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Collect Data via Email
I want to use the collect data via email functionality in access to gather
simple answers to survey questions. My problem is that the survey questions are too lengthy (150 characters) and I can't get access to let me use the question as the field name in my table or as the label to display in front of the field in the email message. Is there a way to get around this (infopath is not an option)? Thanks |
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Collect Data via Email
Having the question as a field name would be wrong!
For a properly designed survey, see what Duane Hookom has at http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/f...osts.asp?TID=3 -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "bwilk77" wrote in message ... I want to use the collect data via email functionality in access to gather simple answers to survey questions. My problem is that the survey questions are too lengthy (150 characters) and I can't get access to let me use the question as the field name in my table or as the label to display in front of the field in the email message. Is there a way to get around this (infopath is not an option)? Thanks |
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Collect Data via Email
This looks good, however the recipients of the survey wont have Access on
their computers. I liked the functionality to collect data through email since the recipients would only need to have an html supported email. Is there some type of workaround to have longer questions (greater than 64 characters) while using this new function in Access 2007? Thanks. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: Having the question as a field name would be wrong! For a properly designed survey, see what Duane Hookom has at http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/f...osts.asp?TID=3 -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "bwilk77" wrote in message ... I want to use the collect data via email functionality in access to gather simple answers to survey questions. My problem is that the survey questions are too lengthy (150 characters) and I can't get access to let me use the question as the field name in my table or as the label to display in front of the field in the email message. Is there a way to get around this (infopath is not an option)? Thanks . |
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Collect Data via Email
I haven't worked with the survey by e-mail yet, but as far as I'm aware,
you're essentially creating a form that can populate the database. You design the form for the "proper application" (so that the questions are NOT field names) and distibute that form. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "bwilk77" wrote in message ... This looks good, however the recipients of the survey wont have Access on their computers. I liked the functionality to collect data through email since the recipients would only need to have an html supported email. Is there some type of workaround to have longer questions (greater than 64 characters) while using this new function in Access 2007? Thanks. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: Having the question as a field name would be wrong! For a properly designed survey, see what Duane Hookom has at http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/f...osts.asp?TID=3 -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "bwilk77" wrote in message ... I want to use the collect data via email functionality in access to gather simple answers to survey questions. My problem is that the survey questions are too lengthy (150 characters) and I can't get access to let me use the question as the field name in my table or as the label to display in front of the field in the email message. Is there a way to get around this (infopath is not an option)? Thanks . |
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Collect Data via Email
That would be great if I could actually design a form as the base of this
"collect data through email" functionality. I've been trying to do just that with no luck. It seems that I have to base this directly on a table (herein lies my trouble with the length of my questions). So far the only I've found to use this function is by right clicking a table I want my responses to go into, then selecting the option to "collect and update data via e-mail". After this I run through a 5 step wizard that creates a generic form that is inserted into an email. It doesnt seem that I can modify the form at all while using the html functionality (not using InfoPath). I'm still hoping I'm missing something and this can be done. Thanks. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: I haven't worked with the survey by e-mail yet, but as far as I'm aware, you're essentially creating a form that can populate the database. You design the form for the "proper application" (so that the questions are NOT field names) and distibute that form. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "bwilk77" wrote in message ... This looks good, however the recipients of the survey wont have Access on their computers. I liked the functionality to collect data through email since the recipients would only need to have an html supported email. Is there some type of workaround to have longer questions (greater than 64 characters) while using this new function in Access 2007? Thanks. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: Having the question as a field name would be wrong! For a properly designed survey, see what Duane Hookom has at http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/f...osts.asp?TID=3 -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "bwilk77" wrote in message ... I want to use the collect data via email functionality in access to gather simple answers to survey questions. My problem is that the survey questions are too lengthy (150 characters) and I can't get access to let me use the question as the field name in my table or as the label to display in front of the field in the email message. Is there a way to get around this (infopath is not an option)? Thanks . . |
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Collect Data via Email
"Douglas J. Steele" дÈëÏûÏ¢ ... I haven't worked with the survey by e-mail yet, but as far as I'm aware, you're essentially creating a form that can populate the database. You design the form for the "proper application" (so that the questions are NOT field names) and distibute that form. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "bwilk77" wrote in message ... This looks good, however the recipients of the survey wont have Access on their computers. I liked the functionality to collect data through email since the recipients would only need to have an html supported email. Is there some type of workaround to have longer questions (greater than 64 characters) while using this new function in Access 2007? Thanks. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: Having the question as a field name would be wrong! For a properly designed survey, see what Duane Hookom has at http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/f...osts.asp?TID=3 -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "bwilk77" wrote in message ... I want to use the collect data via email functionality in access to gather simple answers to survey questions. My problem is that the survey questions are too lengthy (150 characters) and I can't get access to let me use the question as the field name in my table or as the label to display in front of the field in the email message. Is there a way to get around this (infopath is not an option)? Thanks . |
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