If you have Access and don't have VB then you may have to address the licensing issue. And if you have VB the license allows the control to work in Access. If you have Visual Basic this is not a problem since the control comes with VB. There is a licensing issue with the MSComm control. Initially I got an application working in Visual Basic and then I tried it in Microsoft Access and it worked there as well. The MSComm control is an ActiveX control and it can be added to a form in the same way as a text box or a command button. It is also available for download if you have Access and not VB. This control is included with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. The key was the MSComm control (MSCOMM32.OCX). When a temperature is received, Access saves the temperature and the date/time in a table. The computer sees the dongle as a comm port. On the computer the Bluetooth dongle receives the transmission. The Arduino transmits the temperature via Blue tooth. The 1 wire thermometer measures the temperature.
On the computer I have a Blue tooth dongle. The setup I have is a Dallas 1 wire semiconductor thermometer connected to an Arduino BT (blue tooth). However, if anyone is looking for a solution to the original issue for this thread then I now have something that works. Several of you suggested that there may be better solutions and I don't disagree. I started this thread want to report back on a solution I found.