[AccessD] Emailing Form Data

Thanks Jim.  This sounds like a very logical approach.
I can handle the Access code for automating the email each week, but am
a bit foggy on the timer routine.  Any way of sending sample code??

Thanks.

Mark Boyd 
Senior Consultant 
Enterprise Risk Services 
Deloitte & Touche LLP 
  
Tel: +1 215 405 5576
mboyd at deloitte.com 
www.deloitte.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hale, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:50 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Emailing Form Data

If you are going to go the Excel route I would
1) Create an Excel template formatted properly with sheet and/or
workbook
protection. I usually create a hidden sheet in the template linked to
the
user input form. This is the sheet I read back into the database.
2) Populate the individual templates with an Access routine 
3) Automatically email the workbook to users
4) Have the users email the completed workbook back to you.
5) I have an attachment save addin in Outlook that saves attachments to
a
specified directory.
6) Have an Access form with a timer routine that periodically reads all
files in the save directory and loads the data from the workbook into
Access. The routine renames the files and moves them to a completed
directory
HTH
Jim Hale


-----Original Message-----
From: Boyd, Mark Thomas (US - Philadelphia) [mailto:mboyd at deloitte.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:55 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Emailing Form Data


Thanks Drew.  I agree that posting a web page would ideal, but I don't
have access to a web server, or even a file sharing server for that
matter.  I am at a client site, with limited resources.
I'm starting to think that just sending an Excel file for the user to
update should meet our needs.


Mark Boyd 
Senior Consultant 
Enterprise Risk Services 
Deloitte & Touche LLP 
  
Tel: +1 215 405 5576
mboyd at deloitte.com 
www.deloitte.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:26 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Emailing Form Data

It would be far easier to just send the end users a 'link' in email,
that
would open a webpage with the data they are to review/modify.  Fairly
easy
to do in asp.  Just a thought.

Drew


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