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MS Access Forum / New Users / November 2005Before it gets too deep !!
I am wanting to build a warehouse inventory system and would like to use Access since we already own it. I would like to know if someone can tell me if Access is capable of doing a couple of things before I start. 1. Can Access create / output barcode labels to a thermal printer such as an Intermec 3400? 2. Can the Access database somehow be converted / used as a webpage? The reason I would want to do this is to allow customers access to the system to view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! 1. Access can use any printer for which you have the correct windows drivers and fonts. 2. Access doesn't have very good web tools. As long as all you want is the ability to view data, something like FrontPage could be used to present Access data as a web page. >I am wanting to build a warehouse inventory system and would like to use > Access since we already own it. I would like to know if someone can tell [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! Thanks for your response ! In a perfect world what software would YOU use to do a first rate job of accomplishing a rich, feature filled, inventory system? > 1. Access can use any printer for which you have the correct windows drivers > and fonts. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. > > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! I would use Access. I find web applications flat, slow, and annoying. I don't like to use them. I have no interest in developing them. They remind me very much of my mainframe days. They may look prettier than my CICS screens for the 3270 but they work essentially the same way and with the same limitations. Only the client/server environment can give you a "rich" experience at this time. If you are not already an experienced developer with C# or any other language that you choose to use, you don't have a snowball's chance in Hell of getting an application up and running by yourself. However, Access is such a rich and forgiving development environment that many non-developers are able to develop workable applications. No software is the perfect tool for all tasks. You should choose the tool that works best for each task. Right now, Access is the tool for the basic application. I suggested FrontPage for the web parts, not because it is the best tool necessarily, but because it is a tool that you might already have and it doesn't take a PHD to get it working. > Thanks for your response ! In a perfect world what software would YOU use > to [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! OK...you've got me thinking that I am on the right path. I do have Access and I am pretty familiar with Frontpage. You seem very knowledgible about this so I am going to propose a couple more scenarios to you if you don't mind. I have one person in the office entering orders, I have one person in the warehouse filling the orders. Can Access somehow alert the person in the warehouse that a new order has been entered and on the flip side send an acknowledgement to the inside person that the order has been filled and shipped, through something as simple as a screenprompt, etc.. And my final question, sorry if I am being a pest, I'd just like to know if certain things are possible, then I'll go off and figure out how to make it happen....say there is an order placed that requires 10 boxes or totes (we ship parts to Daimler Chrysler in totes) to fill the order. Each box or tote has to have a unique barcode label printed and affixed to the box or tote. Can Access do this simply by knowing the total qty of the order and the amount of parts that one box or tote contains? I guess creating the barcode labels is my greatest concern with Access. Right now we use an antiquated system based on the PICK OS, but it does do a very good job of automating the labeling process. Anyway, I hope I am not wasting your time, just want to know what I am getting into BEFORE I get into it. Thanks again !!! > I would use Access. I find web applications flat, slow, and annoying. I > don't like to use them. I have no interest in developing them. They remind [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. > >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! Are the office and warehouse on a network? If so, they woule both be using the same database. The database file containing the tables would be installed on the server and both the warehouse and office would have a copy of the application file installed on their computer. A simple way for the office to communiucate that an order has been placed and for the warehouse to communicate that an order has been filled is to place this information on the opening screen of the database. Presumably both the office and warehouse use their computers for other tasks so they coul periodically check the database for new messages. Outlook has a feature where on-screen messages can be sent. This is an alternative whereby Access could be programmed to send a message through Outlook. Another alyernative is that Access could be programmed to send out emails about order status. Re Barcodes. This is an everyday task for Access. Open Access, go to reports and click New. You will see there a label wizard for creating just about any kind of label you might want. For the barcode part, this is just a matter of setting the font in the label report to a barcode font. Easy stuff for Access!  