hi
if i set up a batch file to open every hour
and it copied a back end to a directory somewhere
would the copying have any chance of corrupting the back end..?
i'm thinking no...but i have suspicions
aah, many thanks
doesn't quite work for me, but i think i can correct it
using sendkeys....ha, never thought of that, always feels kind of wrong
many thanks CyberLynx
hi
is it possible to convert all macros into VBA in VBA?
i thought maybe the CurrentProject.Allmacros but can't find a convert method
then i thought maybe Docmd.something, but no luck...
:(
update: never did find a decent way round it, but came up with a few options
1) use abc&def [SMTPAlias@somewhere.com]
2) get IT to change the email address
3) everytime the user creates a PDF, use PDF writer to remove hyperlinks
the latter, create a subform instead of a report
oh, ok, didn't even know that was possible, are you in Access 2007?
what is the value of Reports!Stocktake!StockNumber when the code runs?
tried that, it's more subtle than that i'm afraid
PDF writer takes what Access displays (not what the hyperlink is) and then sees an @ sign and turns it into a hyperlink email address, but gets it wrong because of the ampersand
i use MZTools (as previously mentioned) and a standard error trapping sub that logs everything into a table
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Procedure : ErrorLog
' DateTime : 11/01/2007 14:22
' Author : darth vodka
' Purpose ...
aaaah
i have a report with a label in it linked to a word document signature
the signature has in it a hyperlink
abc&def@somewhere.com
when the report is saved to PDF, PDF writer recognises it as a link (from the @ i think) and makes it a hyperlink
i'm pretty sure it does't just bring the...