You can automate Excel from Access. See the Microsoft Knowledge Base
article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=198571
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HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)
"Lorenz Wild" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I know that in Excel there is a Solver-Functionality
> allowing you to run optimizations or any kind of
> iterations which are limited by constraint conditions.
>
> Does anybody know a way to use the Excel (or any other)
> solver in Access 97?
>
> Many thanks,
> Lorenz