Access Viewer

"TC" wrote in message
...
Sounds interesting!

The ability to "automate" the various Office applications, is one of
Microsoft's primary achievements, from a software viewpoint, IMO. When I
started in computing maaaany years ago, there was no way that seperate
programs could communicate, except by flat-file import/export. Now, your
Access application can run the other Office applications automatically -
even "behind the scenes" (with no user interface) - to do whatever they
need
to do.

Yes! And the best part is, most of the time it works well! :-) Also,
Corel has now begun to format their Corel Draw Graphics Suite, Draw and
PhotoPaint, to also work with PowerPoint and Word as well as WordPerfect and
Presentations. Their new CDGS v12 has these capabilities, which makes it
really nice. I also use the CDGS, but only have v11. The new v12 does not
support ME, sooooo...for now I can't get the newer update. Boooo!

I plan on storing all the data for setup and filtering of the various
training information in the Access database, and use it to call up and run
the selected PowerPoint training projects. These will be used for
electrified or non-electrified commuter and/or Light Rail transit Wayside
equipment inspection and maintenance training at the 3 levels of job
classification advancement, Asst. Lineman, Lineman, and Electromechanic
(Journeyman electrician). As soon as I've completed the first training
project I'm going to test it out. It should
work.......ahmmm.....should......vbg

All good stuff!

Indeed! And fun stuff too! :-))


Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.


"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi TC :-)

"test" wrote in message
...
Might be a nice little app: Access to Word or Powerpoint!

I've tested the concept of working between Access and Word before, to
print
specific groups of inspection forms created in and stored in Word, which
are
called from a filter or control form within Access. It does work well.
Dirk
Goldgar created the exact function to do this for me some time ago,
which
we
will build into a new app. I am currently working on.

I've worked on a joint project between Access and PowerPoint, but, only
for
a one shot event. I am also now working on a project for PowerPoint
maintenance training projects, including animated digital photos and
data
controlled in Access. It's fun stuff. ;=)

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.


"Lynn Trapp" wrote in message
...
It sounds like you have it well in hand. Keep up the good work. :-)

--
Lynn Trapp
MS Access MVP
www.ltcomputerdesigns.com
Access Security: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm


"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi Lynn :-)

"Lynn Trapp" wrote in message
...
Hi Jan! :-)

Well...as I don't have the Developer's Edition, I won't be
able
to
create
a
runtime version. And...guess that s'plains why I couldn't
find
anything
on it....??? :=)

Yeah, that would kind of splain it...LOL. TC's suggestion to put
some
screen
shots in Power Point might work well. I would prefer to put them
in
Word,
though, because it's a little more flexible AND you can print it
out
as
a
training document later on.

Yes, Word may offer a bit more flexibility, as you say. I may
want
to
add
some other informationl. I'm also thinking that once setup in
Word,
I
could
then take some of them into PowerPoint to insert perhaps arrows
and/or
call-outs that would also be animated for specific emphasis as
well.

I hope something like that will help you do what you need to do.

Thank you very much for your time and help, I truly appreciate it.
I'll
give them a go and see where I get......besides in trouble. ;=))

HAIW,

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
"TC" wrote:

snip

I'm sure there are very similar products out there and probably more
powerful as well.
Microsoft may sell something themselves, I just haven't really looked
around.

If you hear of, or find anything of the sort, please post the information
for us if you would. I for one would appreciate it very much. :-)

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.



"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Brendan,

Humm...I may just have to test this out with different configurations
for my own curiosity.
Thanks for the info.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
Recording. I don't think it will work with ME, but it's been a
while, I
could be wrong. And no, it was not included with any version later
than 97.

--
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http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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newsgroup, but if you have a good reason to send me e-mail, you'll
find
a useable e-mail address at the URL above.


"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Brendan,

Are you referring to the actual recording process or the 'playing'
process
on later Windows
versions?
I know the utility could not record using an NT machine, but I
could play
them on one.
I used 98 to record all the Help files.
Since Jan is still using ME, maybe by chance it works with that
OS???

Just a thought.
Do you know if that came bundled with 2000, 2002, or 2003?

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, Camcorder doesn't work with recent versions of
Windows.
Some
problem with a missing video codec, whatever that means.

