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  1. DickyP

    Access 365 Runtime: Click and Run offline Installer

    Just not true - I have multiple versions running!
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    Solved Does Access Support ANY Keyword in its Queries?

    ANY is a predicate and works perfectly well. The reason you don't see it often is that it works practically the same as the IN predicate. The latter gained prominence because a number of early implementations of SQL (pre-SQL standards) did not include ANY.
  3. DickyP

    Unable to delete record due to record lock

    A comment in passing. Access doesn't actually lock records but pages - not usually a problem but two or more small records may be using a single page in memory.
  4. DickyP

    Shell.application with second argument

    TempVars!XLA & "The Don McNair Herbarium Data Set.docx" as formatted is not a valid hyperlink.
  5. DickyP

    Why AutoCAD is not feasible enough to learn for a common person?

    The real reason it's not feasible/suitable for common usage is that its not what it was designed for. My son-in-law who is a ventilation engineer uses it all the time but he has 1) the real need for its facilities and 2) all the necessary paraphernalia such as flatbed printers etc to fully use...
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    Setting the heading on a report from a combi field on a form

    This is why openargs exists. I know people normally use it when opening forms but it is also part of the OpenReport parameters as well!
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    need very basic help due to aging and not working

    Must admit when I saw this thread I thought it was describing me! 👨‍🦼
  8. DickyP

    MS Access Database and Windows 11 Update error

    As I read all these posts about 365 and Win 11 can anyone think of a real reason to 'upgrade'?
  9. DickyP

    Talking to yourself ?

    The trouble with man-splaining is that the most common cry I heard from females ( in my post retirement job doing admin in a school) was that "nobody has shown me how to do it!". An even bigger crime was to suggest that they read the manual!
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    Support for Forms and Reports on Large Monitors has appeared on the Access Roadmap

    In passing I am constantly amazed at just how good KitaYamas English is. Of course there will be misunderstanding on occaission - think just how easy it is for Brits and US posters to misunderstand each other and allegedly we both speak the same language!
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    Talking to yourself ?

    What worries me when I talk to myself is I still don't get get a sensible answer! And I am very careful when I talk to my computer as I remember the first rule of dealing with machines - never let them know you are in a hurry.
  12. DickyP

    Is AI the end off all forums?

    Not me! Firstly you need to have hair (for me distant memory) and I'll need to live that long!😄
  13. DickyP

    Solved Only the Document, not the Path

    Use the file system object.
  14. DickyP

    DAO to ADO

    If you are using Access as your data there in point whatsoever in converting. ADO is slower and less flexible.
  15. DickyP

    Update Query using SWITCH function

    The real problem with using Switch() (especially in a query) is that it is highly inefficient. Unlike Select Case EVERY condition is evaluated EVERY time it is used, plus it returns Null (often thus generating errors) if no criteria are matched.
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    A dream: What I do miss about Access.

    Unlikely since MS deliberately removed perfectly good, reliable integration with Source Code Management when it abandoned VSS!
  17. DickyP

    What are the advantages of buying a TV instead of Monitor?

    As The_doc_man says - it all depends. My two 26" monitors attached to my desktop cost less together than half the price of my my TV and they are permanently attached in my study/office so there would be no sense in using a TV. However, as you can see that choice is based on the fact that I...
  18. DickyP

    How the AI apocolypse starts

    My worry is when an AI, Robot etc reaches the equivalent of a being a teenager and thinks it knows everything ....
  19. DickyP

    Should I Learn MS Access in the AI Era?

    Your English is great but you clearly don't understand the word analogue! It is a picture of the real world.
  20. DickyP

    Should I Learn MS Access in the AI Era?

    I would argue that if they can't read an analogue watch they can't actually tell the time! To teach analogue tme is a matter of minutes - it's , by definition, a picture of reality. A digital watch / clock is just numbers. After your original post I didn't reply immediately but first did a...
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