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- Reduce repetitive formatting for Access objects
- This article is also available as a PDF download.Objects come with a set of built-in properties thatdetermine how they look and behave. As you create new forms, reports, andcontrols, you can adjust an object's default properties as required. But often,you'll find that objects require the same changes. For instance, you...
- Tags: Databases, Susan Harkins, Microsoft Access, default property, text box
- Technical articles 2007-05-07
- Take your pick: These three script dialog boxes make it easy to interact
- Interact with users in a whole new way with the essential dialog box controls you'll learn to create in this Daily Drill Down by Greg Shultz. He examines three popular types of dialog boxes: text boxes, radio buttons, and check boxes.In the Daily Drill Down ”Create your own reusable dialog...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Greg Shultz, dialog box, text box control, box control, HTML, text box, DialogBox function, HTML dialog box, DialogBox, Microsoft VBScript
- Technical articles 2001-10-08
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- MS Access 2000 Text Box errors
- I am a novice at MS Access 2000.I have a basic large spreadsheet Excel 55 columns of data that I imported to Access 2000 and broke up into 7 smaller tables all with a one to one relationship.I made a form based on all tables for data entry. I...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., primary key, Microsoft Access, MS Access 2000, box control
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- How do I... Publish Microsoft Access check box controls to a Word document?
- This article is also available as a PDF download.Access' native controls are functional without beingoverwhelming. However, the other Office applications don't always interpretAccess controls properly. For instance, the publishing process loses check boxcontrols and their bound data when publishing an Access report to Word.Fortunately, there are a couple of easy...
- Tags: Microsoft Office
- Technical articles 2007-04-11
- An easier way to search all the text fields in a table at once
- Helping clients quickly find the records they are looking for in a table is one of the most basic requirements in any database application you build. There are many ways to accomplish this, including look-ahead combo boxes and dialog boxes that search one or more fields at a time. A...
- Tags: database, Microsoft Access, Rick O'Brien, text box
- Technical articles 2003-07-02
- VB6 Tip: Selecting all text when a Text Box gets the focus
- This article originallyappeared in the Builder.com Visual Basice-newsletter. Clickhere to subscribe automatically.When the focus moves to a Text Box that contains text,Visual Basic 6's default is to position the caret editing cursor at the startof the text. In some applications, it might be more appropriate to have all ofthe control's...
- Tags: Box, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Peter Aitken, SelLength, SelStart, Text, Text Box
- Technical articles 2004-12-10
- how to save text box data to a new file,not in same file
- i am trying to save my text boxes data to a new file through command button,but text boxes data is saved in the same file it saved last this is my codePublic Sub SaveTextBoxData(ByVal formSource As Form, ByVal fileName As String) 'This will save all data currently...
- Tags: dilip_bagdi2005@...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-21
- VB6 Tip: Selecting all text when a Text Box gets the focus
- Any users?Anybody who used this tip, please share your experience.Wrong SolutionThis is a wrong solution for the problem and also not in line with the default windows behaviour. In the default Windows behaviour, a tab used to get focus on a text box should select the whole text but...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, RexWorld, Selecting
- Discussion threads 2005-01-24
- ASP.NET Barcode Web Server Control 8.2 (Windows)
- The ASP .NET Barcode Web Server Control is a new drag-and-drop component that easily adds dynamic barcoding capability to Microsoft .NET Web Applications. It is a server-side component that creates JPEG images, therefore all processing takes place on the server and it is compatible with all web browsers. Online barcodes...
- Tags: Web Server, Microsoft ASP.NET, Web Application, Server, Microsoft Windows, Barcoding, IDAutomation, ASP .NET Barcode Web Server Control, .Net, Network Technology, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-11-19
- Control text flow in Word with linked text boxes
- RE: Control text flow in Word with linked text boxesHave used text boxes for years, but never linked them. Great tip!Linked text boxes?I have used Word for years and I had never even noticed the text box menu, let alone the link text box function.Many thanks for bringing it to...
- Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, phil@..., text box, Microsoft Word
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
- Create an Excel data entry form that includes check boxes
- Excel provides a simple data form to enter data into an Excel database. The form only only contains text box controls, which can be cumbersome when entering certain types of data.For example, you want to create a table that lists the educational level of your latest batch of job applicants....
- Tags: tip, Microsoft Office, Excel
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- How do I... Add items to an Access combo box on the fly?
- List controls in Microsoft Access, such as the combo box and list box, offer choices to the user. From their point of view, they don't have to enter anything -- they simply select an item. From the application developer's perspective, the database is protected from typos and other erroneous data....
- Tags: Box, Response, Solution, Microsoft Access, Item, Control, Property, Truth, Difference, List, Form, Table, NewData, acDataErrContinue, Limit, Yes, Iron, SQL Statement, Gold, Databases, Microsoft Office, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Office Suites, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- All together now: Four dialog box function controls in one easy script
- Greg Shultz ends his DialogBox function series by demonstrating how to create drop-down list boxes. His completed script containing four types of dialog boxes helps you put it all together and easily collect data from your users.At the beginning of this Daily Drill Down series, I showed you how to...
- Tags: Greg Shultz, dialog box, box control, DialogBox
- Technical articles 2001-10-15
- Tech Tip: Word font substitution/Quickly name Excel cells/Improving Access code value display
- Get familiar with the Font Substitutionfeature When you open a document formatted in a fontthat's not available on your machine, Word automaticallysubstitutes an equivalent from the installed fonts. Even though thefont may look different, Word still displays the name of themissing font in the Font drop-down box...
- Tags: cell, font, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, substitution
- Technical articles 2004-03-16
- ASP.NET: Revolution, not evolution
- Active server pages enter the world of object-oriented programming with ASP.NET. Find out more about ASP.NET as you follow along with this example and source code.Microsoft could have sustained or even increased the popularity of ASP as a Web application platform with incremental improvements, such as a more powerful language...
- Tags: Web servers, .NET, Middleware, Paul Stephenson, Microsoft ASP.NET, Greeter, Web server, Web Server Controls, HTML, server, Web
- Technical articles 2002-01-07
- Create an up-down box for your VB6 programs
- The up-down box gives users the option of typing the number in directly or of clicking up or down buttons to increase or decrease the value. See how you can create an up-down box in your VB6 programs by combining two of VB's standard controls. A...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Peter Aitken, Microsoft development tools, scroll bar, up-down box, down button, TextBox, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Box, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-02
- Editing Text Boxes in Microsoft Excel
- We currently post long text in our spreadsheets. I would like to know if there is a way to create text boxes in Excel that you can edit similar to Microsoft word?Edit text in a control on a worksheetYou can edit the text that is displayed in a Form...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Form Control
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Desktop publishing in Word: Understanding text boxes
- Word processing isn't just about words anymoremost users also need to master the fundamentals of desktop publishing. Here are some text box basics that will help your Word students put the P in DTP. (You can even download our free newsletter template to make demonstrating this feature a breeze!)These days,...
- Tags: Corporate communications, desktop, Jody Gilbert, desktop publishing, Microsoft Word, text box, newsletter
- Technical articles 1999-12-02
- Tech Tip: Print multiple Word pages/Create an Excel list box/Create flexible Access controls
- Word: Print multiple pages on one sheetIf you regularly print large documents or sendprinted copies of them through the mail, you can save on both paperand postage by using Word's Zoom feature. With Zoom, you can printas many as 16 pages on a single sheet of paper. Printing multiplepages on...
- Tags: access control, cell, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Zoom
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- Tap into hidden VB control functionality using SendMessage
- Learn to use the Windows messaging system to release the app functionality that VB forgot. Lamont Adams explains this technique and offers code examples to demonstrate the possibilities.In a previous article, I discussed the Windows messaging system and explained how VB interprets numeric window messages as a set of events...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Lamont Adams, Windows API, Microsoft Visual Basic, window, Using SendMessage
- Technical articles 2002-02-15
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