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Just thought you might want to know...take a look at VMWare's "WorkStation 4" http://www.vmware.com It is absolutely an amazing program as it allows you to boot up any operating system at any time from within your windows box. i.e. it allows me to boot up win98SE in a window while running XP...

I want to use create a variable that will hold a new instance of a form when it is opened....if that makes sense... Dim test As New Form_frmForm1 DoCmd.OpenForm "test" doesn't work. how do I then open that form once the variable has been initialized. Don't know where to go from here...

Anyone have a clue as to when the next version of MS Access will be shipping (year/quarter)? Will everything be converted over to vba.net and will I have to learn a completely new programming language to run it? Any thoughts on this? Thanks

I am creating a split database for various reasons. Is there an easy direct way to create a cmd button (in the front end) that would copy the backend .mdb to a location of the users choice as a security measure (backup)? Would that have to be coding through the windows API or does access/VBA...

Can someone help me out with using a variable in a sql query I want the global variable to be the condition SELECT tblMain.autonumber, tblMain.CaseNumber, tblMain.Handler, tblMain.[K-9], tblMain.Date FROM tblMain, tblDefaultValues WHERE (((tblMain.Handler)=[tblDefaultValues].[Officer])); is...

Is there a quick EASY way to link tables to the current application directory... I have a database that is linked to tables in another directory. Coding is easy in access if the tables (linked tables) are in a permanent, static directory...in fact, you can even use the table linking tool to do...

I have been pondering this for a long time and still have no idea where to go. I have an access database that performs several calculations when I print the report (happens during the detail format event). These calculations are relatively complex and happen through a series of if/then/else...

Need Some Help on this one I have a form that I want to have open, because the user needs to work with it. However, is it possible for me to have 6 different instances of the same form displaying 6 separate records from the same table. I think vb.net handles this by default, but how do you do...

I have a form that I have placed a tab control onto. This (and everyone other project I have worked on) is causing me problems with the tab index on the tab control. I can't seem to renumber the tab control to make it work in a logical order on the tab control. I understand that each page of...

Is there a way that you can specify where the cursor will be put inside of a text box. I have a procedure that sets focus to a text box when it DoCmd.runCommand acCmdRefresh and it highlights all data when it sets focus. Is there a way that I can specify in code that I want the cursor to then...

Does anyone else have the problem that when you set a lable on a form to vertical, the text disappears. I guess its still there, but you cant see it, even if you change the back and forecolor? Is this a known error? Thanks

I have a report that I want to print that lists 4 records per page. I have an unbound text box (that of course repeats for every record = 4 per page) that I want to have a calculated value from several of the records. Here is the dilema. It is easy to have a calculated control where...

I have a database that I would like to print records horizontally in the details section, but I have a header that I would like to print across the entire page. I tried to manipulate the columns feature in the print setup but found out that you had you couldn't have a header any wider than your...