Adding plain text to a database?

[Cheese]

I have some instructions (about 2-3 paragraphs) that need to accompany one of
my databases.

Rather than sending them separately where they might get lost, how could I
include them within the database file?

 

[Daniel Pineault]

Why not simply create a form and enter the text there. then you can add a
button so the user can access the info when they need it.

 

[Cheese]

Do you mean a form that opens automatically when the file is first opened?

I've seen these before, but I don't know how to create one.

 

[Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com]

Goto Tools - Startup and select the form in the "Display Form/Page" box. To
bypass this form when opening, press and hold <Shift> then open the db.

 

[Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com]

Just realized with said to place the text ona aform but never really said how!
You can either use a big label or a big textbox. If you use the textbox
you'll have to bind it to a field in a table, probably a memo field, if it's
over 255 characters long.

 

[Tom Wickerath]

Hi Cheese,

You can do this, if you want. I think what Daniel had in mind is simply a
command button on a switchboard, with the appropriate caption, to allow the
user to open this form when needed.


Tom Wickerath
Microsoft Access MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom
http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
__________________________________________