Max Wanadoo
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Thu Mar 19 06:48:22 CDT 2009
Personally I would not have a problem with that as long as they signed up to
say that data corruption could not be attributed to my application and that
if the app stopped working because of "bad data" then, again, it would be
down to them and any repairs requiring coding would be chargeable.
Also, the display you see when you open a table in MS Access IS a FORM. It
is Access's system version of a form displaying data in a laid out logical
way. If it was just "raw" date it would (probably) be just an unformatted
string of characters.
Max
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:31 AM, John W Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a client where a senior partner insisted in working directly in a
> table. Refused to use forms.
>
> I walked away from that job.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
>
> William Hindman wrote:
> > ...an mde on a full access install only protects your code, not your data
> > ...a power user wannabe can use a full install to run queries against the
> be
> > data that can do immense and sometimes uncorrectable damage simply
> because
> > they only "thimk" they know what they are doing ...I've walked away from
> > jobs over that issue ...I grant that's a luxury others may not have.
> >
> > ...on the other side, that means you have to provide a custom query
> engine
> > for the users to have limited access to find the data they need without
> my
> > helping hand ...find the data, not modify it in any way that I don't
> > control.
> >
> > William
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:06 AM
> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dialog Box for Creating .txt tables
> >
> >
> >> That's why I keep the MDB tucked away and only let the lusers see the
> mde
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Stuart
> >>
> >> On 19 Mar 2009 at 1:54, William Hindman wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> ...we work in different worlds ...I can't imagine an environment where
> >>> anyone but me can get to the code ...I'd be serving hard time for mass
> >>> maiming, I would.
> >>>
> >>> William
> >>>
> >>> --------------------------------------------------
> >>> From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:58 PM
> >>> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> >>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dialog Box for Creating .txt tables
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I don't use the RT William, just a mdb or mde.
> >>>> Worth remembering though
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Max
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 3/18/09, William Hindman <wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Max
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ...afaik the FSO doesn't work in a runtime environment ...if you've
> >>>>> got
> >>>>> it
> >>>>> working in an A2k3 runtime I'd love to hear how.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> William
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------
> >>>>> From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:19 PM
> >>>>> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> >>>>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dialog Box for Creating .txt tables
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> You can also use the FileSystem objects to do this. Just set a
> >>>>>> Reference
> >>>>>> to,
> >>>>>> oh dear,what was it now...oh yes, I think it was MS Office 200x.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Works better then this (oldish) example.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Max
> >>>>>> ps. Getting late now and it is Paddy's day so the ref may be worng!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access
> >>>>>> Software
> >>>>>> <
> >>>>>> rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I was just doing this Bud. I use the code from the Access
> >>>>>>> Developer's
> >>>>>>> Handbook - just what you want:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> lngFlags = adhOFN_HIDEREADONLY Or _
> >>>>>>> adhOFN_HIDEREADONLY Or adhOFN_NOCHANGEDIR
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> varFileName = adhCommonFileOpenSave( _
> >>>>>>> OpenFile:=False, _
> >>>>>>> Filter:=strFilter, _
> >>>>>>> flags:=lngFlags, _
> >>>>>>> DialogTitle:="Enter File Name and Location for Mail List
> >>>>>>> File
> >>>>>>> Export")
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> varFileName = adhTrimNull(varFileName)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> intReply = MsgBox("Ready To Export Mailing List " &
> >>>>>>> txtMailingList
> >>>>>>> _
> >>>>>>> & " to " & varFileName & ". OK to continue", vbYesNo)
> >>>>>>> If intReply <> vbYes Then
> >>>>>>> MsgBox "Export Aborted.", vbExclamation
> >>>>>>> Exit Sub
> >>>>>>> Else
> >>>>>>> 'DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acExportDelim, ,
> >>>>>>> "qryExportMailingList",
> >>>>>>> varFileName, True
> >>>>>>> DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acExportDelim,
> >>>>>>> acSpreadsheetTypeExcel9,
> >>>>>>> "qryExportMailingList", varFileName, True
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> MsgBox "Mail List Exported.", vbExclamation
> >>>>>>> End If
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Of course, my transfer is failing but the file name ends up in the
> >>>>>>> var
> >>>>>>> just
> >>>>>>> fine.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Rocky Smolin
> >>>>>>> Beach Access Software
> >>>>>>> 858-259-4334
> >>>>>>> www.e-z-mrp.com
> >>>>>>> www.bchacc.com
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> >>>>>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bud
> Goss
> >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:45 PM
> >>>>>>> To: Access Group
> >>>>>>> Subject: [AccessD] Dialog Box for Creating .txt tables
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have an Access application that creates a text (.txt) table using
> >>>>>>> DoCmd.TransferText.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> In this application, I would like to display a windows dialog box
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>> showing
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> "Save in;" and "File name:" that would allow the user to navigate
> >>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> directory where the table would be located and designate file name
> >>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>> be
> >>>>>>> used.
> >>>>>>> (Similar to the dialog box that you see when you do a file save as
> >>>>>>> in
> >>>>>>> Microsoft word etc.)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Is it possible to do this in Access?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If so, would some one tell me where I can find information and
> >>>>>>> examples.
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