[AccessD] mscomctl

[Jim Dettman]

Curious as to what you used.

I helped someone in Australia with a weigh bridge, but I replaced the com
control with Win API calls:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/31440/Supporting-serial-communicat
ion-devices-in-Microsoft-Access-without-the-use-of-ActiveX-controls.html

 I think though that EE is back to everything being behind a paywall, so
that link may not work.

Jim.



-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD On Behalf Of Paul Wolstenholme
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 2:01 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] mscomctl

.. and that is exactly the same reasoning why I replaced the 3rd party
serial communications add-on I inherited.  I replaced it with a wedge
application that interacts with the OS rather than with Access.  It
presents the current weight on the weighbridge as if they were typed
characters and Access (with the cursor already positioned using vba code)
accepts that as input.

Paul Wolstenholme

On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 at 02:32, John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yea I agree.  As much as I would like colors, fonts and highlights, it's
> just not worth the headache.
>
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 7:22 PM Anita Smith <anita at ddisolutions.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> > I've completely stopped using anything not built in. It's not worth the
> > hassle.
> >
> > I use subforms instead of listboxes in many cases.
> >
> > I'm currently busy removing a third party listbox from my largest
> > application as I'm worried it's going to stop working any day.
> >
> > Anita
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com>
> > Date: 16/10/21 7:57 am (GMT+10:00)
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <
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> > Subject: [AccessD] mscomctl
> >
> > Does anyone use this with Access 2019?  I see so many references to it
> > breaking with updates...
> >
> > I'd like to use the ListView control so I could use formatting but...
not
> > if it breaks every few months.
> >
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