Question

I’ve been saddled with supporting an old Access 2003 database (with SQL backend) produced by a now out-of-business contractor.

The database includes several ‘unconventional’ reports. They all use Automation through VBA to output fields directly to a Word document. Kind of like this (pseudo code):

for each row{       output(row.id);       moveRight();       output(row.firstName);       newLine(); } 

Etc.

The problem is, the database includes several rich text fields. To output these (including their formatting) to the document, the developer opens a separate Access form, with a single rich text control, and pulls the appropriate field into the text box.

He then does a ‘select all, copy’, flicks back to Word, and then pastes the text.

My task is to add a new rich text field to a report, and I feel there must be a better way of doing this…

Answer 1

Ah! A duplicate question apparently.

Here’s the answer:

Word Automation: Write RTF text without going through clipboard