--
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http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Jan,

Just a suggestion from left field.
Do you or your office still have a copy of Office 97
Professional
Edition?
On that CD is a program called Microsoft Camcorder.
In essence it is a utility that "records" what you are doing
on the
screen.
You press start to record and then stop to finish.
You can then compress and covert the .avi output file to an
..exe file.
The file could still be pretty big if you record for a very
long time,
but
burning it onto a CD
should be no problem.
You could break up certain aspects of the project into smaller
chunks.

I have a personal restaurant database I have been working on
for a
couple
of years and for Version
1.0 ALL of my Help files were created with this utility. For
example,
to
display posting an invoice
I simply recorded an example. All of the Help topics were
launched
from a
"Help Form." It worked
very well, but became too much maintenance as the project
became MUCH
bigger.

Since these are .exe files, virtually any computer should be
able to
open
the files whether or not
they have any Access/Office version. I'm not sure if this
utility came
bundled with later Office
versions. I know you can also purchase programs like these as
well.

Just a thought.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi All - Access 2002 XP - Win ME

Is there an Viewer for Access like the one for Word? I need
to show
a
sample
of an Access app. on a machine that does not have Access
loaded.

If so, I would truly appreciate a reference or a link where
I can
downloaded
it. I've been searching for one on the Internet for the past
hour or
so,
but, haven't turned up any information for one yet. Just
thought I'd
see
if
one was available before I went any further. :-)

Best regards.

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

There's a list at the following URL. Not all of these record video, some of
them are just static screen capture apps, but there seem to be a few video
recording apps in there too ...

http://lan.tucows.com/scapt95_pop.html

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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a useable e-mail address at the URL above.


"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
"TC" wrote:

snip

I'm sure there are very similar products out there and probably more
powerful as well.
Microsoft may sell something themselves, I just haven't really looked
around.

If you hear of, or find anything of the sort, please post the information
for us if you would. I for one would appreciate it very much. :-)

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.



"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Brendan,

Humm...I may just have to test this out with different
configurations
for my own curiosity.
Thanks for the info.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
Recording. I don't think it will work with ME, but it's been a
while, I
could be wrong. And no, it was not included with any version later
than 97.

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

The spammers and script-kiddies have succeeded in making it
impossible for
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find
a useable e-mail address at the URL above.


"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Brendan,

Are you referring to the actual recording process or the
'playing'
process
on later Windows
versions?
I know the utility could not record using an NT machine, but I
could play
them on one.
I used 98 to record all the Help files.
Since Jan is still using ME, maybe by chance it works with that
OS???

Just a thought.
Do you know if that came bundled with 2000, 2002, or 2003?

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, Camcorder doesn't work with recent versions of
Windows.
Some
problem with a missing video codec, whatever that means.

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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you'll find
a useable e-mail address at the URL above.

"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Jan,

Just a suggestion from left field.
Do you or your office still have a copy of Office 97
Professional
Edition?
On that CD is a program called Microsoft Camcorder.
In essence it is a utility that "records" what you are doing
on the
screen.
You press start to record and then stop to finish.
You can then compress and covert the .avi output file to an
.exe file.
The file could still be pretty big if you record for a very
long time,
but
burning it onto a CD
should be no problem.
You could break up certain aspects of the project into
smaller
chunks.

I have a personal restaurant database I have been working on
for a
couple
of years and for Version
1.0 ALL of my Help files were created with this utility. For
example,
to
display posting an invoice
I simply recorded an example. All of the Help topics were
launched
from a
"Help Form." It worked
very well, but became too much maintenance as the project
became MUCH
bigger.

Since these are .exe files, virtually any computer should be
able to
open
the files whether or not
they have any Access/Office version. I'm not sure if this
utility came
bundled with later Office
versions. I know you can also purchase programs like these
as
well.

Just a thought.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi All - Access 2002 XP - Win ME

Is there an Viewer for Access like the one for Word? I
need
to show
a
sample
of an Access app. on a machine that does not have Access
loaded.

If so, I would truly appreciate a reference or a link
where
I can
downloaded
it. I've been searching for one on the Internet for the
past
hour or
so,
but, haven't turned up any information for one yet. Just
thought I'd
see
if
one was available before I went any further. :-)

Best regards.

