DevCon Access DevCon Vienna 2025 - Day Two Recap Day 2 of DevCon Vienna 2025 covered sales strategies, version control, Power Automate, twinBASIC, AI, and developer tools.
DevCon Access DevCon Vienna 2025 - Day One Recap Day 1 of Access DevCon Vienna 2025 showcases community updates, modern charts, Graph API solutions, VBA enhancements, and Microsoft's roadmap.
Week in Review Week in Review: April 12, 2025 Highlights include recaps from Access DevCon Vienna 2025, another (!) update to the Access roadmap, and working with JSON in VBA.
Presentations twinBASIC and AI: DevCon 2025 Links and resources from my presentation today on twinBASIC and AI at Access DevCon Vienna 2025.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: April 10, 2025 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about testing: Python-inspired doc tests, my B-BEAR quick and dirty T-SQL test technique, and a proper SQL Server unit testing tool.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: April 7, 2025 Highlights include an update to the twinBASIC roadmap, my thoughts on the new release date, and your last chance to register for my upcoming tB DevCon Vienna talk.
Tools Whisper Desktop: Free Speech-to-Text in Under 5 Minutes A 5-minute quick start guide for Whisper Desktop, an easy-to-install Windows application for running the open-source Whisper transcription model from OpenAI.
Week in Review Week in Review: April 5, 2025 Highlights include a new item on the Access Roadmap, integrating with Monday.com from Access, and a new commenting platform for NoLongerSet.com.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: April 3, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back at past Access DevCon Vienna conferences (and forward to next week's conference).
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: April 1, 2025 Highlights include 2D and 3D graphics engines converted for tB use, initial touchscreen support in the tB IDE form designer, and PacMan in tB!
Meta Comentario: The New Commenting Engine for NoLongerSet.com NoLongerSet.com is migrating from Commento to Comentario for our comment hosting platform. Everything should look the same...but better.
Week in Review Week in Review: March 29, 2025 Highlights include a video series on cascading combo boxes, parsing data using JSON and VBA in Access, and configuring DNS records for a custom email sending domain.
Presentations Access Day 2025: Outlook COM Automation Alternatives Links and resources from my talk today for J Street Technology's in-person Access Day conference at the mothership (aka, Microsoft Headquarters).
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: March 27, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore how to create GUIDs in your Access applications and how you can use them to simplify creating temporary files.
Email Mailgun: Setting Up a Custom Sending Domain Set up a custom Mailgun sending domain to replace Outlook COM automation. This guide walks through SPF, DKIM, and MX record setup.
Email The Final Pieces: DKIM and DMARC Implementation for Access Developers Moving from Outlook automation in your Access apps? This guide explains DKIM and DMARC implementation for reliable email delivery.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: March 24, 2025 Highlights include a critical bug fix for Excel Custom Task Pane development, tB's return to DevCon Vienna, and Windows Registry and System Tray sample projects from forliny.
Email SPF Configuration: What Access Developers Need to Know for Reliable Email Delivery Moving beyond Outlook automation? Your Access application's emails will be blocked without proper SPF configuration. Here's what you need to know.
Week in Review Week in Review: March 22, 2025 Highlights include how to search multiple fields from one text box, the release of the Access DevCon Vienna agenda, and an official list of Access bug fixes for 2025.
Email Putting It All Together: Email Authentication Fundamentals for Access Developers Transitioning from Outlook automation to SMTP services? Learn the fundamentals of SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to keep your Access application's emails out of spam folders.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: March 20, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore the role of "feature gates" (aka, "feature flags") in Microsoft Access (and Microsoft Office more broadly).
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: March 19, 2025 Highlights include inline variable declaration in For...In and For...Each loops and a statement from Wayne on balancing VB6 back-compatibility and new features.
AUG Video Recap IMEX DataTask Specifications and Extended File Properties with Colin Riddington Managing Modern and Legacy Import/Export Specifications in Access (an Access User Group talk with Colin Riddington)
Week in Review Week in Review: March 15, 2025 Highlights include key info for automating email sending outside of Outlook, integrating AI add-ins with Access, and returning the results of cmd commands.
Email Why Your Emails Get Blocked: Security Protocols and Deliverability Explained As spam filtering becomes more aggressive, understanding how SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authenticate your messages is crucial for ensuring they reach their intended recipients.