How to use the AddItem method to transfer data from two fields into a single column in a listbox. Q: Kris Rutko wants to know how to transfer data from two columns of table information into a single column in a listbox, using the AddItem method. A: Save the value from each field to a […]
A tip to keep in mind when copying queries to another database. Queries copied to another (transfer) database may lose their links. Try including the tables in the transfer.
How to shrink up the blank spaces on reports. Q: Randy writes: “I was wondering if there was any way I could shrink up the blank spaces on a report. The CanShrink Property just kinda shifts the blank spaces from the bottom of the detail section to the top in each group of records. I […]
A reader suggests a quick way to re-attach all procedures. Mark Plumpton, responding to the Orphaned Code tip in WAW 4.22, suggests that a quick way to re-attach all procedures is to open the original form’s code module, select all (Ctrl-A), copy (Ctrl-C) and then open the new form’s module and paste (Ctrl-V). You should […]
Some interesting error messages and unhelpful help that readers have come across. Sometimes you get singularly unhelpful help or error messages. Here’s some we and our readers have found recently … William Ferry reports the following weird error message, which occurs whenever he boots his laptop running Win NT Workstation: “The control registers for COM2 […]