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    How to update tables in the backend of a linked database

    Hello, My database has been split, and the BE is on a server. I have about 15 user terminals using the database front end through out our facility. I need to add a column to one of the tables in the BE, but it It keeps telling me it is read only because the database is in use. Is there any...
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    Recurring dates

    Hello, It's been a while since I have posted on this forum. I am running access 2016, and am really not a pro a making these databases. I am attempting to make a database that will work as a preventative maintenance schedule for our equipment. What I would like to do is have the "PM" (record...
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    Populating a record from an on command button

    Hello, I am trying populate a record with the click of a button. I have attached a copy of my DB. You can see I am just trying to work the little bugs out at the moment before I put it to use. This is what I am trying to make happen. As you can see the DB is designed to track and schedule...
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    building a preventative maintenance database

    Hello guys, I haven't posted in here in quite a while, but you were a big help in building my last database, and I thought I would ask for help again. I'm running Access 2016, and am trying to build a database to help manage our Preventative Maintenance program at our factory. My first...
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    Looking to do a yearly average vs. weekly average

    Hello, I am trying to compare production scrap rates. I want to compare the the scrap of a current run of a product vs. the yearly scrap rate of the same product. I currently have a table that contains the data for every run of product during the year with the scrap rate for each run...
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    Line and bar graphs

    Is it possible to create a line or bar graph as a report in Access 2007? If so, how would you go about it? thanks,
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    queries are returning double records

    Hello, I am using access 2007. I have checked my table, and the record is only entered once, but when I run the query to sort the table, it returns double records. The table would look something like the Column 1 (name) Column 2 (w.o.) Column 3 (boxes). There would be a name in the name...
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    displaying certain records in a report

    Hello all, I am running Access 2007. I have a report that is based on a table. The report show the productivity of different employees. I want to use a form to pull the same report, but only display the employee that is selected on the form. I have made it work using a text box, but when...
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    Question automatic date scheduling

    You guys have been great so far. I am really getting this database working like I wanted it to. I am working on the plant maintainence side of the database now. I want to be able to schedule PM's (preventitive maintainance) on my machinery. Some of them are done once a week, some are once a...
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    Question Adding tables to a split database

    I am calling for a little help once again. I have recently spit my database I guess you would say successfully haha. I am trying to add another table to the database. I thought it would be straight forward, just open the backend database and add the table. The problem I came across is that I...
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    Question help with split database

    Hello, I am running access 2007. I have created a database. The database has been split, and is mapped to a network drive on our company server. I then copied and pasted my front end files to anther computer on the company floor. I also mapped that computer to the network drive. Using...
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    Question Multiple database users at the same time.

    hello, I am currently running a database using access 2007. The database is only used on two computers, and the access file (the whole database) is stored on a server. The database us accessed simply by opening it from a shared doc location. In other words the database is not split. I plan...
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    One quick simple question.

    I need to know what to enter into the critera area on a query. I am trying to include all of the records that have a certain word in the discription field. To explain, the discription field contains different part numbers, some start with A and some start with B. (a12, a45, ect.) I want to...
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    Run Time error when printing is cancelled.

    I am really green when it comes to VB. I have written some code to print a report in Access 2007. When I press my command button, the print properties window comes up just like it should. If I select print in the print properties window, the code runs fine. But, if I select cancel, then I...
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    setting a checkbox in a table

    To start I am using Access 2007. I have a form that has a combo box on it as well as a control button. When the button is clicked access will open a report, and print the record matching that of the selection in the combo box. That is all well and good. However, I would like it to also open...
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    Multiple where conditions?

    I have a report that works from a query. The report has three colums: date, cutter1 and cutter1 total. I have made a form with a view button that has two fields. One is the date, and the other is cutter 1. I would like to view the report based on the records that match the date, and the...
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    Label Printing

    I want to print labels when the enter button is pressed on a data entry form. I currently have my database doing that successfully, however, the database prints one label for each record in the table that is tied to the form. I want it to print a sheet (20) labels of the record that was just...
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    Starting a new project

    To start out, I would like to say hello to everyone. I just joined the forum. I have built a small database in access 2007 (my first time). It works, but not as well as I would like, so I'm trying to refine it. I am trying to do it the correct way this time as opposed to making it work which...
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