Custom Access Error Messages

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12/6/2014 7:41:05 AM
Custom Access Error Messages
By Richard Rost

Have you ever wanted to know how to display custom error messages in Access? In this week's Tip, Alex shows you how to do it: Custom Error Messages.

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Custom Access Error Messages Comment from James B @ 12/14/2015

Built a button (using the button wizard) in Access 2003 in a list of fields to take me to the main page. Building the button, I liked the ID to ID (as demonstrated on your site). It will not do the action. I've sent you several emails and even a voice recording but got no response.

Reply from Alex Hedley:

So is there the option to make a join with IDs and it just won't let you?
Do both Forms have a Record Source?

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Custom Access Error Messages Comment from Yolande Villeneuve @ 5/13/2015

My error message is "word could not merge the main document with the data source because the data records were empty or no data records matched your query options" When I go to my database the info are all there. I always do a backup but it does not work either. Please let me know if there is a costs as I would really like to know before being charged. Thank You!

Reply from Alex Hedley:

What is it you're trying to achieve?

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Custom Access Error Messages Comment from John S @ 1/2/2015

assigned passwords not working. entered passwords and error came back that the password was wrong, are they case sensitive?

Reply from Alex Hedley:

Passwords are case sensitive.

"C" is different to "c" so if you password was "Cat" and you typed in "cat" these aren't the same.

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Custom Access Error Messages Comment from dit @ 12/20/2014

sample code

Reply from Alex Hedley:

Dit if you click the link on the blog post it takes you to the page with the sample code on it.

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