> We have an access DB that 2 input people use to tracking incoming
patients. There is a form for them to do this but they find it
confusing to use (it's plainly laid out, no one else complains about
it).
....You mean 2 forms in Access, right? Or forms in Word?
Management has decided that they want me to link 15 of our
templates so when a template is opened and text entered into one of the
text fields it will automatically be entered into the database.
First of all, is this possible?
Template - as in Word Template, right? I think it is possible using
VBA.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...69217&SiteID=1
example describes a little bit. The bottom line is - if you get to read
the entry fields in your Word document using VBA, the rest is pretty
simple. Remember, you will have to add a reference to Microsoft Active
X Data Objects 2/2.1/2.5 or other to connect to your Access Database.
Secondly, how would I do this? A link or book reference is good if
you're not up to explaining it. :)
Any help is appreciated.
Lets say your Word document has a form text field that you name it
Text1, in your Document_Close() event, you will write something like
this to access the value in the text box:
MsgBox Me.FormFields.Item("Text1").Result
Using this concept, you could create a user-form to save data to Access
database.
Steps involved would be:
* try to create a simple macro or user form that will react to user's
need
* write code with actions (like clicking of a user-form's button, or
closing of the document) that will read information from the Word
document's form text field
* take this information and validate information, if everything is as
desired, open a connection to Access and insert the information in
table(s)
* Close the connection and finish the action the user invoked. Make
sure there is a graceful exit (probably logs created) if the
code/macro/module is written for Document_Close() event
Hope this helps.
Chirag Shukla.
