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  1. Darth Vodka

    simple coding question

    something like Sub TestControlsComplete() Dim ctl As Control Dim AreControlsComplete As Boolean AreControlsComplete = True For Each ctl In Forms("frm_Reports").Controls If ctl.ControlType = acTextBox Or ctl.ControlType = acComboBox Then If...
  2. Darth Vodka

    Can email be generated when Access not open?

    http://www.contextmagic.com/express-clickyes/free-version.htm ClickYes and Redemption are small programs to bypass the old "Access is trying to talk to Outlook" dialogue box
  3. Darth Vodka

    User Level Security

    if in doubt, recreate the db and redo the security make a test version and keep an unsecured copy
  4. Darth Vodka

    User Level Security

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Faccess%2Fcontent%2Fsecfaq.asp
  5. Darth Vodka

    User Level Security

    can you link into the tables if you build a new database? is this 97/2000/2003 ?
  6. Darth Vodka

    Limit concurrent users

    the LDB tells you who has logged in during the time it was created...you can open it in notepad, but it's not that useful in a multi user environment hmm i'm not too sure that the currentproject connections aren't just read off the ldb anyway...
  7. Darth Vodka

    Limit concurrent users

    a log in, log out thing is all well, but the users will muck it up when they control-alt-delete you can write a function to check how many people are in the db:- Function CountUsers(cn As ADODB.Connection) Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset ' The user roster is exposed as a...
  8. Darth Vodka

    getting the rowsource of a table field

    got it tdfLoop.Fields(i).Properties("Rowsource").Value but it doesn't allow tdfLoop.Fields(i).Rowsource harrumf, not obvious. i'm obvious addicted to my dropdown property thingy
  9. Darth Vodka

    getting the rowsource of a table field

    afternoon all if i have a table with a (say) text field and in the table it is a combo box that takes a feed from another table... i was wondering if it were possible to reference the table that the combo field refers to? i've tried rummaging around the Tdef object, but source table and...
  10. Darth Vodka

    Which is Faster: passthru qry or DLookup()

    dlookups are very very slow
  11. Darth Vodka

    joins producing unexpected number of records

    thought of that too (only recently found out about that) the query is was joining to was grouped and linked back to an ODBC source and i think that was confusing it... i just turned it into a table and it worked haven't got a clue why though! :)
  12. Darth Vodka

    User defined date in queries

    try Between [EnterStartDate] And [EnterFinishDate]
  13. Darth Vodka

    Overflow message

    it means you've tried assigning a long to an integer type
  14. Darth Vodka

    joins producing unexpected number of records

    i have a table with 3740 records in it i do a query and outer join this table with a query and it produces LESS records = 3733 :confused: now i always assumed (never assume it makes an "ass" out "u" and "me" !) that the records would be the same as the table you were joining from, obviously...
  15. Darth Vodka

    Export Tables to zip file when database closes

    search the forum :) or here's a link http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Articles/split/
  16. Darth Vodka

    Who is making my backups

    why not just check the properties and see who created it? right click>properties>Security>advanced>owner ?
  17. Darth Vodka

    Who is making my backups

    is the db split between front & back? can you see the backup once it's made?
  18. Darth Vodka

    kicking people out

    aaaaah i just asked the user (who it didn't even try to kick out) and she said she was away from her desk, so the screen-saver had kicked in looks like you're right, thanks how annoying, don't suppose anyone knows a way around it, if that is at all possible...? hmm, found this...
  19. Darth Vodka

    kicking people out

    hi i have a flag in the back end of my database, which once ticked by me, should chuck them out of their front ends it runs off the timer of the opening form and looks like thisL Sub EveryoneGetOut() Const MINUTESLEFT As Integer = 10 If booQuitFlagTicked Then If Now()...
  20. Darth Vodka

    Can email be generated when Access not open?

    why not open it? get it to open automatically in the scheduled tasks...Tools>Control Panel>Scheduled tasks give it a form that pops up when it opens use the code to send an email make sure you have Redemption/ClickYes
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