[AccessD] Scanning documents as attachment

If you insist on using the attachment field type, I agree.

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Stuart

On 26 Sep 2014 at 11:39, Gustav Brock wrote:

> Hi Susan
> 
> Well, at least I think you should create and link to a separate accdb
> for the attachment storage. This way many and/or large documents won't
> ever gobble up your main data.
> 
> /gustav
> 
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Susan
> Harkins Sendt: 26. september 2014 13:30 Til: Access Developers
> discussion and problem solving Emne: Re: [AccessD] Scanning documents
> as attachment
> 
> We're on a shared drive that's gainormous. I'm not worried about
> space. The only reason she'd change a document would be if you chose
> the wrong one in the first place. Each animal comes in with one or two
> -- they don't change. She wants to know when she receives them and
> then link to them so she can review them quickly instead of physically
> finding them in a file cabinet somewhere.
> 
> Guys, the new Attachment field is delightful. You double-click it and
> it opens a dialog to let you find and select the file. Once there's a
> file, you just click it to open it. I had to do absolutely nothing to
> get it to work. For our purposes, that's good enough for me. :) The
> ease has got me leaning toward a 10 easy things you didn't know you
> could do in Access without a little sweat article or something like
> that. :)
> 
> Susan H. 
> 
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