How to customise the captions on MessageBox buttons. Q:Piet Boden wants to know if it is possible to change the text displayed on the buttons in a MessageBox.A: Not on a message box produced by the MsgBox function, though you do have a choice of various buttons. You will need to create a dialog-type form […]
How to print envelopes directly from Access. Q:Jim Coxon writes: “What I need to do is to print envelopes directly from Access. i.e. Customer rings up for tickets, agent enters details into Access using a form, form is printed, agent puts tickets into envelope. If we could print the envelope directly then she could put […]
A reader offers this great tip to save time when creating new databases. Chuck Roberts writes with a suggestion that saves time when creating a new database: I frequently make new databases. So I created a blank database with a template form, a template report, and all my standard subroutines. When I need a new […]
How to get calculated fields to display zero. Q: Rob Stoker writes: I have a calculated field which is sum([nettprice]*[quantity]) which works ok. However if there is no data then it displays #Error. I have tried the Nz function, and tried the IIf function but I can’t seem to stop it doing it. I would […]
Information on an unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP). Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) only,click here for more …