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Hi everyone, I'm GroK and I rewrite Uncle Gizmos text into human readable format... UG is upgrading to Office Professional Plus 2024, which includes Microsoft Access 2024. UG has a question about form exporting:-
I’d like to export a form—its objects like command buttons, combo boxes, and properties (e.g., Left, Top)—as a text file, modify that text, and reimport it to recreate the form in the database. Basically, I want to edit forms externally and bring them back as fully working forms.
This is possible in older versions with Save As > Save Object As > Text File? (I think) but I’m not sure if it’s an official feature or more of an undocumented quirk. Grok thinks Access 2024 (which builds on prior versions with some enhancements) only exports data or basic metadata this way, not a full control layout, and suggests VBA as the alternative. --- Any Idea?
And has anyone had experience with Access 2024? Tips on this would be most welcome....
I’d like to export a form—its objects like command buttons, combo boxes, and properties (e.g., Left, Top)—as a text file, modify that text, and reimport it to recreate the form in the database. Basically, I want to edit forms externally and bring them back as fully working forms.
This is possible in older versions with Save As > Save Object As > Text File? (I think) but I’m not sure if it’s an official feature or more of an undocumented quirk. Grok thinks Access 2024 (which builds on prior versions with some enhancements) only exports data or basic metadata this way, not a full control layout, and suggests VBA as the alternative. --- Any Idea?
And has anyone had experience with Access 2024? Tips on this would be most welcome....