Visual Source Safe and MS Access
Can we use Visual Source Safe to keep MS Access files? What are the pros and cons. Any refernces and links on that topic. Thanks, Eugene Eugene wrote: > Can we use Visual Source Safe to keep MS Access files? > What are the pros and cons. > Any refernces and links on that topic. > > Thanks, Eugene Yes you can, if you have Office Developer edition. Pros: * Absolutely necessary if you have multiple developers working on the same Access application at one time. * If you are the only developer, it may be too much effort. I don't use SourceSafe, but instead rely on the Multi-code Import and Export add-ins. Cons: * Clunky - you have to re-checkin all files after each application build * Cryptic - good documentation is hard to find. References: * Google Microsoft.com for: sourcesafe office developer -Ken I wanted to add a note about doing single-developer source code control without a tool. What I've been doing successfully is this. I have a folder on the machine or on the network that is my source code repository. Within that, there is a folder for each revision named using the format <yyyy>-<mm>-<dd>-v<n>s where <n> is a number incremented for each revision during a single day, e.g. 2005-01-20-v2s. "s", in this case, refers to the fact that this is the archived copy in the source code control repository and makes it harder to be confused about which directory you have open in Windows Explorer (very i...

ADO Connection Open fails with error -2147467259 when MS Access database under Source Safe
Immediately after generating the Access application from the Source Safe project I get: "-2147467259 Could not use ''; file already in use." If Access database closed and then reopened I get: "-2147467259 The database has been place in a state by user 'Admin' on machine ..... that prevents it from being opened or locked." This error will then persist - even past a machine reboot and compact and repair of both application db (without source safe removal) and 'server' db. If I remove the Access application from Source Safe the ADO connection opens fine. (Might have to close database and reopen it to get it working the first time after eliminating source safe.) I do not appear to be short on memory. Am using: Access 2003 with sp1 Source Safe 6.0d Windows XP Professional with sp2 Database in Access 2002-2003 format Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.7 Library I have isolated error in test database with just one table and one form. Test1 fails under source safe while Test2 - which avoids use of the offending open command -works regardless of use of source safe. Any illumination on this would be appreciated. I have found the Source Safe & Access combination hard going but I do not want to loose source code control. This issue has undermined my confidence in these tools yet again. Many thanks. GM Option Compare Database Option Explicit Private Sub cmdTest1_Click() On Error GoTo Error_Handler Dim cnn As ADODB.Conne...

MS-Access, ODBC access with Visual C++ 6.0, and external actions on database
[was redirected here] I have a problem that I can distill down to the following. 1/ A Visual C++ 6.0 program connects to a MS Access database using an ODBC connection and sleeps for a long time. The connection takes all defaults and uses CDatabase::useCursorLib in the OpenEx command. 2/ The database is well over 400MB large with over 200 tables and is compacted. 3/ Another process starts a winzip on that database that takes about 45 to 60 seconds to complete (wzzip -a -ex aaa.zip aaa.mdb). 4/ The Windows Task Manager shows 100s of MBs of available memory being consumed....

How to set Data source in MS Word as MS Access Databases via DDE(*.mdb;*.mde).
How to set Data source in MS Word as MS Access Databases via DDE(*.mdb;*.mde). Everytime i click the command button to merge the data, it gives me item not found and i know that its a problem with my datasource. when i click ok then it opens the word doucment prompting me which datasource you want to use, when i click DDE then it gives me the merged data. Is there anyway i can set it permanantely in my codes below. Private Sub SetQuery(strQueryName As String, strSQL As String) On Error GoTo ErrorHandler 'set the query from which the merge ' document will pull its i...

