Bill Benson
bensonforums at gmail.com
Fri Sep 26 01:33:03 CDT 2014
How about ADO streams in a memo field (I guess it is something else in AC2013) in lieu of attachments? Reading them in and exporting takes some coding skill, but not that complicated. On Sep 25, 2014 6:04 PM, "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote: > I'll say it again. > > Attachment data types, like Hyperlinks and multivalue fields are the spawn > of the devil :-) > > (I'm sending you a stripped down application with a form that does what > you want using > conventional data types). > > -- > Stuart > > > On 25 Sep 2014 at 15:09, Susan Harkins wrote: > > > The new Attachment data type makes this so easy that I'm embarrassed I > > brought it up... > > > > Susan H. > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:05 PM, James Button > > <jamesbutton at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > More considerations: > > > > > > Maybe a commentary field where the user can indicate the source of > > > the file - > > > > > > Frequently documents have codes and signatures, and even the > > > originating facility, but do not include the indication of who sent > > > it on to you, or even if it is an 'authorised', or 'certified' copy. > > > > > > And > > > > > > Where is the original filed, what reference/folder/storage facility > > > and under who's responsibility, as there will be times when > > > electronic copies will not be acceptable. > > > > > > > > > That starts on a whole new table - for the documents received, > > > placed in the store, passed on, copied to, and destroyed etc. along > > > with who did the action, and who logged the entry. > > > > > > Ah! - a whole new administration workload - > > > Empire building yea! > > > > > > > > > JimB > > > > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >