[AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form

LOL, on all accounts.

I could understand it!  ;-)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


William Hindman wrote:
> ...I always forgive JC ...its habit forming, it is ...been doing it for more 
> than a decade now ...still forgiving him for the documentation that came 
> with that sample jit file I bought from him way back when he was still 
> playing expatriate in old Mexico ...obtuse it was :)
> 
> ...great sample though ...learned a lot I did ...and I forgive him for that 
> as well :)
> 
> William
> "The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride 
> it, but in the end; there it is."
> 
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> From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:32 AM
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form
> 
>> Hi William
>>
>> You are a man of great humour. As a foreigner I had to look this up:
>>
>>  http://www.goenglish.com/DontLookAGiftHorseInTheMouth.asp
>>
>> Makes perfectly sense.
>>
>> However, have you ever had a gift which you expected to be something quite 
>> different? It may cause great disappointment. So let us forgive JC; he was 
>> wishing for the superior and sparkling unbound solution - the jacket from 
>> the top store in town he could flash on his bike - but was left with a 
>> ground level mostly bound modification - a military coloured not very sexy 
>> pullover though equipped with a smart zipper.
>>
>> /gustav
>>
>>
>>>>> wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com 29-05-2008 04:46 >>>
>> ...hate to say this JC but I think you're looking a gift horse in the 
>> mouth
>> ...this is almost exactly the way I handle customer contact records ...it
>> works without any lock conflicts, its much more flexible and user friendly
>> than a single huge memo field, and indexed search functions are much 
>> faster
>> than text searches ...and the user can't tell the difference from the 
>> single
>> memo field approach except for speed and lack of problems.
>>
>> ...its your problem of course but it looks like you've gotten locked into
>> looking at it a certain way and thus dismissing out of hand solutions that
>> really do address each of your stated issues.
>>
>> William
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:00 PM
>> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form
>>
>>>> If you REALLY must have a demo for this, let me know,
>>> maybe I can do that tomorrow....
>>>
>>> LOL, no really, not needed.
>>>
>>> John W. Colby
>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
>>
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