Create MS/ACCESS database app for non-ms/access users
Is it possible to create an MS/ACCESS database application and package it for users who do not have MS/ACCESS loaded in their PCs? I was told that this is possible, but I don't know what software is needed. Do you know? If so, please answer this post. Thanks. SueB *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it! Per Sue Bricker: >Is it possible to create an MS/ACCESS database application and package >it for users who do not have MS/ACCESS loaded in their PCs? > >I was told that this is possible, but I don't know what software is >needed. Do you know? If so, please answer this post. Thanks. I think it comes down to semantics. "Licensed" vs "Loaded". No you can't create an app that will run on a PC with nothing loaded. Yes you can create an app that will run on a PC where nobody's paid the fee to run MS Access. You still have to install something on that PC, however. What it is is a freebie version of MS Access that only runs applications - doesn't allow anybody to develop an app. You develop the app on your PC, which has MS Access installed. Then somebody installs the freebie ("Runtime Access") on somebody's PC and they can run the app you developed without having to pay any money to anybody. -- PeteCresswell Sue, If Access isn't present, some version of it must be installed to run an Access database. VB.NET, ...

Connecting to MS-Access database through visual basic
Hi, I am trying to browse a recordset using bound controls using VB 6.0. I am using Windows XP operating system. to this end i created a form in vb and try to link it to MS-Access database. when i give the path of database(.mdb) file, to link to the database, it gives an error saying unrecognised database format. any thoughts on why this is happening? any help is greatly appreciated. thanx in advance. i think u dont have latest latest Access drivers installed, and trying to access a newer version of Access database than VB (odbc) supports. Khurram ...

Open Source Database as an Alternative MS Access?
Is there any project team working on a PERSONAL database as an alternative to MS Access? TIA Dan <dan@nospam.com> writes: > Is there any project team working on a PERSONAL database as an > alternative to MS Access? http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/Applications/Databases/140/ In article <4YnOb.91694$fq1.71625@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>, Dan wrote: > Is there any project team working on a PERSONAL database as an > alternative to MS Access? http://www.rekallrevealed.org/ Dave Cook Dan wrote: > Is there any project team working on a PERS...

how to get the specified number of records from ms access database
Hi there, Can anybody help me in, how to get the specified number of (say 35 at a time) from ms acess database. Please let me know the steps or idea. Thanks dhaniram@gmail.com wrote: > Hi there, > > Can anybody help me in, how to get the specified number of (say 35 at a > time) from ms acess database. Please let me know the steps or idea. > > Thanks > e.g. select top 35 * from table -- [Oo=w=oO] ...

separate Visual Source Safe (VSS) and Access 2003 .adp
Hi, this post is regarding Visual Source Safe (VSS) and Access 2003 .adp project. My question is if there is a way to separate the Access application from VSS. Right now we do it over the compact/repair option. This is not very convenient for us. Is there another way to separate the .adp project from VSS? Thank you in advance. Klas ...

How Do I Get Rid Of Coded Characters In An Access Database Memo Fields
The letter or symbol " � " appears in the memo field of my Access database. I tried to use search and replace to delete it, but even though I can see it the search and replace feature can not find it. It appears that the " � " is a line feed symbol because when I paste a passage into Microsoft Word it appears at the end of a line before a paragraph mark. The memo field is the passage field in my KJV Bible database, so there are over 31,000 records affected by the symbol. Below is a sample: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness {was} � upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the � face of the waters. How do I delete the symbol from the field? The database was originally prepared in Lotus Approach and converted to an Access database. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide. buggabugga77@yahoo.com First, find out what Ascii character the symbol is, e.g.: ? Asc(Right("And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness {was} �",1)) You can the use the Replace function to replace it with (say) a space: Replace("And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness {was} �", Chr(236), " ") Do that in an Update query to apply it to all records in your table. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html "Bugga Bugga" <buggabugga@nomail.com> wrote in message news:tu3...

Database connectivity with MS Access in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Hi All, I am developing a intra-company website. I am working in MS Visual Studio .NET, and am writing the code in VBScript. I have an MS Access database with which i want to connect. Once the connection is established, i want to retreive a particular record and display one particular field of the record in a text box. Given below is the concerned code snippet (the default.aspx.vb file): Partial Class _Default Inherits System.Web.UI.Page Protected Sub Submit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Submit.Click Dim Conn Dim rsAddRequest Dim val Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") Conn.Provider = "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" Conn.Open(Server.MapPath("requests.mdb")) rsAddRequest = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") rsAddRequest.CursorType = 2 rsAddRequest.LockType = 3 rsAddRequest.Open("Select * from request where TrackingID='RR0004'", Conn) Name.Text = rsAddRequest.Fields("RequesterName").ToString() rsAddRequest.Close() rsAddRequest = Nothing Conn = Nothing End Sub End Class The database is requests.mdb; the table is request, the field to be displayed is RequesterName and the text boc is named Name. The code given above diplays "System.__ComObject" in the text box. And, if i remove the .ToString() part, then the error generat...

Get the real type of columns from MS Access databases(OLEObject, text, memo, numeric)
Hello, I made one application that opens MS Access databases.And I have one problem.How can I find the real data type of columns(text, memo, OLEObject, numeric) like it is into Access.I tried with resultSetMetaData.getColumnType(columnIndex) but I receive java.sql.Types.I have two columns that contains OLEObjects(images).But I receive two different types for columns : VARCHAR once, and for second column SMALLINT.I only want to see the types like in Access(OLEObjects, Text, Numeric, Memo...).Thanks in advance! Best regards, Calin Pop ...

MATLAB command to access MS Access database
Hi! Is there a MATLAB command which gives access to a .mdb MS Access database or do I need a special driver? Thanks, Andree Hi Andree Ellert, you can use activeXcontrol to interact with MS-Access database. access = actxserver('Access.Application'); returns the handle for Access. set(access, 'Visible', 1); will show the opened Access window. use get(access) and set(access) commands to find the methods available to call. -Vadivelu M =========== http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/database/datatool.shtml "Andree Ellert" <ellert@gmx.net/////\\\\\> wrote in message news:eed9874.-1@webx.raydaftYaTP... > Hi! > > Is there a MATLAB command which gives access to a .mdb MS Access > database or do I need a special driver? > > Thanks, > > Andree Andree Ellert wrote: > > > Hi! > > Is there a MATLAB command which gives access to a .mdb MS Access > database or do I need a special driver? > > Thanks, > > Andree <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=4045&objectType=file> -Hardik ...

request for explanation on access an database in ms access
This is the code that I found on the internet for accessing an ms access database: import java.sql.*; class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { try { Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); // set this to a MS Access DB you have on your machine String filename = "d:/java/mdbTEST.mdb"; String database = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ="; database+= filename.trim() + ";DriverID=22;READONLY=true}"; // add on to the end // now we can get the connection from the DriverManager Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( database ,"",""); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Error: " + e); } } } What I don't understand is the declaration of database. What I did was putting the database in the same dir as the sourcecode and use "jdbc:odbc:CafeJolt.mdb". But this doesn't work. And the above code does, why is that??? Actually it's not Java question. It's ODBC question. You have to have ODBC connection. Depending of Windows it's usually something like this (for my Windows 2000): Start->Sttings->Control Panel->Administartive Tools->Data Sources(ODBC)-> User DSN -> [Add]-> Driver to Microsoft Access(*.mdb) === And here, finally you can choose file name. ...

Access MS-ACCESS database on server from client????
I m currently developing a java based application and want to know how can i make client access database located on the server? "HeMan_Speaks" <Lunar20092010@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d71ce567-0434-48b8-b1d2-bb191706ab45@w8g2000prd.googlegroups.com... >I m currently developing a java based application and want to know how > can i make client access database located on the server? I think you're going to have to expand a little bit more in your question here, as is not 100% quite clear what you're trying to do. You might want to make a little bit of a distinction between MS access, the development system that allows you to write code, build forms, and build reports, and that of the database engine that you choose to use with MS access. When you build an application MS access, you then choose your database engine, that might be oracle, SQL server, or perhaps more often leave the default jet database. So when you say make a client access application, are you talking about a piece of software that you plan to install and each computer? The fact that your introducing the issue of java further complicates your question. Perhaps your question is simply you have some java code running on a server, and with to open a mdb file (an access database file). In this situation you're not really using MS access at all here (you using what is called the jet database engine to read that mdb file). For all the trouble in this type of sce...

