PBudge at cbsol.com
PBudge at cbsol.com
Fri Jul 18 10:28:07 CDT 2003
Ha! *I* got six! ;-)
Pamela G. Budge
PBudge at cbsol.com
Creative Business Solutions
<jcolby at colbyconsulting.c
om> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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07/18/2003 10:13 AM
Please respond to Access
Developers discussion and
problem solving
I just got FIVE copies of this email!
John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Mark A Matte
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:10 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Autoexec Code?
You know...if we could somehow bring bound/unbound into this
discussion...we
might be able to get fireworks instead of just flames...lol
Mark
>From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net>
>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem
>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>To: "Access Developers discussion and problem
>solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Autoexec Code?
>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:02:26 -0500
>
>Well now, this certainly turned out to be a wimpy flame war! After that
>enticing jab at the beginning I thought I'd see blood!
>
>Not like Johnny Cash at all - more like that awful 70's song where some
>unknown female singer who had a really high screechy voice screeched out a
>love song and just about broke glass doing it. It went something like
this:
>
>loving you,
>is easy cause you're beautiful,
>eieieieieieieieiei!
>
>(I can't even fit accessd lyrics into that bit)
>
>egad, JC's too busy with spam filtering, William's nowhere to be seen and
>Drew must be patching a dehumidifier into his network or something!
>:o)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow
> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:38 AM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Autoexec Code?
> >
> >
> > Oh-oh,
> >
> > (to the tune of Johnny Cash)
> >
> > I hear the flame a coming...
> > Its coming down the web,
> > I think I know who's typing,
> > just don't know when...
> >
> > I'm watching Access flames wars,
> > heating up again...
> >
> > :o)
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Heenan,
> > > Lambert
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:51 AM
> > > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Autoexec Code?
> > >
> > >
> > > What is your problem (and all the others out there who have
> > hang-ups about
> > > the "dreaded" macros)? <g>
> > >
> > > I use macros for two reasons only myself (to run stuff in
> > AutoExec and to
> > > disable/enable certain keystrokes in the AutoKeys macro), but I don't
>go
> > > around chastising myself for doing so. They do what I need and
> > as there is
> > > no need for error handling I don't miss that ability. I *don't*
> > use macros
> > > for anything else because I can do what I need in VBA with more
>control.
> > >
> > > You then say "I have one form that opens via the startup dialog
> > > and put the
> > > code in there that opens my hidden form. It works, but doesn't
> > seem like
> > > the best way to do it". What makes you think it's not "the best way"?
> > > Because you have the overhead of opening a form in order to open
>another
> > > form? If that's such a big issue (is it???) then put ONE
> > "RunCode" line in
> > > AutoExec to call a function in a module - that's the *ONLY* way
> > > that you can
> > > "autoexecute a MODULE".
> > >
> > > Please, don't stay religious about macros. You might just as
> > well say that
> > > using #define in C/C++ is bad because it's not real C/C++
> > code, but they
> > > are part of the C/C++ development environment, and everyone uses
them.
> > > Occasionally you need to use macros in Access, but it's no sin to do
>so.
> > > <vbg>
> > >
> > > Lambert
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Greg S [SMTP:weeden1949 at hotmail.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:26 AM
> > > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > > > Subject: [AccessD] Autoexec Code?
> > > >
> > > > Hello Group!
> > > >
> > > > I know that part of my question has been discussed before but I
> > > can't seem
> > > > to find it (too shor a night I think...).
> > > >
> > > > 1. I want to open a hidden form on startup that opens to a
> > table in the
> > > > BE. The purpose is to keep the BE open until the last user
> > exits. This
> > > > "should" speed up some of the timing issues I've been having
> > at a local
> > > > client (large network, some fiber connections, but some older
> > > switches and
> > > > servers). It's a fully secured app, so I can't directly open
> > > the table by
> > > > the form...it has to be done thru a query since none of the users
>have
> > > > permissions on the tables.
> > > >
> > > > 2. Related to that, I could just put the code in the AUTOEXEC
> > > macro that
> > > > opens the form hidden. But I HATE macros. They're
> > functional, but that
> > > > doesn't make me like'em any better. I have one form that
> > opens via the
> > > > startup dialog and put the code in there that opens my hidden
> > form. It
> > > > works, but doesn't seem like the best way to do it.
> > > >
> > > > 3. Is there some way to autoexecute a MODULE or some of the
> > code (other
> > > > than the way I'm forcing it with the form above in #2)?
> > > >
> > > > Btw, it's Access 97, soon to be changed over to Access 2002,
> > or .net, or
> > > > xp or whatever they want to call it this week...
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Greg Smith
> > > > Weeden1949 at hotmail.com <mailto:Weeden1949 at hotmail.com> << File:
> > > > ATT10294127.txt >>
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