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yep

http://www.platinumloops.com/detail.php?pr…der=name&page=1%5B/url%5D

(the mp3 & wav links cause the above noted problem)

http://www.prominy.com/SC.htm%5B/url%5D

(the mp3 button links cause the above noted problem)

Thanks, Joe…

MF

BTW – Cache is clean.

No…I’ll go third party, as advised.

I may be dangerous…but I’m not foolish.

Thanks guys,

mark4man

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In order to non-destructively eliminate a partition and add its space to another partition, you CAN’T do that with the OS

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[/indent]That’s what I needed to hear, Al…thanks. ( I was really hoping it was possible, but…)

Let me ask you this, tho…you say “non-destructively”. I don’t really care about keeping what’s on that recovery capsule (it’s a full recovery backup from months ago), as everything existing on my local drive is now going to be backed up to external. So…what happens if I just delete that partition w/ the OS…won’t that recover the space to the main volume (& I just lose what’s there)?

Thanks,

mark4man

UPDATE:

Well…I just tried it again; & it worked…!!!

In my Update To record I entered: [FR DR COMM] & “~”…& it worked perfectly…it retained all previously entered data to that column & added an ~ to the end of the line.

[Have no idea why it did not work previously.]

Thanks very much,

mark4man

No…the entire thing is confidential information.

I’ve done everything you’ve instructed me to do…I don’t know why it’s not working.

MF

UPDATE: How about if I make a copy & delete everything except for Storm Door data (which is my test criteria). Will that work???…it’s much smaller

Hans…

That IS the exact name of the feild: FR DR COMM.

Not sure what to do now. I am running a test, first…I created the Query using Design View…I added the appropriate Table…I then dragged the property address info column (simply titled: ADDRESS) & the two test columns, into the Query. My conformity column is entitled: FR DR I A W. My comments column is entitled: FR DR COMM. Not sure where to go from here.

MF

Hans…

That’s not working.

The title of the comments column I was testing was FR DR COMM. So…under Update To: I entered: [FR DR COMM] & “~”. I hit Run…but then a dialog popped up asking me what my parameter value was (???)

I think we’re almost there…all we have to find now is the appropriate entry (in the brackets) to retain the info in that particular column.

Thanks,

MF

Hans…

The Update Query works like a charm…except for one thing…I have a weird feeling that updating the column that gets the “~”…deletes everything else that exists in that column.

I., e., those columns where the “~” will reside is a column labeled Comments. Every database attribute (which are the exterior architectural features for each property we keep track of) has a Comments column, which also contains other critical info on the property.

Does updating the Comments columns w/ the “~” delete everything else in that column save for that character?

What I’m hoping for is that the update places that character at the end of all the other info…but I got a bad feeling it doesn’t

Thanks,

mark4man

got it…will do (was posting my update while you were replying…sorry).

Guys…

Thanks…but I have no idea how to implement such a thing (at my skill level)…I’m used to creating a Query in Design View…drag/dropping the necessary columns from the Table…& hittin’ the Run button.

How exactly does one create an “Update Query” ?

Thanks,

mark4man

waitaminute…went back & read the post again…the update is selected after the fact? Selected from where?

UPDATE: Read it again…I think I can do this, Hans…your instructions look more clear than I thought. I’m trying this when I get back to work on Monday…it’s a work thing anyway; & I don’t have Access at home. Thanks.

Jezza…

I’m not talking about a file FORMAT…I’m talking about temporary files, the kind the OS saves every so often while working on an open document. Or…maybe it’s the app itself itself that saves them…I dont know…but they show up in the same folder as the parent file as a ~*.ts file.

MF

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I thought you said this was easy

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[/indent]yeah, well…I thought it would be.

Anyway…tried all that (even Tweak UI) & none of it worked.

mark4man

Wait a minute…UPDATE:

GOT IT !!!

The problem was…I wasn’t able to access the Advanced button in Folder Options > File Type. For the heck of it…I set the jpg group of file types back to ‘Restore’…& the Advanced button popped right up. Once I had that…I was able to first set the Icon…& then I switched the opening program back to Photoshop, as well. That did it

Thanks.

nope

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When you double click one of these files what program starts to open these files?

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[/indent]Photoshop CS3…I just don’t like not seeing the Photoshop icon in Explorer…it throws me off (& is also indicative that something’s amiss).

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I left out a step in the process. When you select Open with you next have to select Choose Program to get the option “Always use selected program to open this file”. Did you get to that step and select “Always use selected program…..” ??

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[/indent]yep…several times.

mark4man