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I am wishing to minimise the whole of the Access Application not just the form which is currently open and using Docmd.Minimise only minmises the current form. How do I minimise the whole application so that another instance of an Access application can run? Thanx

I am trying to develop a simple message book using Access. Unfortunately when I start this database it closes our other Access application. It would seem that what I need is the method of starting a second instance of Access after checking if one is already running? Many thanx

Message book question I guess that I thought keeping it separate would be better because the present program is already big. And I also thought that the phone rings that often that too many interuptions to what the staff are already doing in the main program might cause some difficulties. But...

I have one Access 2000 running which I want to run at all times. I want to create an Access program which will be used for a Telephone message book. Is it possible to do this with the user able to minimise the current Access program and start another. i.e. the staff are working as per usual and...

I am looking for something similar Hoping someone knows how this is done also

I have a large form consisting of five TABS which is populated by a query. The query is accross a number of tables however all the fields it queries it does need to complete the one form. Fundamentally how do I break down the query into smaller numbers of fields when I need all information to...

OK I have converted some images to wmf files and added them to my Access Forms as bacgground images. The file size for a .wmf file is about 2600kb as against a JPEG image of 100kb. Is there another reason to use a wmf file when the JPEG seems to be doing the same job as a linked imaged. As there...

Which is best to use in Access Backgound images? Bitmaps are big, JPEGs are small. Even linking to the images the DB increases in size greater than the image kbs. Given that I am adding different backround images to five Tabs on one form the size has dramatically increased the size of the db...

Autoresize is on, picture is a linked bitmap. Should I change this to a JPEG.

I have been inserting some JPG pictures as background images on my 5 tabs which makes up one form. First I thought that using low quality JPG would be better because of their size against the bigger bmp files which Access seem to generally use. However when I use either BMP or JPG(at a fraction...

Normalization Mile-O-Phile, I have been reading up on normalization. I do have fields for all data broken down to a unique field, I have linked tables with Primary keys etc etc. I am limited in my knowledge so I am having trouble to see how this can reduce the number of fields in my query when...

Zip file too big My mdb (splitt from the back-end) is too big after zipping-its still 4.4mb. The error message said 2 mb is the limit.. thanks for your offer

MDB file It does look like I cannot attach an mdb file but i will try

Thanx Any suggestions are appreciated. I'm a legal person- not a programmer please remember...can't see where to attach the file

If only I knew how! Mitch, it is very good of you to offer. In its compacted state it is about 12-14MB. Are you sure ??? Harold

Thanks to you both- i will look at the two options shortly. As regards the number of fields there are complex iisues here too. My form divided into 5 TABS has about 130 fields. The query which populates this form also queries several other tables and I am continually having the problem that...

OK I now have it...I needed to select the TAB first before I inserted the pictuire. Problem I now have is that I have already about 100 fields over the five tabs and when I try to insert a picture as the backgound over the whole of the Tab it covers all the fileds. Is there a way to make the...

I do not understand your reply- sorry. I have a form with say five tabs appearing at the top of the form. Using your suggestion I open the toolbox and select the image tool. When I put the image tool over the form I get the changed color which enables me to position the new image. Trouble is...

I am using a long long form and have used Tabs to make it more presentable. If I insert a picture on one "Tab" it is repeated on every Tab...Why is this so and what can I do to prevent this