ScriptingGuy1 October 20, 2006 Oct 20, 2006 10/20/06
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I print a Microsoft Access report?-- RW
Hey, RW. You know the cool thing about being a Scripting Guy – aside from the opportunity to pal around with Paris and Nicole – is the fact that people think we know what we’re doing. Someone asks a question like, “How can I print a Microsoft Access report...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I compact an Access database using a script?-- DA
Hey, DA. We have to tell you the truth: we are thrilled and excited about getting the chance to answer your scripting question. To be honest, that isn’t always the case, most days we’d look at a question like this and think, “Compact an Access database? That...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to pull records from a Microsoft Access database?-- SB
Hey, SB. You know, you’re lucky to get this question answered; after all, this looks as though it’s going to be the very last Hey, Scripting Guy! column ever.
To be honest, that came as a bit of a surprise to us, too: we hadn’t ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the tables in an Access database?-- KW
Hey, KW. You know, the best part about writing a daily column on system administration scripting is that people only see the finished result; they never see all the detours, dead-ends, and other frustrations we go through in order to produce that column. For ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which version of Access was used to create an Access database?-- TW
Hey, TW. You know, at least one of the Scripting Guys is a bit old-fashioned, to say the least. He doesn’t own a cell phone, and he won’t use drive-through windows. He wears his baseball hat forwards rather than backwards (!), and...