Hi again,
I am still working my way through Dain's set of articles but I have a
question about the basic goal I am trying to achieve. If it will not do
what I need, I guess I should find a more suitable method.
So, do I understand correctly that a locked/protected MS Word form can hold
data (First Name, Last Name, Address, etc) and then dump it into an MS
Access database table. Would I be able to send (email) that MS Word form to
people in remote locations and then have them email it back to me (with data
added) and let me accumulate the data in a master table?
I think most people have access to MS Word but everyone doesn't have MS
Access. So, I am hoping that this would be a method to allow non-Access
people to send data into my database. One of the things I have not gotten
to yet in Dain's set of articles is exactly HOW you get the data to move
from the Word document into the Access table so I am working in the dark on
how the process might work.
Thanks in advance for any guidance you can give me,
Tom
"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Again, rather than jumping into the more advanced methods, start with the
beginner articles and use the Forms toolbar. 95% of the time it should
meet your needs.
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Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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Suzanne,
Thanks for jumping in on this one. I am sure Charles was starting to
think I
was developing into a pest. I'm sorry, but I do have an urgent need for
this type function and I am quickly running out of time.
Yes, I checked the ADO reference. I have now found out that when I
downloaded the sample Word document and Access database zipfile from
http://www.mousetrax.com/DownloadsFormsFive.html, for some reason, it
opens
in the design mode, without ever telling me to enable the
View/Toolbars/Control Toolbox to allow me to close the design mode.
I found detailed instructions for this sample at
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 In there, it
details
how to lock the form but my version of Word (Office 2003) apparently
doesn't have the same prompts. In Section 4 referring to testing the
form,
she said to choose Tools/Protect Document/Forms .... well, when I
selected
Tools/Protect Document I was presented with three different options and
none
of them was Forms. In choice #2, Editing Restrictions, "Allow only this
type
of editing in the document" I found a dropdown box with one choice being
"Filling in the forms." Then, after you make those selections, you need
to
click on Begin Protection. I guess someone more knowledgable would have
been able to figure it out, but it took me a couple of days. I think the
directions might be a little clearer but I don't want to complain about
someone offering me free code. g I realize that it might have been
written
for a different version of Word.
So, I am now on to more complicated problems. I can Protect the form and
get
out of the Design mode and click on the two Command Buttons ... and it
still
doesn't work. I have placed both the form and the database in the
C:\ComputorCompanion directory but the database doesn't seem to be
attached
to the form. In the underlying VBA code for both CommandButtons, I see a
section that is supposed to test for a connection to the database and
tell
me "The connection to this database is working!" or "You were unable to
connect to the assigned database!" This is not working and it is not
commented out.
When I click the Command button for "Update New" I expect that the data
would be written to the database and the hopefully the form would be
cleared
so I can enter another set of data.
So, Suzanne, if you or anyone else is still with me after this long,
detailed message, I would still appreciate any help determining what the
problem is. It should not be this hard as I do have some Access
experience
but I think something else is in play. I just have not figured it out
yet.
Help.
TIA,
Tom
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Have you set the proper ADO references as described in the article?
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"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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Charles,
I don't even know how to "mess about" with Design Mode or Controls
Toolbox!
g
It looks like I am in it but I don't know how since all I did was open
the
Word document. I just downloaded that sample from Dian Chapman and
unzipped
it into the specified directory. It included a Word document and also
a
small Access database including one table to store the data entered
into
the
form.
All the things I described were there when I opened the Word Document.
I
was able to enter data into the fields, but then when I click on the
"Update
New" command button, instead of writing the data to the database, it
just
focused on the button with the resizing buttons showing.
Unfortunately,
I've been messing with it all day, I'm running out of time, and I'm
still
stuck.
Thanks for any help you can offer,
Tom
"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Unless you need to, you shouldn't be messing about with Design Mode
or
the
Controls Toolbox! Stick to the forms toolbar unless it won't do what
you
need.
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Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
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"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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Charles,
Thanks for the help. This looks like just the ticket .... almost.
Although I have not delved too deeply into it yet, it looks like
what
I
need. But, I have gotten stuck almost at the beginning. I
downloaded
a
zipfile with the sample form from
http://www.mousetrax.com/pub/FormsFive.zip and I have some problem
with
it.
I can enter data (first name, last name, etc) in the fields but when
I
click on the Update New command button, it just focuses on it and
shows
me the eight black squares that allows me to resize the button. In
other
words, it looks like it is in the Edit/Design mode and I am not able
to
get it to function (write my data to the Access table) correctly.
While
it is open in Word, I have checked and the document is Protected.
Again, any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom
"Charles Kenyon" wrote
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message ...
What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form."
Check
this in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm
especially
Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.
Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
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"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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Hi,
Forgive me if I am posting to the wrong newsgroup.
I need to have a method (Template maybe?) that I can insert fields
into. I
would email this document to others and ask them to fill in the
required
fields. I hope they could just create a document from the
template
and
when
it opens, it will show gray boxes that allows them to enter the
data
(name,
address, etc). I know I have seen this somewhere before but I
can't
seem to
get it going.
Any suggestions? Any help will be appreciated.
TIA,
Tom