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Hi Jeff! :-)

"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Jan,

Yes, I have heard of this, and thought about that too, but, with ME, I
have
not had much luck with some of the newer add-ins, either installing
properly, or working properly. I'll to attenting the 2nd annual
PowerPoint
Live Conference being held in San Diego in Oct this year, and I'll be
able
to meet up again with my PPT MVP buddies Steve Rindsberg, Brian Rielly,
and
a few of the other top PPT graphics and media MVP's who will be hosting
the
various siminars there, as well as John Langhans, MS PowerPoint
Supportability Program Manager, and Richard Brettschneider, Lead Program
Manager for PowerPoint, who will also be attending again this year.
Sooo...
I'll make this one of my primary investigation projects while there.
;=))

Sounds like the perfect place to bounce some ideas around.
If you happen to come across some good ideas, pass them along.
I'm in the same boat about wanting to 'show' people a database
program who do not have Access. I don't really have the money for
the Developer's Edition.

Absolutely! There is going to be a special siminar on graphics and just
such inter-action of various programs this year, and the two MS Managers are
very open and eager to help find better ways of doing things. If there is a
need for a better method of interaction between Access and PowerPoint, I
feel sure they will be willing to see what they can do. John Langhans is a
great supporter on the PowerPoint newsgroup now as well, and he has some
really great ideas. I'll be sure to pass on any information I get from that
end, and perhaps there might be some here on the Access end who would be
willing to put in a good word to MS as well. It would be a very powerful
combination for the growing needs of many companies, however, right now,
it's rather difficult to accomplish with some types of apps.

You might be the only one who understands what that is.
;-)

LOL!! W'll hey....the Gold Star calendar on the wall over my 'puter is
totally dedicated to that! ;=))

Excellent, well done!

Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*280 Days Left*

Got your tickets ordered yet??? ;=))

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.


"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi Jeff! :-)

"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
"Jan Il" wrote:

Hi Jan,

Just a suggestion from left field.
Do you or your office still have a copy of Office 97 Professional
Edition?
On that CD is a program called Microsoft Camcorder.
In essence it is a utility that "records" what you are doing on
the
screen.
You press start to record and then stop to finish.
You can then compress and covert the .avi output file to an .exe
file.
The file could still be pretty big if you record for a very long
time,
but
burning it onto a CD should be no problem.
You could break up certain aspects of the project into smaller
chunks.

I have a personal restaurant database I have been working on for a
couple
of years and for Version 1.0 ALL of my Help files were created
with
this utility.
For example, to display posting an invoice I simply recorded an
example.
All of the Help topics were launched from a "Help Form." It worked
very well, but became too much maintenance as the project became
MUCH
bigger.

Since these are .exe files, virtually any computer should be able
to
open
the files whether or not they have any Access/Office version. I'm
not
sure
if this utility came bundled with later Office versions.
I know you can also purchase programs like these as well.

Just a thought.

And it sounds like a very good idea one, too! But, neither I, or
the
company, ever had Access 97, as we went from Word Perfect straight
to
Office
2000. I still have ME at home, but, we have NT at work. I have
heard of
similar programs that you probably are thinking of too. I'll check
out
the
possiblities of some of them, as it might be worth it in presenting
app.
excerpts on machines that don't have Access.

Sounds like Camcorder might not be an option based on Brendan's
observations.

I'm in Virginia at the moment, so I can't check my home machine
right
now,
but, as you mention this, it seems to me I have seen something in
reference
to a 'Camcorder' in my trees somewhere on the hard drive and I just
never
paid attention to it. It may be someting that came with another
program
I
have, or just a thingie to 'go with'. I'll check this out when I
get
home.

Well you may find this to be a complete surprise, especially since you
are
a "PowerPoint Junkie",
but have you looked at the Producer Add-In for Powerpoint 2002 and
2003? I
did a little research and
came across it. I've never heard of it, but it appears to do basically
the
same thing as Camcorder
does (not positive though).

The 2003 Producer Add-In works with PowerPoint 2002 and 2003. I know
you
have 2002, but the OS may
be a problem. It looks like it won't work on ME. The articles say "not
supported" so it may not
install at all or it will, but you would not receive any support for
problems. Not sure.

