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Can you export a form from a database

Asked By Bob H
21-Nov-09 12:09 PM
I have an updated form with tabs for multiple forms in a database on 1
pc, which I would like to use on the same database on another pc. I know
you can export tables, but what about forms.

Thanks

If there is no linkage between the 2 PC's, why not just copy the formand burn

fredg replied to Bob H
21-Nov-09 12:37 PM
If there is no linkage between the 2 PC's, why not just copy the form
and burn it to a CD, then transfer the CD to the 2nd PC and copy it
into the new database? Remember to then un-check the Form's Read only
Attribute.

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Yes I could do that if I knew how to get the form out of the existingdbase.

Bob H replied to fredg
21-Nov-09 02:00 PM
Yes I could do that if I knew how to get the form out of the existing
dbase. I know you can export tables, but can you export forms?

Thanks

There is an undocumented SaveAsText method (and a corresponding

Douglas J. Steele replied to Bob H
21-Nov-09 02:39 PM
There is an undocumented SaveAsText method (and a corresponding LoadFromText
method)

I talked about them in my February, 2005 "Access Answers" column in Pinnacle
Publication's "Smart Access". You can download the column (and sample
database) for free at http://www.accessmvp.com/DJSteele/SmartAccess.html

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Update: I found out how to do it now.Bob H wrote:
Bob H replied to Bob H
21-Nov-09 02:44 PM
Update: I found out how to do it now.
Bob H wrote:
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