[AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form

...any of the old hands here know just how downright stubborn you can be 
when you want to ...don't have to accuse you, its just a fact of life :)

...as for your being an ass, I've not noticed any large hairy ears or tail 
in your photos ...have you been hiding something from us?

William
"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride 
it, but in the end; there it is."

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From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:53 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form

> You are both TROUBLEMAKERS!
>
> ;-)
>
> And I have never been accused of being as stubborn as a
> mule.  I have been accused of being an ass though.  Is that
> the same thing?
>
> 8-0
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> William Hindman wrote:
>> ...large buttered popcorn please ...two ...considering both of the
>> protagonists are both highly competent and stubborn as mules to boot, 
>> this
>> could be fun ...like AccessD of yore :)
>>
>> William
>> "The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may 
>> deride
>> it, but in the end; there it is."
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:52 AM
>> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form
>>
>>> Ooooh, here it comes!
>>>
>>> Getcha peanuts, popcorn, crackerjack!!  Can't enjoy the fight without
>>> peanuts!  Peanuts, Mister?
>>>
>>> Charlotte
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:49 AM
>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form
>>>
>>> Ugh, I explained exactly what you need to do to do it unbound.  It would
>>> run circles around what you currently have in place.
>>>
>>> You went...whaaa whaa whaa, my customer doesn't want it done right, I am
>>> a slave to my customers unreasonable demands.
>>>
>>> And instead of listening, and realizing that you could do what you
>>> customer really wanted (and far more), you had this stupid idea stuck in
>>> your head that an unbound form was just a form, and not a complete
>>> structure instead.  If you want to build an interface over a crappy
>>> table structure, bound is certainly the way to go.  Good luck with
>>> that....
>>>
>>> Drew
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:09 AM
>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form
>>>
>>> Gustav,
>>>
>>> Maybe... all the UHU members, being coders at heart, have left us for
>>> other platforms, leaving only bounders in our midst?
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> And yes, I am attempting to be charitable here.
>>>
>>> 8-)
>>>
>>>> I have in a few cases used unbound forms (small and no
>>> subforms) and was surprised to find out how many tasks you needed to
>>> take of - your initially simple code quickly bloats to a mess.
>>>
>>> I would think so.  What I want to know more than anything else is how
>>> does Access discover the lock on a record in order to display the lock
>>> symbol in the selector bar on the left.  And why did they not expose
>>> that to us?
>>>
>>> John W. Colby
>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>>
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