VBA Error: Too Many Line Continuations

========= QUESTION --------- To keep my VBA code clean, I use quite a few line continuations ( & _ ). Recently, however, Access errored out on me with the note: Too Many Line Continuations. Is there a way to work around this?   ========= ANSWER --------- Yep - just trick it by setting half your [...]

By |2011-10-31T07:18:31+00:00October 31st, 2011|Computers, Documentation, Microsoft, VBA|Comments Off on VBA Error: Too Many Line Continuations

Restrict a table to a single record

========= QUESTION --------- I use a table called Parms in my database to store application specific parameters.If a user accidentally added a record to this table, instead of simply editing the single record containing the appropriate values, it would cause major issues for the application. Is there a way to restrict a table to contain [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:35+00:00October 28th, 2011|Access, Computers, Documentation, Microsoft|Comments Off on Restrict a table to a single record

Notepad++: Find and Replace with Carriage Return

========= QUESTION --------- I need to do a find and replace in a large text file, but I want to replace the found text with a carriage return (as if I had hit the return key on the keyboard) instead of general text.   ========= ANSWER --------- Use Notepad++'s Extended Search mode! Do a normal [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:35+00:00October 27th, 2011|Computers, Documentation, Notepad++, Text Editors|Comments Off on Notepad++: Find and Replace with Carriage Return

Can I backup my VBA code?

========= QUESTION --------- I have been having a lot of trouble lately with my Microsoft Access database files being corrupted and losing all of my code. (a sometimes fix for this: http://www.anysitesupport.com/error-microsoft-access-has-stopped-working/) The scary thing is even when I attempt to open the backups, they may work, but the code still disappears! Is there a [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:35+00:00October 26th, 2011|Access, Computers, Documentation, Microsoft, VBA|Comments Off on Can I backup my VBA code?

How do I turn off Personal Hotspot?

========= QUESTION --------- I want to plug my iPhone into my computer to charge the battery or sync to iTunes, but I do not want to use it as a Personal Hotspot, because I have a better wireless or wired network connection instead. How do I disable the Internet connection through my phone?   ========= [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:36+00:00October 26th, 2011|Apple, Computers, Documentation, iOS|Comments Off on How do I turn off Personal Hotspot?

VBA: String Manipulation

========= QUESTION --------- What are some ways I can manipulate strings within VBA?   ========= ANSWER --------- see EXAMPLES   ========= EXAMPLES --------- Title field has values like: Company Manager, Company Assoc, Company Director, etc...Remove Company: =IIf([Title] is null,"",Replace([Title],"Company ",""))   ========= APPLIES TO / KEY WORDS --------- Microsoft Access String Manipulation Strings VBA   [...]

By |2011-10-25T10:23:53+00:00October 25th, 2011|Access, Computers, Documentation, Microsoft, VBA|Comments Off on VBA: String Manipulation

View Available Wireless Networks is missing

========= QUESTION --------- I want to use Windows to configure my wireless network connections, but my computer or network hardware manufacturer's software has disabled this feature. How do I re-enable it?   ========= ANSWER --------- Windows XP The issue is the Wireless Zero Configuration service has been disabled or stopped. Open the Services applet from [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:36+00:00October 21st, 2011|Computers, Documentation, Microsoft, Networking, Windows, Wireless, XP|Comments Off on View Available Wireless Networks is missing

Error: Microsoft Access has stopped working

========= QUESTION --------- When opening a Microsoft Access database file, Access crashes with a pop up message stating: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Access -------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Access has stopped working  Windows is checking for a solution to the problem...  [Cancel] --------------------------------------------------------------------   Finally resulting in the following message: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Microsoft Access ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Microsoft Access has stopped working A problem caused the [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:36+00:00October 19th, 2011|Access, Computers, Documentation, Microsoft|Comments Off on Error: Microsoft Access has stopped working

Disk Space Analysis

========= QUESTION --------- How can I get a good view of how much disk space is being used by each folder in my hierarchy?   ========= ANSWER --------- Microsoft Windows http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/ http://windirstat.info/ http://www.freecommander.com/ --------- Mac OS http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/   ========= EXAMPLES ---------see ANSWER   ========= APPLIES TO / KEY WORDS --------- Disk Space Hard Disk Disk [...]

By |2011-10-17T15:32:30+00:00October 17th, 2011|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Microsoft, Windows|Comments Off on Disk Space Analysis

Access Database Server from Remote Host

========= QUESTION --------- Our web site is hosted on anySiteHosting.com's web servers, and we need to access the MySQL or MSSQL database server from our local machines.   ========= ANSWER --------- LINUX HOSTING PLAN Login to the Hosting Control Panel http://www.anysitesupport.com/how-do-i-logon-to-the-hosting-control-panel/ Scroll down and click the Remote MySQL icon in the Databases section Enter the your [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:36+00:00October 13th, 2011|anySiteSolutions.com, Database, Linux Hosting, Windows Hosting|Comments Off on Access Database Server from Remote Host
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