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- Microsoft Access Version 1.1 ERRATA File
- May 1993
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- (C) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1993
-
- This document provides complementary or late-breaking
- information as a supplement to the standard Microsoft
- Access documentation.
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- How to Use This Document
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-
- To view ERRATA on screen in Windows Notepad, maximize
- the Notepad window.
-
- To print ERRATA, open it in Windows Write, Microsoft
- Word, or another word processor. Then select the entire
- document and format the text in 10-point Courier before
- printing.
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- Errata and Omissions in Documentation
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-
- The following errata and omissions in the printed
- documentation were discovered after the books were delivered
- for printing. Please mark the changes in your copies of the
- books. We apologize for any inconvenience.
-
- Note that if there is a discrepancy between the Microsoft
- Access Language Reference and Help, Help is correct. For
- example, the Syntax section on page 286 of the ListFields
- Method topic is incomplete in the book but complete in
- the Help topic.
-
- If there is a discrepancy between an example in NWIND.MDB
- and the printed documentation, the example in the database
- is correct.
-
- Also, some of these errors may be fixed in later printings
- of the books.
-
-
- Manual: MICROSOFT ACCESS USER'S GUIDE
-
- Chapter: 4, "Importing, Exporting, and Attaching"
- Section: "Using the First Row as Field Names"
- Page: 75
- Add the following paragraph to the end of the section:
- "When you import a Microsoft Excel file, Microsoft Access
- changes column names that are numeric to the number of
- the column in the new table. For example, if the third
- column in the Microsoft Excel file is named '44,' it
- will be named '3' in the new table."
-
- Chapter: 4, "Importing, Exporting, and Attaching"
- Section: "Exporting Data from Microsoft Access to a Word
- Processor"
- Page: 87
- In the fourth item in the bullet list, the field names
- Sales-Field, Sales-Field1, and Sales-Field2 should be
- changed to Sales_Field, Sales_Field1, and Sales_Field2,
- respectively (in each case, the two words should be
- separated by an underscore, not a hyphen).
-
-
- Manual: MICROSOFT ACCESS: INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
-
- Chapter: 5, "Variables, Constants, and Data Types"
- Section: "Referring to Objects in the Database"
- Page: 64
- In the third block of code on this page, the third line
- should read as follows:
- Debug.Print formvar(someControl).ControlName
-
- Chapter: 8, "Manipulating Data"
- Section: "Parameter Queries"
- Page: 137
- In the first block of code, the fifth line should read
- as follows:
- Set DataRecs = Q.CreateDynaset()
-
- Chapter: 9, "Dynamic Data Exchange"
- Page: 140
- Section: DDE Conversations
- In the third paragraph, the last two sentences should
- be replaced with the following:
- "You can run Access Basic code from a DDE client
- application by using the RunCode action in a Microsoft
- Access macro. Use a DDEExecute statement in the client
- application to run the macro. However, Access Basic code
- run from a client application can't perform DDE operations.
- For more information, search Help for 'Microsoft Access
- as DDE Server.'"
-
-
- Manual: MICROSOFT ACCESS LANGUAGE REFERENCE
-
- Topic: ApplyFilter Action
- Page: 39
- In the description of the Where Condition action argument,
- the second paragraph should be replaced with the following:
- "In contrast to other action arguments, if you use only an
- unqualified name in this expression, it refers to a field in
- the underlying table or query and not to a control on the
- form or report that called the macro."
-
- Topic: DCount Function
- Page: 113
- The following should be added to the Remarks section,
- after the sentence that begins "If expr identifies multiple
- fields":
- "The following examples show the effects of each when used
- with a non-Null field (Ship Name) and a Null field
- (Ship Region).
- W = DCount("[Ship Name]", "Orders") ' Returns 1078.
- X = DCount("[Ship Region]", "Orders") ' Returns 834.
- Y = DCount("[Ship Name] + [Ship Region]", "Orders")
- ' Returns 834.
- Z = DCount("[Ship Name] & [Ship Region]", "Orders")
- ' Returns 1078."
-
- Topic: DFirst, DLast Functions
- Page: 140
- The following note should be added at the end of the
- Remarks section:
- "Note: Unsaved changes to records in domain are not
- included when you use these functions. If you want the
- DFirst or DLast function to be based on the changed
- values, you must first save the changes by using the
- Update method, choosing Save Record, or moving the
- focus to another record."
-
- Topic: DMin, DMax Functions
- Page: 147
- The following note should be added at the end of the
- Remarks section:
- "Note: Unsaved changes to records in domain are not
- included when you use these functions. If you want the
- DMin or DMax function to be based on the changed values,
- you must first save the changes by using the Update
- method, choosing Save Record, or moving the focus to
- another record."
-
- Topic: ListFields Method
- Page: 286
- The Syntax section should be replaced with the following:
- "Syntax 1
- Set snapshot = recordset.ListFields()
-
- Syntax 2
- Set snapshot = database.ListFields(table | query)"
-
- In the Remarks section, the following rows should be added
- to the Argument table:
- "Argument Description
- database Name of an open database object
- table Name of a table that contains the fields
- you want to list
- query Name of a QueryDef that contains the fields
- you want to list"
-
-
- Topic: OpenForm Action
- Page: 348
- In the description of the Where Condition action argument,
- the text after the first paragraph should be replaced with
- the following:
- "To open a form and restrict its records to those specified
- by the value of a control on another form, use this syntax:
- [fieldname] = Forms![formname]![controlname]
- The fieldname argument is the name of a field in the
- underlying table or query of the form you want to open. The
- controlname argument is the name of the control on the form
- that is already open."
- The last paragraph, which begins "In contrast to other action
- arguments," should be deleted.
-
- Topic: OpenReport Action
- Page: 355
- In the description of the Where Condition action argument,
- the text after the first paragraph should be replaced with
- the following:
- "To open a report and restrict its records to those specified
- by the value of a control on a form, use this syntax:
- [fieldname] = Forms![formname]![controlname]
- The fieldname argument is the name of a field in the
- underlying table or query of the report you want to open.
- The controlname argument is the name of the control on the
- form."
- The last paragraph, which begins "In contrast to other action
- arguments," should be deleted.
-
-