Here are some links to get you started:


http://www.microsoft.com/office/powe.../overview.mspx


http://www.microsoft.com/office/powe...fo/sysreq.mspx




http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en




http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...EC010331121033

(Watch out for any line wrapping)

I would definitely ask your PowerPoint MVP friends about it. Maybe
someone
has a spot to download
the older 2002-only Add-In which might work on ME. Just a thought.


Thank you very much for the additional information. It would be
nice if
they had continued to include such a function with their newer
Office
versions, or at least an add-to maybe. Perhaps I can make a wish??
g

Well your wish may have already been granted.

Hopefully so...g

*281 Days Left*

And counting!! ;=)))




Jan

"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi All - Access 2002 XP - Win ME

Is there an Viewer for Access like the one for Word? I need to
show
a
sample
of an Access app. on a machine that does not have Access loaded.

If so, I would truly appreciate a reference or a link where I
can
downloaded
it. I've been searching for one on the Internet for the past
hour or
so,
but, haven't turned up any information for one yet. Just thought
I'd
see
if
one was available before I went any further. :-)

Best regards.

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

"Fred Boer" wrote in message
...
Oh no, she's not!

Hey Fred! Hope you had a great trip! Glad to kow I'm not alone....;=))

Got any good pics to share again this year?

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.







Fred Boer


*281 Days Left*

And counting!! ;=)))

You might be the only one who understands what that is.
;-)

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
"Fred Boer" wrote:

Make sure you ask for that day off.

What, isn't is going to be a national holiday??

Should be in my opinion.
:-)

Ohhhhh ouch that hurt! :-)

Just a flesh wound, I trust!

I'll survive.
;-)

Actually I started and finished creating another Add-In while I was on
vacation last week!
Would you like to be the first one to try it out after I finish
testing everything?

Of course!

Cool.
I'm having fun making some Add-Ins for stuff that I have been using for
quite a while.
The Doug Steele Object Documentor will create a slick report of all the
objects in a database.
This new one is called the "John Viescas Table Documentor."
It creates a very nice report (and table) of all the fields in all the
tables of the database.
It uses code found in his sample files.
I got tired of importing everything into my databases so I decided to make
an Add-In.

This is so much simpler than the built-in Documentor.
For objects I just do Tools--Add-Ins--Doug Steele Object Documentor.
For table fields Tools--Add-Ins--John Viescas Table Documentor.
Bam!! All done in just a few seconds. Very nice and extremely easy.

I have a couple other ideas as well for other Add-Ins.

No problem, right now I just have more questions than answers on your
database.

Write me and I'll try to answer them... and if you're lucky, I won't
send
you vacation pictures!

Ok, it will be a while though.
I'm still trying to get caught up on work.

W'll hey, as long as you're passing around the add-in goodies, mind thowing
a few my way too? Can't let you guys get too far ahead of me, ya know.
;=)) BTW...I'm down to (or up to??) 1/2 hour on your Access MVP Match
Game. How far ahead of me is Arica now? vbg

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Thanks for the great links Brendan!

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*279 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
There's a list at the following URL. Not all of these record video, some of
them are just static screen capture apps, but there seem to be a few video
recording apps in there too ...

http://lan.tucows.com/scapt95_pop.html

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com


"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
"TC" wrote:

snip

I'm sure there are very similar products out there and probably more
powerful as well.
Microsoft may sell something themselves, I just haven't really looked
around.

If you hear of, or find anything of the sort, please post the information
for us if you would. I for one would appreciate it very much. :-)

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.



"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Brendan,

Humm...I may just have to test this out with different
configurations
for my own curiosity.
Thanks for the info.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
Recording. I don't think it will work with ME, but it's been a
while, I
could be wrong. And no, it was not included with any version later
than 97.

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

The spammers and script-kiddies have succeeded in making it
impossible for
me to use a real e-mail address in public newsgroups. E-mail
replies
to
this post will be deleted without being read. Any e-mail claiming
to
be
from brenreyn at indigo dot ie that is not digitally signed by me
with a
GlobalSign digital certificate is a forgery and should be deleted
without
being read. Follow-up questions should in general be posted to the
newsgroup, but if you have a good reason to send me e-mail, you'll
find
a useable e-mail address at the URL above.


"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Brendan,

Are you referring to the actual recording process or the
'playing'
process
on later Windows
versions?
I know the utility could not record using an NT machine, but I
could play
them on one.
I used 98 to record all the Help files.
Since Jan is still using ME, maybe by chance it works with that
OS???

