Roz Clarke
roz.clarke at donnslaw.co.uk
Wed Jan 5 07:24:40 CST 2005
Eh, not that different from what I was trying to say! Thank you for the link Mr H. -----Original Message----- From: William Hindman [mailto:dejpolsys at hotmail.com] Sent: 05 January 2005 10:53 To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] tabs in memo fields Jim/Roz http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=210433 ..hth :) William Hindman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roz Clarke" <roz.clarke at donnslaw.co.uk> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:23 AM Subject: RE: [AccessD] tabs in memo fields > Hi Jim > > I hope some bright spark who actually slept last night will come up > with > an > elegant solution because the only thing I can come up with at the moment > is > rather clunky. > > Do an INSTR to find the first tab character (CHR(9) iirc). Keep doing > this on the same memo until you don't find a tab, then move on to the > mext memo. You could use a flag to indicate whether a tab was found on > the last pass or > not, so that your code knows whether to look at the same memo again or > move > on to the next one. > > Untested, ungraceful... if there's a neat way of doing it I'd like to > know too > > Roz > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Lawrence [mailto:accessd at shaw.ca] > Sent: 05 January 2005 07:52 > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: [AccessD] tabs in memo fields > > > Hi All: > > It seems simple but, is there a way to replace tab characters within a > memo > field using a query or function? Note, memo field can be many hundreds of > characters. > > TIA > Jim > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > The contents of this message and any attachments are the property of Donns > Solicitors > and are intended for the confidential use of the named recipient only. > They may be legally > privileged and should not be communicated to, or relied upon, by any other > party without > our written consent. If you are not the addressee, please notify us > immediately so that we > can make arrangements for its return. You should not show this e-mail to > any person or > take copies as you may be committing a criminal or civil offence for which > you may be > liable. The statement and opinions expressed in this e-mail message are > those of the > writer, and do not necessarily represent that of Donns Solicitors. > Although any files attached > to this e-mail will have been checked with virus protection software prior > to transmission, > you should carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment. > Donns Solicitors does not accept any liability for any damage or loss > which may be caused > by software viruses... > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -------------- next part -------------- The contents of this message and any attachments are the property of Donns Solicitors and are intended for the confidential use of the named recipient only. They may be legally privileged and should not be communicated to, or relied upon, by any other party without our written consent. If you are not the addressee, please notify us immediately so that we can make arrangements for its return. You should not show this e-mail to any person or take copies as you may be committing a criminal or civil offence for which you may be liable. The statement and opinions expressed in this e-mail message are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent that of Donns Solicitors. Although any files attached to this e-mail will have been checked with virus protection software prior to transmission, you should carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment. Donns Solicitors does not accept any liability for any damage or loss which may be caused by software viruses...