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Any way you could post a sample db with those two forms and some data. It would be easier to help that way.

Any way you could post a sample db with those two forms and some data. It would be easier to help that way.

On the on Open Event of the form, you would put:

Me.Title.DefaultValue=Forms(“Main Form”).Text71

On the on Open Event of the form, you would put:

Me.Title.DefaultValue=Forms(“Main Form”).Text71

Actually, I would recommend setting the textboxes default value to the main form’s Title entry. That way, if they chose to not enter a record, you won’t have an empty record with the Title in it. It will also carry over to new entries without anymore code involved.

Actually, I would recommend setting the textboxes default value to the main form’s Title entry. That way, if they chose to not enter a record, you won’t have an empty record with the Title in it. It will also carry over to new entries without anymore code involved.

Yes, and to answer the misidentified NIC question, I believe that VPC is ‘spoofing’ that Nic. If you think about it, NIC’s have a MAC, so when you get an IP address for Network comms, the switches on your network are actually communicating to the MAC, not the IP (though the IP is used at a higher level). You can have 2 IPs for the same NIC, but you can’t have to MACs/Nics on the same IP. If you think about it, VPC has to spoof everything for the OS, because it is running the OS in it’s own ‘shell’, and that OS doesn’t (and can’t) know about the PC actually running it.

Ironically, I discovered VPC, because I was looking for something to run Empire with. (Old DOS based game, that has even older roots). I love to play that game, but when I run it in a Windows environment, it takes up all of my monitors (I have 2 at home, and 3 at work). So if I want to play when something else is running, I can’t see anything in the background. With VPC, I can run it in it’s own window, and minimize it at will, without affecting anything in the game.

Pretty handy.

Yes, and to answer the misidentified NIC question, I believe that VPC is ‘spoofing’ that Nic. If you think about it, NIC’s have a MAC, so when you get an IP address for Network comms, the switches on your network are actually communicating to the MAC, not the IP (though the IP is used at a higher level). You can have 2 IPs for the same NIC, but you can’t have to MACs/Nics on the same IP. If you think about it, VPC has to spoof everything for the OS, because it is running the OS in it’s own ‘shell’, and that OS doesn’t (and can’t) know about the PC actually running it.

Ironically, I discovered VPC, because I was looking for something to run Empire with. (Old DOS based game, that has even older roots). I love to play that game, but when I run it in a Windows environment, it takes up all of my monitors (I have 2 at home, and 3 at work). So if I want to play when something else is running, I can’t see anything in the background. With VPC, I can run it in it’s own window, and minimize it at will, without affecting anything in the game.

Pretty handy.

I don’t use an inline frame very often, unless I am pulling off a ‘hidden’ server comm trick. In those cases, I just set the height=0 and width=0. I know that if you don’t set an ID property, that Netscape has a problem with them.

I don’t use an inline frame very often, unless I am pulling off a ‘hidden’ server comm trick. In those cases, I just set the height=0 and width=0. I know that if you don’t set an ID property, that Netscape has a problem with them.

There is a way to use normal ASP, and fill a page that is already loaded, without reloading that page. Use a ‘hidden’ inline frame. (Setting it’s height and width to 0). Then use client side scripting to ‘reload’ the javascript page when one of your combo boxes is changed. What needs to load in the inline frame is more scripting that ‘modifies’ the combo boxes you want modified.

I personally can’t stand javascript, and I’m lucky enough to write a lot of web stuff for our Intranet (a controlled IE only environment), so I mainly use VBScript. I have built this process once. It didn’t repopulate combo boxes, instead, it filled out portions of a form, from the selection of a combo box.

So let’s recap. Build an ASP page that receives the name of the combo box, and the current selection. Have that asp page product HTML/scripting that modifies the appropriate combobox (on the parent window) to contain the new data. On the OnClick event of each combo box, ‘navigate’ the ‘invisible’ inline frame to that asp page with the appropriate querystring variables (combo name and value).

And there you have it. Dynamic data interchange without reloading an .asp page. Enjoy!

There is a way to use normal ASP, and fill a page that is already loaded, without reloading that page. Use a ‘hidden’ inline frame. (Setting it’s height and width to 0). Then use client side scripting to ‘reload’ the javascript page when one of your combo boxes is changed. What needs to load in the inline frame is more scripting that ‘modifies’ the combo boxes you want modified.

I personally can’t stand javascript, and I’m lucky enough to write a lot of web stuff for our Intranet (a controlled IE only environment), so I mainly use VBScript. I have built this process once. It didn’t repopulate combo boxes, instead, it filled out portions of a form, from the selection of a combo box.

So let’s recap. Build an ASP page that receives the name of the combo box, and the current selection. Have that asp page product HTML/scripting that modifies the appropriate combobox (on the parent window) to contain the new data. On the OnClick event of each combo box, ‘navigate’ the ‘invisible’ inline frame to that asp page with the appropriate querystring variables (combo name and value).

And there you have it. Dynamic data interchange without reloading an .asp page. Enjoy!

Beryl, you can use the minimize to system tray in VBA. My last version of my ‘MiniCalendar’ for Access (97) would allow you to hide the Access window, so the calendar is on the desktop all by itself. In ‘cycle mode’ (where you move the mouse around the calendar, and the day your mouse is over shows it’s data in another form), there is a ‘sleep’ button, that ‘minimizes’ the Minicalendar to the system tray.

On another note, my brother asked me to write up a VB program to minimize all windows to the system tray (or under one tray icon), to clear up his taskbar. Haven’t gotten around to writing it yet though.

Unfortunately, the zipped version of MIniCalendar3.zip is 284k, too big to post to the lounge. Also, my website is down right now (having quite a battle with my DSL company at the moment), so I can’t tell you to download it from there. If you want a copy of it, message me, and I’ll email you a copy.

Beryl, you can use the minimize to system tray in VBA. My last version of my ‘MiniCalendar’ for Access (97) would allow you to hide the Access window, so the calendar is on the desktop all by itself. In ‘cycle mode’ (where you move the mouse around the calendar, and the day your mouse is over shows it’s data in another form), there is a ‘sleep’ button, that ‘minimizes’ the Minicalendar to the system tray.

On another note, my brother asked me to write up a VB program to minimize all windows to the system tray (or under one tray icon), to clear up his taskbar. Haven’t gotten around to writing it yet though.

Unfortunately, the zipped version of MIniCalendar3.zip is 284k, too big to post to the lounge. Also, my website is down right now (having quite a battle with my DSL company at the moment), so I can’t tell you to download it from there. If you want a copy of it, message me, and I’ll email you a copy.

A little persnickity, are we? LOL! . True though.