Is there a way to have a message popup ontop of all windows (not only
in Access, but ontop of other windows) to give users a warning
message?
Does windows XP itself have anykind of instant messaging?

As I have  been trolling this site for  a couple of years now, I have yet to
see or read any comprehensive Q&A regarding the Database Documenter in this
newsgroup.  I have seen a few questions as to "where did it go", in a
particular version, but have not seen anything referring ...

I want to open a report using OpenReport and passing it a Where Clause
with multiple criteria.
I know the Where Clause below is way off but it conveys what I need.
Dates are of string type.

Folks,
I'm looking to build a database for my local drama group to sell tickets on
line, now I'm falling at the first hurdle as I need a sort of spreadsheets
view not a table view. So row A would be tickets 1 to 22, B 1 to 22 etc. Any

I have deployed few Access apps splitting it in Front End and Back
End. Our environment uses Win XP SP2 for clients, Win 2k3 for servers
and Access 2003. The max. number of clients is about 50 (concurrent
users is estimated around 10).

Have a bit of a problem... I've created a form in Access and will use
the form for a user to query a table based on the selected fields.
The problem lies in that I was using checkboxes for the fields and
noticed that if I don't check a box, then the query will look

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Can someone tell me how I can access the return value of a function
called from Oracle as opposed to a store proc from oracle? my oracle
function is get_num_dates_varposfile. I am only used to using this
method with store procs that dont return a value back to Access. Hope

I need to extract information from some Excel files but am stuck with
part of it:
As an example, I have the following Excel File that has 3 tabbed
sheets:

If I have a field for a phone number entry, how can i create a rule
so
that it will set it up with parantheses around the area code and
insert a hyphen...is that even possible?

Is it possible to create a DSN-less connection to a table in SQL
Server 2005 using DAO in Access 2003?  I tried what I thought was
pretty standard code but every time I run it it still prompts me for a
DSN:

I currently have an Access database that includes quite a few
long memo fields. When I create a report of my data, Access
does not allow the memo fields to be split with the page breaks.
In other words, if my memo field is 3 paragraphs long and there

Is there a way to have a msgbox popup a message without users to click
ok and it will go away in 5s.  I prefer to have this without creating
a form to replace the msgbox.
Thanks.

I'm trying to filter the records on the mainform (MailingList) of my
database using a field contained in a subform (Donations).  I was
basing my code off Allen Browne's Access Tips page (here:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-28.html) since it has worked so well in the

I have a list to the right of my subform with personnel that I want to
stay in place as I scroll horizontally the weeks of the year. Is there
a way to do this in Access. I also have the personeel name scrolling
vertically with their respective weeks following too , so it's