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    Print without dialogue box

    I remember seeing an article about this on http://www.mvps.org/access/toc.htm Look for 'Supress Printing Dialog' or something like that. Larry
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    Turn of warnings on DB startup - Is this possible?

    I've been looking at this the last couple of days myself, and the only way I have found to disable the security warnings is to set macro security to low - either through the Access menus or by writing a registry key. Larry
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    Barcode scanner input question

    Yes it will. It will be seen as a HID - human input device - and will work as your quote above says. Larry
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    Syntax Error

    "SELECT WHSender.Sender, WHSender.Phone FROM WHSender WHERE (((WHSender.SenderID) Like " & forms!GeneralForm!ShipmentData.SenderName & "));" You have to separate the variable from the select statement so it can be evaluated properly. Larry
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    Newbie help with a report

    It sounds to me like your information is overrunning the page margin and causing it to run on to the next page. Try changing your margins or shortening the text boxes on the page. Larry
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    changing the reference table in a report.

    You could have two reports stored in the db. Just do a copy and paste of the one you've got and name it something different. Then with the second report in design view click on View, Properties. In the drop box for the Record Source select your second table. Larry
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    Why is this Happening ( pic)

    Post a screen capture of the report in design view. Larry
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    newbie need help fields keep cloning on all records

    Is this an unbound text box? You could put some code in the OnCurrent event to clear it when you go to a new record - something like me.mytextbox="" Larry
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    How combo box can Drill Down results as i type a Name

    I would probably use a separate unbound text box for the search term, then in the Keypress event change the filter of the combo box to something like me.mycombobox.filter= "*" & me.textboxname & "*" me.mycombobox.filteron=true This first line will set the filter to *Black* for example, which...
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    Delete user information in System.mdw file?

    To delete a user from the workgroup file programatically: Dim wks As Workspace Set wks = DBEngine(0) 'DELETE USER FROM WORKGROUP wks.Users.Delete UserID UserID is a string variable containing the username you want to delete. Larry
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    Report Filter

    Oops - forgot the single quotes: me.filter = "Facility Like '*" & nz(forms!frmMain!txtFacilityName,"") & "*'" me.filteron=true The last bit after the * is a single quote ' followed by a double quote ". I think that should work for you. Larry
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    New Line in a Text box

    Try: & vbCrLf Larry
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    Report Filter

    Try this: me.filter = "Facility Like * " & nz(forms!frmMain!txtFacilityName,"") & "*" me.filteron=true I always use code like this in the Open event of the report. Never tried Activate. Larry
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    Noob Question Sorry. Forum Sizes!

    You're welcome! Larry
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    filter insists on parameter

    Try Me.Filter = "[group-DSN] = " & GroupID Larry
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