Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Thu Apr 10 08:54:26 CDT 2008
That was my idiocy Lembit. Do Until .Dernier is not part of VB at all. I was looking at code in a Class where Dernier was just a property the author created. Doh! -- Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk --------- Original Message -------- From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] An International Consideration Date: 10/04/08 13:46 Andy, it's the same with German/English Access. I remember stumbling into this when I first time used my German version for a US project about 10 years ago. was very mad on this. But the Do until .Dernier is new to me, and I think pretty crazy. Lembit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Lacey" <andy at minstersystems.co.uk> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] An International Consideration > To add to this unilateral discussion. > > My French colleague tells me he could have used [Forms] rather than > [Formulaires] - the French version will accept French or English whereas > the > English version only "speaks" English (how typical is that!). So the moral > is that if you're coding in another language and want your software to be > usable elsewhere use the English keywords (ok that's not so surprising). > > But what I do find surprising is that my assumption that VB was all > English > is wrong. The statement > > Do Until .EOF > can be written in Franglais in the French version as > Do Until .Dernier > > and, what's more, my English Access understands it!! Sacre bleu. > > -- > Andy Lacey > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > > > > --------- Original Message -------- > From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: [AccessD] An International Consideration > Date: 10/04/08 08:34 > > > Hi everyone > > Here's a funny thing that's arisen because of running an Access system > written in French on an English version of Access. I thought those of you > involved in systems around the globe might be interested in this. > > I found that when I open a form whose data is based upon a selection made > on > the previous form Access pops up the parameter entry dialog and asks me to > enter the value which it ought to be just reading from the earlier form. > So > say I'm in form A. There's a prompt for a week number and then a button to > open the production plan for that week. In France, where the system was > written, that week's plan would appear. Here in the UK Access pops up a > dialog asking for the week number and only when I enter it there does the > plan appear. This behaviour occurs all over the systems. What it is, I'm > sure, is that the recordsource for the planning screen is: > > SELECT * > FROM [Pr?paration planning] > WHERE [Pr?paration planning].Semaine=[Formulaires]![Semaine > planning]![Semaine] > > If you look at the WHERE statement the keyword Formulaires is not being > recognised in English Access (it would be Forms here of course) so > [Formulaires]![Semaine planning]![Semaine] is being treated as an unknown > parameter and Access asks for user input. > > Interesting eh? Of course what I could do is get hold of a French version > of > Access but I'd need to install that on another machine as it would be sure > to get in the way of the English version. A case for Virtual PC, I know. > Anyway this post is not about solving this (unless someone has a great > idea > of course), more about pointing out yet another potential pratfall when > you > cross national/language borders. I'd be interested to know if Access > handles > the reverse ok, ie if [Forms] is used would that be ok in the French > version? > > -- > Andy Lacey > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > > > ________________________________________________ > Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 > > -- AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > ________________________________________________ > Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: > 09.04.2008 16:20 > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ________________________________________________ Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2