[Multi-reply since I have the same thing to say to all of you :) ]
I guess this is a common perception. Not having a command window does have a lot to do with it. I suppose if I didn't know how to do these things in VFP, then Access wouldn't be so bad. Maybe that's why Frontpage doesn't bug me as much as some people. I didn't start out doing HTML in Notepad. LOL! It's all a matter of what you're used to.
Michelle
>My thoughts exactly.
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>Recently someone in a newsgroup out on msnews.microsoft.com asked how to send the simple string "Hello World" to the printer. Here's the instructions he received on how to do so:
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>1. Create a form.
>2. Make sure it is unbound.
>3. Create a text-box.
>4. Make sure it is unbound.
>5. Put my text into the text-box.
>6. Create a report.
>7. Make sure it is unbound.
>8. In the detail section, create another text-box.
>9. Make sure it is unbound. (No record-source)
>10. Set its ControlSource to "=[Forms]![frmMyForm]![txtMyTextbox] "
>11. Make sure that unbound form remains open at all times.
>12. Then Print, or Preview - Result? Hello World
>13. Change your PRINT button to reference the name of the Report - rptMyReport
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>Talk about jumping through hoops. Even the simplest operation is a big ordeal in Access.
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>Something else that has always bugged me is the fact that you can't use a memory variable as the control source for a textbox in a report.
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> -Jack
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