SignaturePC Datasheet Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications resource@pcdatasheet.com www.pcdatasheet.com If you can't get the help you need in the newsgroup, I can help you for a very reasonable fee. Over 1000 Access users have come to me for help. Need a month calendar or 7 day calendar? Need appointment scheduling? Need room reservations scheduling? Need employee work scheduling? Contact me! > OK...you've got me thinking that I am on the right path. I do have Access > and [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] >> >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. >> >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! Yes they are on a network, so your solution makes a lot of sense. I also like your thought about using Outlook to send onscreen messages. I will look at the barcoding part later, but this is very encouraging. Thanks VERY much for your reply ! > Are the office and warehouse on a network? If so, they woule both be using > the same database. The database file containing the tables would be [quoted text clipped - 107 lines] > >> >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. > >> >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! Two additional hints --- 1. Be sure to split your application into two files; the front end only containing the tables and the backend containing everything else. Put the backend file on the server and a copy of the frontend file on both the office computer and the warehouse computer. From the front end, link to the backend tables. 2. Use late binding to write your Outlook automation code. SignaturePC Datasheet Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications resource@pcdatasheet.com www.pcdatasheet.com If you can't get the help you need in the newsgroup, I can help you for a very reasonable fee. Over 1000 Access users have come to me for help. Need a month calendar or 7 day calendar? Need appointment scheduling? Need room reservations scheduling? Need employee work scheduling? Contact me! > Yes they are on a network, so your solution makes a lot of sense. I also > like [quoted text clipped - 144 lines] >> >> >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. >> >> >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! > Two additional hints --- > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > backend tables. > 2. Use late binding to write your Outlook automation code. Another 2 hints: -- Make sure the *backend* contains the tables; the frontend everything else, (PC has it all mixed up again ... He needs a docter.) -- Don't do business with PCDataSheet ever. He has no ethics at all!! Look at: http://home.tiscali.nl/arracom/stopsteve.html Arno R > Two additional hints --- > > 1. the front end only > containing the tables and the backend containing everything else. Don't think I'll be hiring you somehow. James, I stand corrected! The tables go in the backend and everything else goes in the frontend. I mistakenly reversed them. SignaturePC Datasheet Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications resource@pcdatasheet.com www.pcdatasheet.com If you can't get the help you need in the newsgroup, I can help you for a very reasonable fee. Over 1000 Access users have come to me for help. Need a month calendar or 7 day calendar? Need appointment scheduling? Need room reservations scheduling? Need employee work scheduling? Contact me! > Two additional hints --- > [quoted text clipped - 164 lines] >>> >> >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. >>> >> >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! To all: Sorry for this redundant post but it's a (semi-)automated reply ... ;-) > If you can't get the help you need in the newsgroup, I can help you for a > very reasonable fee. Over 1000 Access users have come to me for help. These 1000 (if at all a real figure..) is only the result of -- 4 years abusing the newsgroups. -- 4 years blatantly advertising and job hunting. You only care about making money, and you act as if the groups are your private hunting ground. So why would ANYBODY ever trust a person like you and hire you? ******************************************************** > Need a month calendar or 7 day calendar? Need appointment scheduling? Need > room reservations scheduling? Need employee work scheduling? Contact me! Need a psychiatrist ...Contact me! Arno R When you get to the point of looking at barcoding, check into the Code39 barcode. It's the simplest to use and if you google you'll find many places to download it for free. SignaturePC Datasheet Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications resource@pcdatasheet.com www.pcdatasheet.com If you can't get the help you need in the newsgroup, I can help you for a very reasonable fee. Over 1000 Access users have come to me for help. Need a month calendar or 7 day calendar? Need appointment scheduling? Need room reservations scheduling? Need employee work scheduling? Contact me! > Yes they are on a network, so your solution makes a lot of sense. I also > like [quoted text clipped - 144 lines] >> >> >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. >> >> >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! one additional consideration is that an Access database usually performs well on a local area network (LAN), but poorly on a wide area network (WAN). hth > Yes they are on a network, so your solution makes a lot of sense. I also like > your thought about using Outlook to send onscreen messages. [quoted text clipped - 112 lines] > > >> >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. > > >> >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! > If you can't get the help you need in the newsgroup, I can help you for a > very reasonable fee. Over 1000 Access users have come to me for help. These 1000 (if at all a real figure..) is only the result of -- 4 years abusing the newsgroups. -- 4 years blatantly advertising and job hunting. You only care about making money, and you act as if the groups are your private hunting ground. So why would ANYBODY ever trust a person like you and hire you? ******************************************************** > Need a month calendar or 7 day calendar? Need appointment scheduling? Need > room reservations scheduling? Need employee work scheduling? Contact me! Need a psychiatrist ...Contact me! Arno R I'll jump in here with yet another option to consider. Microsoft has an Office application called infoPath that is designed to do exactly what you are considering. It can connect up with a database, gives a rich business form like user experience, has built in the ability to send/recieve automatic notification. It may be an option worth exploring. Ed Warren > OK...you've got me thinking that I am on the right path. I do have Access > and [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] >> >> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc. >> >> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!! |
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