Recent content by gmit

Hi there I need so help with the replace function to replace multiple characters in a sting. The replace function syntax is: string1 = replace(sting1, "find", "ReplaceWith") I would like to replace multiple things but I'm not sure of the syntax. string1 = replace(string1...

Problem solved I used the max(id) to achieve what I wanted: strSQL = "Select Max(id) as lastID FROM " & strTable

I think you are correct and this can't be done so I used error checking instead. Not sure if this will help anyone but here goes: What I wanted to do was create a check box at run time when the user selects a combo box option. Once the check box was created if the user selected the same option...

Hi Does anybody know of a function or sample code that will tell me the last auto increment id from an insert query. I know of a function 'mysql_insert_id' in php but is there something similar in VB?

Hi All Does anybody know is it possible to disable an item in a combo box? I have a combo box with the contents index mapping to primary key records. I don't want to remove any of the contents as this would alter the index. I would like to disable the option when it has been selected to stop...

Thanks for the link to the thread, just what I was trying to do. Thanks to you all.

I have created the buttons but I want to disable some when the recordset is at bof or eof. But I need the code to check which buttons to enable or disable each time the recordset is moved. I have done this in the reposition event of a data control in VB but not sure if this is possible to do...

Hi I'm trying to setup navigation buttons on a form for a user to scroll through the records. I have created a recordset and want these button to be updated when at bof or eof. I have used a data control in VB and put the code in the reposition event. But I don't know how to do this in Access...

Hi Can anyone tell me how you can view links in Excel? We use a large spreadsheet at work that contains cells that link to other excel documents. Some of these links are incorrect and want to be removed. Is there any way of checking which cell links to which document without selecting the...

Access 97 didn't understand the round function but I did alter the decimal place and changed to currency and that solved the problem thanks

Hello I have a text box on a report that calculates a total, control source is =Sum([NetWgt]*([nett]/[paywgt])). This works fine but sometime when I run the report I get the error Overflow. I no this error is caused when a variable isn't large enough ie an integer is used instead of a double...

Can you not add the other reports as subreports. This would display all three on one report.

Is is possible to refer to a text box in the group footer part of a report by name. The text box is named Total and shows a total for each weight in a group. There's five groups so the text box is duplicated five times when the report is run, all showing a different weight total on the report...

I have found a way around the problem, cheated a bit but the results are what I want. I closed the connection first then opened it again after the code for the printing had completed. There's a slight flicker in the program but I get my printout. Not sure if this is the correct way to do it...

I get an error when trying to open database, because the database is already open. I have a form with a data control on it and text boxes bound to fields in the database. When the form loads the properties of the data control is set and the fields displayed in the bound text boxes. There are...