I have an email address field on a form and would like to be able to double
click, have it open Outlook in the "Create mail" mode and automatically
insert the selected email address.

I was wondering about how access refreshes it's data within forms and it
seems that it doesn't.
If i have a form open in one location on a network and update fields on the
form the changes are not shown on the form opened in another location.

Hi,  I'm at my wits end with this.  Could someone please help out?
I have a MainForm which contains a SubForm.  The SubForm contains a
Listbox (single select, not multiselect).
I can return the value selected in the SubForm Event OnClick.

I want to select a field when the condition (other fields in the same are
true)

I have developed effective applications but am reluntant to sell them to
clients as I am worried so clever clients can take the copy of my application
and render them into software and make a good profit for their own benefit.
How do I render MS application into software or a ...

Hi I have a record lock function in my form which works fine until I click
New Entry, which would normally start a new blank record. I keep getting the
error message...
Run-Time error '94':

Dear sir,
  I have made a software using Access.But i do not know how can i make an
executable file for that software.The software was completely made using
Access, means database and forms were of Access.Secondly how can i put a

can anyone help me figure why i am not getting the result that i am looking
for....
i have a listbox mylist, and i want the user to select an item from the list
and than click to open another form that should populate, ID_1 which is

I have a form for a database whereby I can insert criteria and then, by
clicking a "Preview Report" button I can retrieve the information I'm
seeking.  The problem is that every time I ask for a report the process also
creates a new  record that contains only the information I ...

I have a text box (tapes) running from a query showing the values of
0,1,2,3,4 on a form, I have 4 check boxes, tape 1, tape 2, tape 3, tape 4.
I want the number in the text box to determine how many check boxes appear
on my form.

I am trying to creat a form from several tables. There are many fields in the
form, if I select all the fileds in the wizard, and then finish, just the
form outline appears with no fields in it. I remember have this problem
before, I can't get out of it. Any ideas.

I've designed a DB that makes printouts of work permits. Most of the time the
user only requires a printout of a permit for the current day. However, they
occasionally require a permit printout for several days/weeks ahead. On the
GUI it needs to show both the date (dd/mm/yyyy) ...

Hi there. I need some help with a calculated control for a subform. when i
return to the main i get #error or name. I don't understand what i am doing
wrong. I have to have sum of the contract amt.
this is hard to explain.

I have a simple form created in Access 2007 with a few dozen fields to add
information into a database, adding the fields through Design View.
Nearly at the end of creating this form, I checked it in Form View to see
how it looked, but all the fields in the Detail section of the ...

Access 2003
I have a simple list (continuous) form.  On this form, I have a combo box.  
It is a bound field.  The row source for the box is a query containing 3
fields.  The first field of the query is bound.  When I display the form,