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Old April 1st, 2010, 03:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
mcnews
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is there a way to view field descriptions in the database documenter?
i need to create a datadictionary that contains this information?
tia,
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Old April 1st, 2010, 07:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Duane Hookom
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Default view field descriptions in the database documenter

You need to check the box to display the field properties.
I'm not sure what version of Access you are using but there is an article at
http://www.access.hookom.net/Documenter/ which explains how to create your
own reports from the results of the documenter.

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Duane Hookom
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"mcnews" wrote:

is there a way to view field descriptions in the database documenter?
i need to create a datadictionary that contains this information?
tia,
mcnewsxp

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