Thanks Marcus,

I was thinking the same.. the macro hotkey in Access that will put the form value into a temp table which MS can easily read.. all called from MS... easiest solution to implement and as you say 'simple' .. awesome!

I tried to open the Microsoft Access Macro, but I really need to be able to open the macro from within an already open database, since the form needs to be open... the challenge is that running macros from the command line opens a new instance of Microsoft Access which defeats the purpose. The alter...

Thanks Marcus! There are several scenarios. 1. A user uses a hand held barcode scanner to scan in a barcode - which is the ID that searches for an item. I'd like to capture that ID at some point and paste it into another program ( a photo program called NKRemote) and put it in their comments field a...

So far so good with ‘basic’ connections to my Microsoft Access database and SQL statements, but I could use some help in referencing an active form field from Microsoft Access. The queries/SQL returns the correct values within a query in Microsoft Access but not when done within MS, not at least...

Excellent dialog.. thanks for creating and sharing it! You are really good at this stuff!!! I just created my first macro.. got a long ways to go.. for sure... but you demonstrate the possibilities that can be achieved with MS.. thanks!

Sorry Marcus, Been on Win 8 for a couple of weeks now, loving it. Start Menu = Start Screen. Organised a clear. I like it a lot. Performance - Great. MSched - Working as expected. :) I agree with Phil.. it is by far the best operating system I have worked with along with Windows Server 2012 ( amazi...