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    Sorting multiple rows at a time

    The sort function (as far as i can tell) will only sort 1 row at a time based on contents of column selected. So say you have 3 rows of data that should be treated as if they were one. How would you be able to sort 3 rows at a time? In my situation, for example, D1=1 and D7=2 but all the cells...
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    complicated text-to-columns macro?

    I'm using an old AS400 mainframe system here. I can export a report that i want into a txt file and then import to excel but i'm running into problems when i try to separate all this data. Unfortunatly when the report exports to txt file, it does not keep the column widths as seen in the...
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    Show only the access program

    I want to turn off the access shell and only display what I have created. I want it to float on the desktop as if it's a standalone program. I searched the forums and I found several useful posts concerning this topic but i just wanted to investigate further. I thought I had done this once...
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    OnClick event not working

    Private Sub EmpID_Click() Dim SQL As String SQL = "SELECT * FROM Employee WHERE (((Employee.EmployeeID)=" & Me.EmpID & "));" Me.Parent.sfEmp.Form.RecordSource = SQL Me.Parent.tabPublisher = 1 End Sub This was the code we had before Office 2007. The purpose of this code is to...
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    Connect form1 to popup form2

    Form 1 has all the regular information for employees. Form 2 has the dates of their "progress reports" for each year (you'll have multiple records for a single employee on Form 1) Form 2 is also a popup (just a small window with a few date fields and a record selector so you can scroll through...
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    Display user input on report

    I have a report that is filtered based on the selections made in a form. (IE. provide a date range to look in) I want to be able to display that date range on the report. If someone could just write the proper syntax, i can plug in my field names.
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    How do i add calculations to a report?

    I have a report that tracks Job Announcements for my organization. The report is based on a query, and inside that query i have some calculations (IE. time between 2 dates) The jobs are grouped by department, so i have a group header and footer. This is the only group. In the group footer...
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    Show a field on a form from a diff table?

    I have a form (Form1), it's connected to Table1. Table1 has a "name" and a "title". Table2 is connected to Table1. Table2 has a "date". Can I show information from Table2 on Form1 if the Form is connected to Table1 and not 2? If so, what would be the correct syntax for showing "date" (from...
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    can you reset an autonumber?

    If you start a brand new table and enter in 5 rows of data (Column 1 being the autonumber). Then, if you delete those 5 rows of data, your autonumber will be starting out at #6. Is there a way to reset that autonumber so it starts back at 1?
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    Proper table design

    So i built this really awesome, huge, complicated database. Now, I'm slowly discovering that the design was built wrong in the first place. Ahh, the power of "hands-on learning" This database tracks Job announcements and the employees that get hired. For jobs, I have a table called [tblJobs]...
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    Hiding a Control in a Report

    Well. It seems like everytime I try to do something in Access, no matter how simple it would seem, there is ALWAYS a problem. GRR! I want to create a single page report that displays calculation results (from a query) about each different category i have in my table/query. Maybe there is a way...
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    Refer to a Query field from a Report

    I still do not understand why there are different operators for referring to the same thing from different locations. (Nor do i want to understand) Does anyone have a cheat sheet? I copied this formula directly from a form to a report and expected it to work, boy was i wrong. Here's the...
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    filter report by form

    I found this nifty article on the MS knowledge base but it is for 2000, not 2003 that i am using. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208529 Is there a simple fix to make that work in 2003? I've tried to do it according to those instructions but i have the following problems. on that link under...
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    format a control as a percentage

    sigh, It's me again! I have a subform, bound to a query. On that subform, i utilize DCount, Count, and DAvg to give a wide range of information about that query (all the jobs) So, i have a control that shows me the total number of jobs in my DB and i have another control that shows me the...
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    help w/ calculated fields in a query

    So, I have this query... This expression works fine: Expr9: Nz(DateDiff("d",[Closed Externally],[Cert Returned to HR]),0) However, this one does not: (the expression itself works, it's just that the [] + [] is concantanating and not adding) Expr13: IIf(Nz(DateDiff("d",[Closed Externally],[Cert...
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    help w/ calculated fields in a query

    So, I have this query... This expression works fine: Expr9: Nz(DateDiff("d",[Closed Externally],[Cert Returned to HR]),0) However, this one does not: Expr13: IIf(Nz(DateDiff("d",[Closed Externally],[Cert Returned to HR]),0)="0",[Expr7]+[Expr8],[Expr9]) What's the deal?
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    Switch tab focus, set filter to subform

    So, I had been asking this question in a different forum. Sorry if this is bad forum usage. The goal is: I have a 6 tab main form. On each tab is a subform. The 4th tab is a search subform (hrSearchJobs) that looks up information from tab2's subform (hrJobs). The search will display it's...
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    Display query result on a form

    OK, the main goal is to display the total number of records in a table on a form. But, on this same form, I want to do the average timeframe between dates as well as 4 or 5 other quick reference formulas. (So, i can't bound this form to just one query. Building the query is not the problem...
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    MS Access Tab switching

    I hope this is being posted in the right place. I have a search form that uses the "details" field to populate the search results. The search form is the 4th tab in a 4tab group. In the search result, I have a field named "JobID". I am trying to make it so I can click on that search result...
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