[AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu May 29 12:53:11 CDT 2008


You are both TROUBLEMAKERS!

;-)

And I have never been accused of being as stubborn as a 
mule.  I have been accused of being an ass though.  Is that 
the same thing?

8-0

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


William Hindman wrote:
> ...large buttered popcorn please ...two ...considering both of the 
> protagonists are both highly competent and stubborn as mules to boot, this 
> could be fun ...like AccessD of yore :)
> 
> William
> "The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride 
> it, but in the end; there it is."
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:52 AM
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form
> 
>> Ooooh, here it comes!
>>
>> Getcha peanuts, popcorn, crackerjack!!  Can't enjoy the fight without
>> peanuts!  Peanuts, Mister?
>>
>> Charlotte
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:49 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form
>>
>> Ugh, I explained exactly what you need to do to do it unbound.  It would
>> run circles around what you currently have in place.
>>
>> You went...whaaa whaa whaa, my customer doesn't want it done right, I am
>> a slave to my customers unreasonable demands.
>>
>> And instead of listening, and realizing that you could do what you
>> customer really wanted (and far more), you had this stupid idea stuck in
>> your head that an unbound form was just a form, and not a complete
>> structure instead.  If you want to build an interface over a crappy
>> table structure, bound is certainly the way to go.  Good luck with
>> that....
>>
>> Drew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:09 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA Unbound data entry / update form
>>
>> Gustav,
>>
>> Maybe... all the UHU members, being coders at heart, have left us for
>> other platforms, leaving only bounders in our midst?
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> And yes, I am attempting to be charitable here.
>>
>> 8-)
>>
>>> I have in a few cases used unbound forms (small and no
>> subforms) and was surprised to find out how many tasks you needed to
>> take of - your initially simple code quickly bloats to a mess.
>>
>> I would think so.  What I want to know more than anything else is how
>> does Access discover the lock on a record in order to display the lock
>> symbol in the selector bar on the left.  And why did they not expose
>> that to us?
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
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