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Old December 11th, 2009, 07:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
superc
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Default Does a free HOA template exist (locations, owners, billing, fines,

variable interst rates, etc.) exist?
I have looked and looked and none of the existing templates in Office are
really perfect for managers of (non-profit) homeowners associations. In
Excel the different categories of info (tax map, participants of real estate
trust w/contact info, special billing for certain services, which contractor
is assigned to what and their contact info, whose interest is due this
quarter and for what (interest on past due fines is at a different rate than
interest on assessments, etc.)and formulas stretch the thing out to row AD.
It would be nice if there was an existing template.
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Old December 11th, 2009, 08:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Fred
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Default Does a free HOA template exist (locations, owners, billing, fines,

I run a database for a homeowners association, and it's needs (and thus the
database) are completely different than yours.

My guess is that you will not find one that meets your description.
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Old December 11th, 2009, 08:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Steve[_77_]
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Default Does a free HOA template exist (locations, owners, billing, fines,

Hello,

It is highly unlikely that you will find a template for your specialized
application. You have three options; you can continue to use your Excel
workbook, you can create a database application or you can hire someone to
build the database for you. If you decide to DIY, there will be frustation
along the way to getting it done. Depending on how much you know about
Access, doing it yourself could take considerable time as the learning curve
is long and steep. If neither of those options appeal to you, I would like
to offer to build the database for you. I provide fee-based help with
Access, Excel and Word applications. My fee would be quite modest for this
application. If you are interested, contact me.

Steve



"superc" wrote in message
...
variable interst rates, etc.) exist?
I have looked and looked and none of the existing templates in Office are
really perfect for managers of (non-profit) homeowners associations. In
Excel the different categories of info (tax map, participants of real
estate
trust w/contact info, special billing for certain services, which
contractor
is assigned to what and their contact info, whose interest is due this
quarter and for what (interest on past due fines is at a different rate
than
interest on assessments, etc.)and formulas stretch the thing out to row
AD.
It would be nice if there was an existing template.



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Old December 11th, 2009, 10:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
John... Visio MVP
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Default Does a free HOA template exist (locations, owners, billing, fines,

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Hello,

It is highly unlikely that you will find a template for your specialized
application. You have three options; you can continue to use your Excel
workbook, you can create a database application or you can hire someone to
build the database for you. If you decide to DIY, there will be frustation
along the way to getting it done. Depending on how much you know about
Access, doing it yourself could take considerable time as the learning
curve is long and steep. If neither of those options appeal to you, I
would like to offer to build the database for you. I provide fee-based
help with Access, Excel and Word applications. My fee would be quite
modest for this application. If you are interested, contact me.

Steve


If stevie was any good, he would not need to pimp his services. He would be
swamped with repeat business.


These newsgroups are provided by Microsoft for FREE peer to peer support.
There are many highly qualified individuals who gladly help for free. Stevie
is not one of them, but he is the only one who just does not get the idea of
"FREE" support. He offers questionable results at unreasonable prices. If he
was any good, the "thousands" of people he claims to have helped would be
flooding him with work, but there appears to be a continuous drought and he
needs to constantly grovel for work.

A few gems gleaned from the Word New User newsgroup over the past Christmas
period and a few gems from the Access newsgroups to show Stevie's
"expertise".


Dec 17, 2008 7:47 pm

Word 2007 ..........
In older versions of Word you could highlght some text then go to Format -
Change Case and change the case of the hoghloghted text. Is this still
available in Word 2007? Where?
Thanks! Steve


Dec 22, 2008 8:22 pm

I am designing a series of paystubs for a client. I start in landscape and
draw a table then add columns and rows to setup labels and their
corresponding value. This all works fine. After a landscape version is
completed, I next need to design a portrait version. Rather than strating
from scratch, I'd like to be able to cut and paste from the landscape
version and design the portrait version.
Steve


Dec 24, 2008, 1:12 PM

How do you protect the document for filling in forms?
Steve


One of my favourites:
Dec 30, 2008 8:07 PM - a reply to stevie
(The original poster asked how to sort a list and stevie offered to create
the OP an Access database)

Steve wrote:
Yes, you are right but a database is the correct tool to use not a
spreadsheet.



Not at all. If it's just a simple list then a spreadsheet is perfectly
adequate...


Sept 10, 2009
(In respose to a perfectly adequate GENERIC solution stevie wrote)

This function is specific to the example but not generic for any amount paid
out.

Steve



Sept 9, 2009
"Steve" wrote in message
you can then return all the characters in front of it with the Left()
fumction. Would look like:
Left("YourString",Instr("YourString","VbCr" Or "VbLf") - 1)

Steve


No, it would not look like

Left("YourString",Instr("YourString","VbCr" Or "VbLf") - 1)

First of all, the constants are vbCr and vbLf: no quotes around them. With
the quotes, you're looking for the literal strings.

Second, you can't Or together character constants like that. Even if you
could, Or'ing them together in the InStr function like that makes no sense
at all.



Sept 22,2009
Sorry Steve, even I can see that this is a useless answer. I made it pretty
clear that "CW259" is just ONE possible value for the control.

"Steve" wrote:

Hello David,

Open your report in design view and select txtOrderID. Open properties and
go to the Data tab. Put the following expression in the Control Source
property:

=IIF([chkActive],"CW259","(CW259)")

Steve



John... Visio MVP

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Old December 12th, 2009, 02:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
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Default Does a free HOA template exist (locations, owners, billing, fines,


"Steve" schreef in bericht ...
Hello,

It is highly unlikely that you will find a template for your specialized application. You have three options; you can continue to
use your Excel workbook, you can create a database application or you can hire someone to build the database for you. If you
decide to DIY, there will be frustation along the way to getting it done. Depending on how much you know about Access, doing it
yourself could take considerable time as the learning curve is long and steep. If neither of those options appeal to you, I would
like to offer to build the database for you. I provide fee-based help with Access, Excel and Word applications. My fee would be
quite modest for this application. If you are interested, contact me.

Steve




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Old December 14th, 2009, 03:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Fred
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Default Does a free HOA template exist (locations, owners, billing, fi

To Superc and Tim R.

What you need is someone to help you make some practical decisions on what
you want it to do, and then, you will end up with a fairly simple but
specialized-to-you requirement. The latter is predicated on the users being
careful, and understanding Access a bit. In this case, you might try to
get a little paid help, but not from someone who violates forum rules and
solicits here. If your users are neither, then it would be a much larger
job to make a bulletproof application that persons knowing zero about Access
will easily use, in which case those "expensive" apps might not really be
expensive.

You are both welcome to the DB that I run (for free,) but it is not
documented, and is complex/abstract in that it tracks residences, people,
their past and present roles and history, business offerings that might be of
interest to residents, and prints all of that out (is also a companion to a
CAD drawing/map of the subdivision with who lives where ) but does not have
a billing section because being Treasurer is "not-my- job-man!"

:-)

 




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