Just a thought.
Do you know if that came bundled with 2000, 2002, or 2003?

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, Camcorder doesn't work with recent versions of
Windows.
Some
problem with a missing video codec, whatever that means.

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

The spammers and script-kiddies have succeeded in making it
impossible
for
me to use a real e-mail address in public newsgroups. E-mail
replies to
this post will be deleted without being read. Any e-mail
claiming to be
from brenreyn at indigo dot ie that is not digitally signed by
me with a
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deleted
without
being read. Follow-up questions should in general be posted to
the
newsgroup, but if you have a good reason to send me e-mail,
you'll find
a useable e-mail address at the URL above.

"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Jan,

Just a suggestion from left field.
Do you or your office still have a copy of Office 97
Professional
Edition?
On that CD is a program called Microsoft Camcorder.
In essence it is a utility that "records" what you are doing
on the
screen.
You press start to record and then stop to finish.
You can then compress and covert the .avi output file to an
.exe file.
The file could still be pretty big if you record for a very
long time,
but
burning it onto a CD
should be no problem.
You could break up certain aspects of the project into
smaller
chunks.

I have a personal restaurant database I have been working on
for a
couple
of years and for Version
1.0 ALL of my Help files were created with this utility. For
example,
to
display posting an invoice
I simply recorded an example. All of the Help topics were
launched
from a
"Help Form." It worked
very well, but became too much maintenance as the project
became MUCH
bigger.

Since these are .exe files, virtually any computer should be
able to
open
the files whether or not
they have any Access/Office version. I'm not sure if this
utility came
bundled with later Office
versions. I know you can also purchase programs like these
as
well.

Just a thought.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi All - Access 2002 XP - Win ME

Is there an Viewer for Access like the one for Word? I
need
to show
a
sample
of an Access app. on a machine that does not have Access
loaded.

If so, I would truly appreciate a reference or a link
where
I can
downloaded
it. I've been searching for one on the Internet for the
past
hour or
so,
but, haven't turned up any information for one yet. Just
thought I'd
see
if
one was available before I went any further. :-)

Best regards.

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

"Jan Il" wrote:

I'm having fun making some Add-Ins for stuff that I have been using for quite a while.
The Doug Steele Object Documentor will create a slick report of all the objects in a database.
This new one is called the "John Viescas Table Documentor."
It creates a very nice report (and table) of all the fields in all the tables of the database.
It uses code found in his sample files.
I got tired of importing everything into my databases so I decided to make an Add-In.

This is so much simpler than the built-in Documentor.
For objects I just do Tools--Add-Ins--Doug Steele Object Documentor.
For table fields Tools--Add-Ins--John Viescas Table Documentor.
Bam!! All done in just a few seconds. Very nice and extremely easy.

I have a couple other ideas as well for other Add-Ins.

W'll hey, as long as you're passing around the add-in goodies, mind thowing
a few my way too? Can't let you guys get too far ahead of me, ya know.
;=)) BTW...I'm down to (or up to??) 1/2 hour on your Access MVP Match
Game. How far ahead of me is Arica now? vbg

Doug will actually be posting the "Doug Steele Object Documentor" on his website in the very near
future. Keep checking back there once in a while for that one.

I've completed testing the "John Viescas Table Documentor" for 97 and everything is fine. I still
need to test on the later Access versions before releasing that one. I should hopefully be finished
this weekend. I'll ask John to see if he would be willing to post that one on his site. I'll get
back to you on this.

On the Access MVP Name Matching Game I *think* my best time is around four minutes. I'd have to
check. Arica is not very good at that one, but she loves the color matching one! :-)

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*279 Days Left*

Hi Brendan! :-)

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
There's a list at the following URL. Not all of these record video, some
of
them are just static screen capture apps, but there seem to be a few video
recording apps in there too ...

http://lan.tucows.com/scapt95_pop.html

Thank you very much for the information, Brendan. The Snagit program is one
that the PowerPoint MVP's speak very highly of, and I know many also use it,
as it works well with most programs and OS's. :-)

Jan
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that's why they're so contagious.




