[AccessD] Fisher Find & Replace

Charlotte Foust charlotte.foust at gmail.com
Thu Jul 31 11:43:54 CDT 2014


Doesn't work on 2013.

Charlotte


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
wrote:

> The best danged utility ever given to an Access developer:
> http://www.rickworld.com/products.html
>
> R
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
> Fitzpatrick
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 5:06 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Fisher Find & Replace
>
> Out of curiosity, what is Find and Replace?  I assume a utility program of
> some kind?
>
> Cheers
> */Bryan Fitzpatrick
> Mobile: 0418 618 469/*
> On 31/07/2014 9:36 AM, Darryl Collins wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > I have Find and replace - never used it update headers or colours though.
> Not sure it can do that as it is mostly geared to updating names and/or
> properties rather than colours - although you could always send Rick an
> email and ask.  The few times I have needed to contact him he has always
> gotten back promptly with an answer.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Darryl.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of David
> > Emerson
> > Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2014 9:09 AM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Fisher Find & Replace
> >
> > Thanks for the quick response.
> >
> > The changes are only to form header and detail colors.  I suppose I could
> write code to do this but I hoped it would already be within Rick's tool.
> >
> > Otherwise it may be quicker just to make the changes manually to each
> form
> (about 100).
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Benson
> > Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2014 10:57 a.m.
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Fisher Find & Replace
> >
> > Hi David. I don't know about that program's capabilities but would you
> not
> be able to do this somewhat simply with VBA?..
> >
> > With a form open, identify all controls in that Section, check that
> > TypeName = "Textbox", and set the background color and / or however
> > that theme manifests, to whatever value(s) look right in a control you
> > have manually set. The parent hierarchy is
> >
> > Docmd.open acform, theformname, acDesigh (I think.... can't test from
> > where I am now)
> >
> > This is air code and I might not have the correct index for header
> section.
> >
> > For each ctrl in Screen.ActiveForm.sections (0).controls
> >       With curl
> > ...
> >
> >        End with
> > Next
> >
> >
> > At least this is how I would go about trying to do it anyway. Shame there
> is no Macro recorder in Access!
> > On Jul 30, 2014 6:42 PM, "David Emerson" <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Listers,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I Have Rick's Find and Replace version 9.00k.  I need to change the
> >> form section (header and detail) background colors for all the forms
> >> in my Access 2010 database.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have tried playing with the Search User Specified Properties
> >> section but am not coming up with any matches (let alone being able
> >> to change
> > them).
> >>
> >>
> >> The objective is to eventually replace several control fields with
> >> Theme colours.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any pointers?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> David Emerson
> >> Dalyn Software Ltd
> >> Wellington, New Zealand
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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