use this database. You said that you have several users who logon at a time, but, are they all connected to a corporate network? If so, they all can connect to a common dirive or directory where the application is? If both answers are Yes, I don't think...

I had the same problem today. It turned out that my users did not have the correct rights to the directory/server. When we added read/write/delete they were able to get in. When Access tried to open the mdb it has to write a lock file. If you don't have the proper rights to the directory, you...

What is a 'user profile' and how do I create one? What I am trying to do is set the default Access 2000 Options for Keyboard behavior from Behaviour entering field 'select entire field' (which is the dumbest default I can imagine unless you want people deleting things all the time) to 'go to...

Pat Hartman... sorry I spelled your name wrong... Sorry...

Pat... you are so awesome... I really appreciate your answer to my questions at http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?threadid=29917&goto=newpost I need to clarify something though... The tables for my form, subform, sub-subform do have relationships designed in the database...

I have read several other post on this but I still don't get it. I have a database that is based on the templet with Access 2000 for Contact Management. I have a form Calls that is used to filter all calls by an individual. On that form I have a subform, the control called cntlsubListingSubform...