I suppose that my question will be considered silly, but I'm really stuck.
How can I view all tables in the *.accdb file?
I use Microsoft Access from Office 14 to open and edit that file. Then I go to the Database Tools tab and select Relationships, where I expect to see all the tables, but actually I can't.
I see there some tables and even saved queries. And some of these queries use tables, that I can not find.
I'm newbie to the Access, but have to make some edits to the database.
UPD:
Somehow I've managed to view necessary tables through the maze of Object dependencies. Is there a more simple way?
It sounds like some tables are set as Hidden and you don't have the View Hidden Objects setting checked.
Press F11 to show the navigation pane if it is hidden. While that is open, right-click the top of the bar and choose Navigation Options. In the next screen, you'll see an area Display Options, whose first checkbox is Show Hidden Objects. This will allow you to see greyed icons for hidden tables in the navigation pane. It also adds the names of hidden tables to the "Show table..." box in the Relationships.
In relationships right click anywhere in the empty box, show table, select all tables, click add
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Sample ComboBox
Is there a way to create a combobox like the one shown in the mockup above? One where I can search/filter within the dropdown itself (red text in image), where the column headers would normally go (if enabled). I've been asked to create this specifically in our access database, and I'm not sure if it's possible. If this is possible, what combobox properties would need to be changed to make it happen?
Is there a way in Access 2016 to make the Access objects Icons smaller, I have a lot of objects in the database and the icons are very big.
Ideally like the picture on the right, I am sure that i am missing something simple, but not been in Access for a long time. I have looked around in the access navigation options etc, but cant seem to find an option for this.
Right click at a free space below that tables list (not directly on a table).
Click "View By"
Choose "List".
And it looks exactly like your right screenshot.
By the way "List" is the default so you must somehow have changed it to "Details" previously.
I know, in Access, it's possible to have the query display all fields in Design View via the Asterisk entry in the Show Table list. However, is there a way to easily add all of the fields so they appear individually, aside from double-clicking or dragging them?
Double-click on the 'header' section of the table to select all fields, and then drag them onto the query builder grid:
I figured out that standard selection methods work for these, like either shift-clicking or control-clicking allows selection of multiple items in the list.
I'm creating an Access database for data entry, so I put together the form shown in the image below. It works great besides one problems I'm having that I can't seem to nail down.
I want to create a form that navigates by hiding and un-hiding subforms when clicking the buttons in the top bar. The subforms themselves are linked directly to the table (not a form, but the table itself). I did this in order to have an easy way to enter multiple entries in an excel like fashion that the users are familiar with. Entering the data works fine. Closing the form and re-opening it however causes the subform to show each individual record and the record navigations must be used to cycle through each one.
The intention was for the records be shown in the same fashion as if I just opened the table. Is there any viable way to accomplish this?
I'm fairly experienced with MS Access 2003, but 2007 has a new feature that is confusing me.
I'm maintaining an Access database with a variety of reports. Some of these reports have fields with constraints on where I can move them. If I move a field vertically, ALL the fields in that section must move with it. If I move a field horizontally, it automatically switches with the field next to it.
This is clearly a feature since it makes some kinds of reports easier, but it's just getting in my way now since I need to have detail fields on 2 lines. Can someone tell me what this thing is called and (more importantly) how do I turn it off?
The feature is known as "Control Layouts." Here's how to get rid of them:
Remove controls from a control layout
Removing a control from a
control layout allows you to place it anywhere on the report without
affecting the positioning of any other controls.
Select the control you want to remove from the layout. To select
multiple controls, hold down the SHIFT key and then click the controls
that you want to remove. To select all of the controls in the layout,
click the layout selector box at the top left corner of the layout.
Do
one of the following:
On the Arrange tab, in the Control Layout group,
click Remove.
Right-click one of the selected controls, point to
Layout, and then click Remove. Access removes the selected controls
from the layout.
TIP To prevent a control from being inserted into
a control layout as you move it, press and hold the CTRL key, and then
drag the control to where you want it.
The full documentation for the above excerpt can be found here: Modify, edit, or change a report