Can I update a MS Access 2002 database with Visual Basic .net 2003 Standard Editon?
I am considering purchasing Visual Basic .net 2003 Standard Editon to do some development work with Web Forms and I need to know whether this edit will allow me to update an Access database (mdb) file. I already have a database which is updated through an Access front-end, I want to update the database through web forms, is this possible? what are the benefits of going for the Professional Verion of Visual Studio instead? Cheers, In VB.Net you'd use the ADO.Net objects to update the database. Visual Studio.Net is just another Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool. It has the added ability of being the development platform for VB.NET, C#.NET, C++.NET, Java.NET. It can also easily create XML objects/dependencies and set up web pages to use ASP.NET. And, other stuff I've forgotten about. -- MGFoster:::mgf00 <at> earthlink <decimal-point> net Oakland, CA (USA) pisaac wrote: > I am considering purchasing Visual Basic .net 2003 Standard Editon to > do some development work with Web Forms and I need to know whether > this edit will allow me to update an Access database (mdb) file. I > already have a database which is updated through an Access front-end, > I want to update the database through web forms, is this possible? > what are the benefits of going for the Professional Verion of Visual > Studio instead? You'd want to go to the description of what you get with VB.NET Standard to see if it comes with the necessary su...

How to get Graphs from MS Access and use them in MS Powerpoint
Is there any easy way how to use graphs created in MS Access 2000 in Powerpoint?Especially when I need to use about 20 of them. Is there any development in Office 2003? Oskar *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it! Instead of creating the graphs in Access, perhaps you should use vba either (a) to open Powerpoint from within Access and create the graph by pushing data into a Powerpoint template of your own design or (b) start Powerpoint and open the Access database in code and pull the data into a graph. Either way might be quite tricky, as you'd need to know how to use vba to create a graph... which may not meet your criterion for an "easy way". But it would automate your process for 20 graphs. I don't know if you can export an Access graph; and even if you could, presumably, you'd still want to automate the process of creating your Powerpoint presentation. Regards Geoff ...

access MS-Access database in C# Windows Application
Hi, I am trying to access the MS Access database on my local machine in C# Windows Application in Visual Studio.NET. But it seems that it does not work. I use the Microsoft Application Blocks to access the database. I have tried 2 possible connection strings. ----------------------------------------- str_1 = "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" + DBFilePath; str_2 = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + DBFilePath; //SqlHelper is the class in the Microsoft Application Blocks SqlHelper.ExecuteNonQuery( str_1, CommandType.Text, SQL_str); ----------------------------------- The error message I got is: "Unknown connection option in connection string: driver." for str_1 and " Unknown connection option in connection string: provider." for str_2 So I am wondering, where is the problem? Is it because my connection string for MS Access is specified wrongly? Or is it because I cannot use SqlHelper to access the MS Access database? ( I have used SqlHelper class to access the MS SQL server, and it works) Your help will be greatly appreciated. James James wrote: > Hi, I am trying to access the MS Access database on my local machine > in C# Windows Application in Visual Studio.NET. > > But it seems that it does not work. I use the Microsoft Application > Blocks to access the database. > > I have tried 2 possible connection strings. > > ----------------------------------------- > ...

Accessing BTrieve database from Visual C++/Visual Basic
Hi! I have been looking on the pervasive website but things don't get really clear to me. Does anybody know how to access a betrieve database from either Visual Basic or from Visual C++? Is there some sort of ODBC driver or anything alike? Do you know where to get it and if it is free or needs to be payed for? I'm looking for this because we use a product in our clinic that makes use of a BTrieve database from which we would like to query some information that we would like to use in some other system. If we can access the BTrieve database we are able to treat our patient be...

Accessing MS ACCESS database using Data Environment
HI, I have developped a program in Visual Basic 6.0 using MS Access database. I have created all my reports through Data Environment where I have entered the location of my database file (for e.g c:\project\app\test.mdb) in the Connection properties. I have installed my application on another PC using Package & Deployment wizard. When viewing the reports on the other PC, I have to enter everytime the new location of the database. How can I solve this problem, please? nadia wrote: > HI, > I have developped a program in Visual Basic 6.0 using MS Access database. >...

