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I think there are some OEM builds of XP that do not require online activation - in fact, I'm pretty sure my old Acer desktop has one. They only work this way when installed on the appropriate hardware though, I think.

Code 3of9 uses delimiter characters (* I think). UPC/EAN codes are more complex and cannot be generated by simply changing the font - they do include a check digit (but that's usually part of the number stored in the table, and easy to calculate, so not a problem), but the symbology also...

Just a nitpick: that's true for some kinds of barcodes, but not others. Code 128 and 3of9 are just fonts, but UPC and EAN are more complex (there are still fonts available to construct them, but it's not a simple matter of formatting the string. That said, if this is a non-commercial project...

That's right - MS activation works by (something like) generating a hash value based on various properties of the hardware (such as MAC addresses and internal serial numbers), tied up with the license ID, which is sent to a server at MS, which calculates and returns the appropriate key to...

Not bad, but I'll need further suggestions for what to do with the change.

I found a five pound note blowing about in a car park last week. Normally I save up any found pennies etc until I have enough for a lottery ticket (I find on average about a pound in dropped coins every few weeks or so). But it seems like a waste to throw this fiver at Camelot - I'm also not...

I think a webcam or similar would be (optically) better at reading a barcode on a backlit screen - but then you'd need to find or create a component that can interpret the image. This might help: http://3d2f.com/tags/webcam/barcode/reader/

I can't see any way of doing it without phoning home or some kind of external validation/activation. An installer on a CD can't possibly know by itself whether it has been run previously, and a downloaded installer, even if it stores some data, could just be downloaded again, or copied before...

Does the last section (the bit from which you want to remove the zero) always consist of two digits - never more and never fewer?

Will your barcode scanner read a barcode that is displayed on the screen of a mobile phone? Black and white images on a screen look similar to printed black and white material to human eyes, but they may not appear the same to whatever imaging technology is used by your scanner.

It's quite a common method chosen by people to implement automatic numbering systems that require a more complex sequence than can be done with a plain autonumber. If you're looking for the code that does this in the database you've been given, I suggest: -Looking in the BeforeInsert or...

It could be references - if the app does any interaction with other Office applications. To check this, open the application, press <Alt><F11> to open the VBA editor, then click tools>references. Anything marked 'Missing' needs to be unchecked and replaced with the best available alternative...

That's true - but I figured that might be a bit of an arcane method to try to instruct people to do. I suppose I could put a label on the top of each report header saying "hit <ctrl>P to print" - at least, I can if labels have the property to be visible only on screen... do they?

The toolbars etc won't be available - because the Access window is minimised - with the popup forms/reports appearing directly over the desktop.

Assuming it's stored in a table, and you as developer have access to that table, then yes, you could see everyone's passwords (even if they are masked in the table design - because that's only a cosmetic measure). If you don't want to be able to see people's passwords at all, ever, then you...

I'm not sure what you mean, Rich. The problem isn't one of visibility. :confused:

Gahh! In Access 2003, acViewReport goes straight to printer - in Access 2007, it opens a preview-type window. Hmmm. Edited to add: I just found out that the acViewReport constant doesn't exist in Access 2003

Heh, you'd be surprised... stuff like this has to go through a security analysis process, then change control, then testing... the end result is one of general resistance to change, even change that the rest of the civilised world has already accepted. I may have found a workaround, however -...

Thanks - I'll look into that - could be problematic because of the aforementioned corporate lockdown policies etc...

Thanks for that suggestion - it sounds like it should be perfect... I can't download the example here at work (even though this is for a work-related project) due to the corporate lockdown - I can't add this site to my trusted locations. Is the snapshot viewer available in the activex toolbox...