Non-flame war over singers - was RE: [AccessD] Autoexec Code?

Charlotte Foust cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Fri Jul 18 12:55:45 CDT 2003


Folsom Prison Blues it correct.  Take the A Train was a swing number.
 
Charlotte Foust

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Don Elliker [mailto:delliker at hotmail.com] 
	Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:51 AM
	To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
	Subject: RE: Non-flame war over singers - was RE: [AccessD]
Autoexec Code?
	
	

	I think it's actually "Folsom Prison Blues" - but I have been
wrong before.

	_D
	
	"Things are only free to the extent that you don't pay for
them".-Don Elliker 

	>From: "Heenan, Lambert" 
	>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving 
	>To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
	>Subject: RE: Non-flame war over singers - was RE: [AccessD]
Autoexec Code? 
	>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:55:13 -0400 
	> 
	>Actually I believe it was "Ride This Train". It was Duke
Ellington who first 
	>recorded "Take the A Train", written by Billy Strayhorn in
1941. 
	> 
	>Lambert 
	> 
	> > -----Original Message----- 
	> > From: Wortz, Charles [SMTP:CWortz at tea.state.tx.us] 
	> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:47 AM 
	> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving 
	> > Subject: OT: Non-flame war over singers - was RE: [AccessD]
Autoexec 
	> > Code? 
	> > 
	> > However, John B was referring to Johnny Cash's "The A
Train." 
	> > 
	> > Charles Wortz 
	> > Software Development Division 
	> > Texas Education Agency 
	> > 1701 N. Congress Ave 
	> > Austin, TX 78701-1494 
	> > 512-463-9493 
	> > CWortz at tea.state.tx.us 
	> > 
	> > 
	> > 
	> > -----Original Message----- 
	> > From: Gary Kjos [mailto:garykjos at hotmail.com] 
	> > Sent: Friday 2003 Jul 18 08:35 
	> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com 
	> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Autoexec Code? 
	> > Importance: Low 
	> > 
	> > 
	> > >>>that awful 70's song where some unknown female singer who
had a 
	> > >>>really 
	> > >>>high screechy voice<<< 
	> > 
	> > I beleive that would be Minnie Riperton. 
	> > 
	> > http://www.minnieriperton.com/ 
	> > 
	> > A truely irritating song. 
	> > 
	> > Gary Kjos 
	> > garykjos at hotmail.com 
	> > 
	> > 
	> > 
	> > 
	> > 
	> > >From: "John Bartow" 
	> > >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
	> > >solving 
	> > >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem 
	> > >solving" 
	> > >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)? 
	> > > > > 
	> > > > > 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. 
	> > > > > 
	> > > > > 
	> > > > > 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 << File: 
	> > > > > > ATT10294127.txt >> 
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