Best way to access a remote MS ACCESS database
What is the best way, via the internet, to access a remote Microsoft Access database? I was thinking of using VPN, but I thought that I would check here to see if there is a better way. Any suggestions? Thanks Do you mean remotely controlling an Access database, or linking tables over the internet? The first is doable, the second is a recipe for disaster. Remote Control: If your remote OS is Windows XP, you can use Remote Desktop (although only 1 person can access the PC at a time; this will change in the upcoming Service Pack for XP, but that may not help you now). Otherwise, GoToMyPC offers similar services, as does Terminal Server (a component of a Windows Server machine), PCAnywhere, et al. Linking to remote tables: You will almost certainly encounter severe problems with corruption, and your performance will almost certainly be so poor as to be unworkable. I attempted this once, with a web server in Canada and my machine in Augusta, GA. Even tiny data requests on a very well optimized data structure took waaaay too long to process ... it's simply not workable, IMO. Other alternatives would be covert the app to a web-based and place your data on a web server. Access/Jet isn't really designed for those workloads, but running a small site with minimal transactions and users can be done. Otherwsie, consider switching to a more robust data platform like MySQL, SQL Server, etc. -- Scott McDaniel CS Computer Software Visual Bas...

Accessing a MS Access database across two servers
Hi The technical support guys at my company have set up my system so that the server containing the MS Access database is on one server, while the pages that should access the database are on another server. When the pages and database are on the same server, I usually just connect through ODBC. The problem is that I don't know how to set up an ODBC connection to link from one server to a database in another. Anyone know what I am getting at and know of a possible solution, or a link to a site which may help. thanks in advance Brendan "Singularity" <Brendan.Collins@Singularity.co.uk> wrote in message news:1118749208.204709.287950@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Hi > > The technical support guys at my company have set up my system so that > the server containing the MS Access database is on one server, while > the pages that should access the database are on another server. > > When the pages and database are on the same server, I usually just > connect through ODBC. > > The problem is that I don't know how to set up an ODBC connection to > link from one server to a database in another. > > Anyone know what I am getting at and know of a possible solution, or a > link to a site which may help. > I think this may be more of a network issue than an Access one. Can you see both servers from your PC? Is there any particular reason why they've been put on different servers? Seems a little odd to...

Running a ms access database with access 2003 in Vista
I have a Database that I am trying to run on a new vista computer. Up to now I was running it on a win 98 computer and using access 2003! I installed access 2003 and I can make it run and view the data but I can not save any new records. Has any one seen this problem yet? Thanks Clarence Wollman On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:17:13 -0700, cwoll <clarencewollman@gmail.com> wrote: Do you have the same problem with the Northwind sample application? (search your computer for northwind.mdb) -Tom. >I have a Database that I am trying to run on a new vista computer. Up >to now I was running it on a win 98 computer and using access 2003! I >installed access 2003 and I can make it run and view the data but I >can not save any new records. >Has any one seen this problem yet? > >Thanks Clarence Wollman On Aug 22, 7:29 pm, Tom van Stiphout <no.spam.tom7...@cox.net> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:17:13 -0700, cwoll <clarencewoll...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Do you have the same problem with the Northwind sample application? > (search your computer for northwind.mdb) I don't have a problem opening and editing the northwind.mdb. Thanks Hi I found a workaround. This database has a fronted and a backed. When I link them in the linked table manager, I was going threw the network to my computer. The reason I am doing this is when any networked computer opens the shortcut to the front end of this computer the linked table manger knows...

Wanted
I am wanting to be able to write reports against an ms-access database that is part of another package. I only want to report from the database. What I need is a package that will allow me to create the reports and then be able to distribute a run-time version. The client may not have Office so the package must run standalone. It could get to the Access database through an ODBC driver. Does anyone know what packages available? It looks like Crystal Reports has taken out their runtime version with their latest software but that was only a footnote in a book that I was reading. Please provide me with a list to start researching. Thanks, Joe There used to be other third-party report writers, but I don't know how many have survived over the years -- Crystal Reports appears to have been the most popular of these packages. (It is the only one that I have observed closely in use, and I saw some impressive work done with it on web applications against SQL Server.) Unless the magnitude of the distributable would be a problem, you can create your reports in Access, and distribute the Access application to run them with Access' runtime support. You'll get the Access runtime support in the Office Developer Edition for Access 97 - 2002, and in the Visual Studio.NET Tools for Office 2003 System for Access 2003. If you have difficulties with deployment using only the Packaging and Distribution Wizard, you can use a third-party installer such as Wise InstallMaster or Instal...