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    Conditional Formatting Dispaly On Load?

    I'm using Access 2010. I set up conditional formatting in some areas of my report. They're very simple like if a cell is between 0 and .4, then the background color of the field is red. They work just fine...when I click on the field. I don't remember ever running into this issue in the past...
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    Calculating an average from checkboxes?

    Greetings. I have a report that I'd like to create a scorecard within. The scores will be expressed as percentages. I have 8 categories of tasks, and each category has a differing number of activities within it. When an activity is completed, the user checks a box indicating it is done. So I'd...
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    limiting New Record Based On Records On A Specific Date

    Hello all. I have a simple database out there in use for registering participants in a class. The folks running the class would now like to limit the participants to 45 for a given day the class is given. Basically, they don't want to register more than 45 people for a class. So, how do I...
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    Displaying Date Span Report Is Based Upon

    I have a report in Access 2010 whose control source is a query. When the report is launched, the query asks the user for a date span to filter the results with. The user enters the start date in MM/DD/YYYY format in the box and then the same for the end date. The report filters the dates just...
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    Calculating Age

    I've search and found several threads on this, but none seemed to fit with what I'm doing. I'm updating a database created by a guy who retired 6+ years ago. His formula for determining the person's age using today's date and the person's date of birth adds a year most every time. I've...
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    Runtime & OpenOffice.org

    So I made a little db using A2k3 to use @ work. We have OpenOffice.org 2.0 @ work and not MS Office. Since I knew Access better than OO's db program, I used it and was going to just take it in and use it after it was finished. Well, I didn't realize that unlike OO's Word, PowerPoint and Excel...
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    Form Go To Back on Report Call

    I have a form that calls a report that's based on a query. That all works peachy. The report comes up with the requested info. My question is how do I get the report to be on top and the form it was called from to go to the back? I want the form to stay open so after I close the report I can...
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    Validation error

    My table was fine and I went in to add a field. I did so and got this error when saving: "Compile error. in table-level validation expression." I went thru all my fields and I have no validation rules established. I tried removing the field I added and still have the same error. I used the...
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    Changing color in IIf statement?

    I have this expression: =IIf([Text131] Between 16 And 30,"Unacceptable",IIf([Text131] Between 31 And 42,"Marginal",IIf([Text131] Between 43 And 56,"Effective",IIf([Text131] Between 57 And 71,"Very Good",IIf([Text131] Between 72 And 80,"Outstanding",""))))) It works just fine, but I was...
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    Summing Fields

    I have a form on which people are scored. There is a field [TotalScore] that sums the scores as they're selected (1 thru 5 in a combo box) on the form. This portion works fine. However, getting that sum to the report is where I'm having trouble. Since the control for the form field...
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    Iif statement syntax help

    Hello. I have an Iif statement where based on the number in the [Score] text box, a certain phrase is displayed in the [Ranking] text box. For instance, if the score in greater than 0 And less than 49, then a phrase such as "Try again" is displayed. If the score is greater than or equal to 50...
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    Normalize or not to normalize?

    I have a performance evaluation db in MSA 2003 I am about done with. I had asked a question and got a helpful response. However, the response mentioned normalizing so I hit up google for more info. My db is not normalized, but after reading several sites, I don't see why I need to normalize...
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    Performance Evaluation Question

    I have searched on this forum for other threads like this and in the db examples page, but didn't find anything. I have made a perfomance eval db in MSA 2003. It works fine except for one part. I need to score the individual on about 20 different criteria. Each one ranges from 1-5. I am...
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    A list from checkboxes???

    Greetings. I don't even know if this is possible, but what I'd like to do is have a list, separated by commas, generated on my report for each checkbox checked on the form. So a question on the form could be "Check the movies you own." Then on the report, each box that was checked would be...
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    Get correct record - help needed

    I have refined my earlier question to the group. I set up a query that has all the fields of my table. I have a report that draws the records from this query. The first set of records come thru just fine. However, the report needs records for 7 days (all days of the week). The report needs to...
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    Get correct record - help needed

    I have refined my earlier question to the group. I set up a query that has all the fields of my table. I have a report that draws the records from this query. The first set of records come thru just fine. However, the report needs records for 7 days (all days of the week). The report needs...
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    Getting Right ControlSource

    I have a report set up that I want to add records to on specific dates. On the first day of the week, ActualSales and all that go in just fine. However, I want to report to enter ActualSales on the next day in the correct spot. I have a field called StartDate, which is the date of the...
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    Formatting My Report

    Instead of a new record being put below the previous one, I want a new record to go to the right of the last one - in columns. I created a columnar repoty, but the format is still the standard where the new record goes under the previous record. How do I get the new record to go to the side of...
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    Normalizing - ???

    It was suggested I learn more on normalizing to reduce the headaches in my report which is generated from tables. I went thru and trimmed some fat and came up with 2 tables as listed below: tbl_ShiftNumbers: Date CustomerCount ActualHours LaborDollars NetSales tbl_DailyResults: Date...
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    Simple Report Help Needed

    Greetings. I am having trouble with a report that I think is a simple one to solve for someone who has spent a little more time with Access than I have. Anyhow, I have 7 separate tables which are populated by data from 7 different forms. Each one corresponds to a day of the week. I then...
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