Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 16: Working with External Data 593 The last screen of the Link Spreadsheet Wizard asks for the name of the newly linked ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 594 As with so many other things in database development, many decisions involved in l ...

Chapter 16: Working with External Data 595 FIGURE 16.9 The Import HTML Wizard screen showing the data in the HTML file Click to ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 596 Linking to text files A far more common situation than linking to HTML files is li ...

Chapter 16: Working with External Data 597 Text files are often used as intermediate data-transfer vehicles between dissimilar a ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 598 Setting view properties Although an external table is used like another Access tab ...

Chapter 16: Working with External Data 599 l (^) Avoid excessive movement in datasheets. View only the data you need to in a dat ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 600 FIGURE 16.13 The Linked Table Manager enables you to relocate external tables that ...

Chapter 16: Working with External Data 601 You receive a zero-length string (““) as the returned value. If, however, you type th ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 602 Customers. If you want to connect to a dBASE file named NewEmp.dbf located in the ...

Chapter 16: Working with External Data 603 & CurDir() & “ to continue” Exit Function End If Set db = CurrentDb ‘ Create ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 604 One final example I’ve included in this section is one that shows you how to conne ...

Chapter 16: Working with External Data 605 MsgBox “The File “ & sFileName & _ “could not be found” MsgBox “Copy the file ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 606 To import a comma-delimited text file named ImpDelim.txt (also found on the compan ...

Chapter 16: Working with External Data 607 Function TestLink(sTablename As String) As Boolean Dim db As DAO.Database Dim rs As D ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 608 Summary Linking to external data sources is an essential requirement for many Acce ...

609 CHAPTER Importing and Exporting Data IN THIS CHAPTER Selecting the import and export options that are right for you Creating ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 610 Microsoft Access is often described as a “landing pad” for many types of data. Wha ...

Chapter 17: Importing and Exporting Data ................................................................................. 611 T ...

Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques 612 Click the External Data tab. Click the Access option in the Import section, and t ...