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"Jan Il" wrote in message
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"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
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"TC" wrote:

snip

I'm sure there are very similar products out there and probably more
powerful as well.
Microsoft may sell something themselves, I just haven't really looked
around.

If you hear of, or find anything of the sort, please post the
information
for us if you would. I for one would appreciate it very much. :-)

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.



"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Brendan,

Humm...I may just have to test this out with different
configurations
for my own curiosity.
Thanks for the info.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
...
Recording. I don't think it will work with ME, but it's been a
while, I
could be wrong. And no, it was not included with any version
later
than 97.

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"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
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Hi Brendan,

Are you referring to the actual recording process or the
'playing'
process
on later Windows
versions?
I know the utility could not record using an NT machine, but I
could play
them on one.
I used 98 to record all the Help files.
Since Jan is still using ME, maybe by chance it works with
that
OS???

Just a thought.
Do you know if that came bundled with 2000, 2002, or 2003?

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in
message
...
Unfortunately, Camcorder doesn't work with recent versions
of
Windows.
Some
problem with a missing video codec, whatever that means.

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"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
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Hi Jan,

Just a suggestion from left field.
Do you or your office still have a copy of Office 97
Professional
Edition?
On that CD is a program called Microsoft Camcorder.
In essence it is a utility that "records" what you are
doing
on the
screen.
You press start to record and then stop to finish.
You can then compress and covert the .avi output file to
an
.exe file.
The file could still be pretty big if you record for a
very
long time,
but
burning it onto a CD
should be no problem.
You could break up certain aspects of the project into
smaller
chunks.

I have a personal restaurant database I have been working
on
for a
couple
of years and for Version
1.0 ALL of my Help files were created with this utility.
For
example,
to
display posting an invoice
I simply recorded an example. All of the Help topics were
launched
from a
"Help Form." It worked
very well, but became too much maintenance as the project
became MUCH
bigger.

Since these are .exe files, virtually any computer should
be
able to
open
the files whether or not
they have any Access/Office version. I'm not sure if this
utility came
bundled with later Office
versions. I know you can also purchase programs like these
as
well.

Just a thought.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*

"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi All - Access 2002 XP - Win ME

Is there an Viewer for Access like the one for Word? I
need
to show
a
sample
of an Access app. on a machine that does not have Access
loaded.

If so, I would truly appreciate a reference or a link
where
I can
downloaded
it. I've been searching for one on the Internet for the
past
hour or
so,
but, haven't turned up any information for one yet. Just
thought I'd
see
if
one was available before I went any further. :-)

Best regards.

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
"Jan Il" wrote:

I'm having fun making some Add-Ins for stuff that I have been using
for quite a while.
The Doug Steele Object Documentor will create a slick report of all
the objects in a database.
This new one is called the "John Viescas Table Documentor."
It creates a very nice report (and table) of all the fields in all the
tables of the database.
It uses code found in his sample files.
I got tired of importing everything into my databases so I decided to
make an Add-In.

This is so much simpler than the built-in Documentor.
For objects I just do Tools--Add-Ins--Doug Steele Object Documentor.
For table fields Tools--Add-Ins--John Viescas Table Documentor.
Bam!! All done in just a few seconds. Very nice and extremely easy.

I have a couple other ideas as well for other Add-Ins.

W'll hey, as long as you're passing around the add-in goodies, mind
thowing
a few my way too? Can't let you guys get too far ahead of me, ya know.
;=)) BTW...I'm down to (or up to??) 1/2 hour on your Access MVP Match
Game. How far ahead of me is Arica now? vbg

Doug will actually be posting the "Doug Steele Object Documentor" on his
website in the very near
future. Keep checking back there once in a while for that one.

Great! I'll check Doug's site then for this one.

I've completed testing the "John Viescas Table Documentor" for 97 and
everything is fine. I still
need to test on the later Access versions before releasing that one. I
should hopefully be finished
this weekend. I'll ask John to see if he would be willing to post that one
on his site. I'll get
back to you on this.

'k...just five me a holler. :-)

On the Access MVP Name Matching Game I *think* my best time is around four
minutes. I'd have to
check. Arica is not very good at that one, but she loves the color
matching one! :-)

Four minutes?? Heh....seems lately I have the attention span of a 2 y/o at
nap time. But......I'm slowly getting there with the color one too. :-)

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.