I maintain a database of contract pay rates for my firm.  We use the data to
determine the starting point to contract negotiations with consultants.  Our
current MO is to have an advisor send me a request to find out what the
average rate would be for workers where the industry ...

I have created a database which seems to be working ok, however when the
user is entering the a form for a first time after opening the database there
is quite a delay (approx 10seconds) not huge but rather frustrating. The form
once opened and used, closed and then opened again ...

To give you some background I work for an events company and I manage up to
a series of events over multiple venues on any day.
I have been very clever so far, and through a series of tabs and sub forms
have managed to allocate an event to a venue over the different venues and

I would like to put restiction on a textbox to only contain a valid date.
Thanks in advance.

What's with the "Home" hyperlink that shows up at the top of all my pages
(and Jeff's too: haven't checked Arvin's or Sandra's)? In fact, at
http://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/, it's in all 3 of the frames.
It links to http://www.accessmvp.com/KDSnell/default.htm

I am creating a form with many fields.  I have reached 22" wide on the form
which seems to be the maximum width.  Is this correct, or is there a way to
increase this?

I don't find it from Tools.
Thanks.

I have a hyperlink within my form that links to another form, however the 2nd
form the user will hyperlink to is maximized, & I want it to be the small
size as it was created.
Is there a way to do this or am I SOL?

When I am working in design view and I close the window I am not asked
if I want to save my changes.  This is a pain to me because many times
I don't want to save changes, but it automatically does save without
asking me.

Can you have a yes/no box work in such a way that when the agent selects yes
and checks off the box, the number 4 is placed in a text box?  If this doesnt
make sence i will try better to explain.

I have a list box in my form with 5 columns.  I need to be able to select a
row from my list box and then the form displays the record that matches the
five fields from my list box.

Please help.  I am totally terrible in Access and need simple instructions.  
I have a form that all it has is the employee name control and the employee
id number control listed like this:
requestor (employee name)

I would like to have a thumbnail of an image that is linked to the record
that is showing on a form. If this is possible how can this be done and is
there a wide variety of formats that can be used for the image?

Thank you in advance for any help. I am trying to use conditional formatting
on a form and can not figure out the expression. I have dates in one column
and text in the next. I need the background to change in the date field based
on the text in the next column. i.e. column 1 / ...

Is there a way to control a form such that when it is opened, the index is
positioned to add a record rather than display the current (first or any)
record?
Ron Marchand