I found a wonderful solution to counting business days including holidays at
www.dbforums.com/t981086.html.  The solution is to create a table storing
all calendar dates, indicating which are business days and holidays, like
this:

I have had a number of mdb's go into a state similar to non-responding, but
they do not show not -responding in the task manager.  THe display gets a
'Flicker' to the screen, making ANY action usless.  I thought maybe it was
not recouping resources, so I always made sure I closed ...

When I am in design mode and I click on the tool bar to add a combo box, I no
longer get a pop-up screen that allows me to select "Retrieve data from a
field, type the data I want, etc".  I use this feature a lot and now it does
not work.

I have a database that I want to distribute. It was written in Access 2000
and contains a front end and back end.
I have Office Developer XP (sp3 loaded) and have created a runtime to
distribute (base XP version since that's what the Wizard creates).

I would like to be able to place a button on my form that when clicked would
launch Microsoft Word and open a particular file.  I know how to create the
button and work woth the VB code, I just can't figure out the command to open
Word, and open my document.

I have an access app that  requires the use of command line switches /wrkgrp.
I'm trying to run the packaging wizard using the access 2003 developer
edition and it does run when I select app.mdb, how it runs fine with none
secured database. I try using add-ins manager from the ...

Is it possible to create a stored procedure for Access 2000 that has an
output parameter?  I know this is possible with SQL Server but have not been
able to track down an equivilent example for Access.
If it is not possible, can anyone suggest a way of returning a value from an

I have a project on my table now that I'm completely lost on.  Maybe someone
can push me in the right direction?
I need to write an application for our Human Resources Dept that will allow
HR to take a photo using an USB IDCam and save that photo in a particular

Hi Group
I have one column which can be either Null or with some value.
I have one filter criteria in From End with
"All", 'RTF Yes' and 'RTF No'.

Hi, I'm not new to Access Applications, however, I am new to using the
run-time.
On my "development" computer, I have the frontend linked to the backend in
the same folder.  However, when I use the packaging wizard to package the

Res.All,
   I have developed a program in Office XP-Access. Now I want to distribute
to the users who have not got Access. So, I want to buy the developer
edition of it. Which is the name of that CD?

I have developed a simple application using MSAccess 2003. Its a .mdb file. How can i package it and deploy it on the mechines without MSAccess installed on their systems.

Hello !  
Someone must have expericenced this...  I need to package up an access 2003
app to install on multiple PCs..  some of which already have a2000 premium
installed.  If I package up with the runtime, then the runtime takes over and

Att: Michael Cheng [MSFT]
Have set up a new installation using the Packaging Wizard, could you please
list the service packs that need to be run after installation of runtime.
Am using Access XP on Windows XP or Windows 2003 machines.

2 questions:
I packaged my Access 2000 db using 2000 developer with runtime.  If someone
installs my package on their computer and they have access, is runtime still
installed on their computer?