No Longer Set

Week in Review: July 26, 2025

Highlights include a guide to Access forums, how "speedy loading" works in the SQL Monaco editor, and an interesting study on the impact of AI on experienced developers.

AUG Video Recap

Orchestrating Office with Domenico Ruggiero

Supercharge the Entire Office Suite: From Excel Charts to PowerPoint Magic and Massive Word Docs (an Access User Group talk with Domenico Ruggiero)

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: July 24, 2025

In today's Throwback Thursday, we revisit several clever tricks to create consistent development environments across multiple devices and users.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: July 21, 2025

Highlights include the ability to import individual components from a VBP or TWINPROJ file and improvements to the Eval() function.

Week in Review

Week in Review: July 19, 2025

Highlights include a talk on unique UI designs, tips for automating deployment of .accda add-ins, an official list of recent bug fixes in Access, and the end of UtterAccess.

AUG Video Recap

Prepping Access for Deployment with John W Colby

How to Streamline Access Database Deployment Without Menu Hunting (an Access User Group talk with John W Colby)

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: July 17, 2025

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore several techniques for looping and grouping by month in Access and SQL Server.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: July 15, 2025

Highlights include a major announcement on the current status of twinBASIC, a WinRT XAML Islands tB proof of concept, and an NtCreateToken API demo.

Week in Review

Week in Review: July 12, 2025

Highlights include a talk on alternative UI approaches, a Jury Management Access app with Amazon RDS in the AFo Showcase, and how to build a fitness app in Access.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: July 10, 2025

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday explores a structured approach to safely rewrite a complex VBA function as a lightning-quick SQL Server scalar function.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: July 7, 2025

Highlights include easier-to-access code editor options, tB-based 64-bit XYplorer moving into beta, a color font label control, and windowed vs. windowless controls.

Week in Review

Week in Review: July 5, 2025

Highlights include a faster alternative to DLookup, using AI to analyze an Access database, and an Access bug and subsequent fix related to Access wizards.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: July 3, 2025

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is a deep dive into an underused tool in the VBA debugging toolkit: the Watch Window.

AUG Video Recap

GET and POST with JSON with Neil Sargent & Leo theDBguy

Real-World JSON API Integration: GET and POST Operations in Microsoft Access (an Access User Group talk with Neil Sargent)

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: June 30, 2025

Highlights include a new "Linked Package" feature, improvements to global search, an "Open With" integration for .vbp files, and a ListView SubItem Controls sample project.

Week in Review

Week in Review: June 28, 2025

Highlights include an update to the Access Roadmap, MS365 forums moving from Microsoft Answers to Microsoft Q&A, and using CTEs in SQL Server.

AUG Video Recap

Using Class Modules in the Real World with Anders Ebro

Event-Driven Architecture and Custom Classes: Advanced Access Development Patterns (an Access User Group talk with Anders Ebro)

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: June 27, 2025

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is an homage to the fine art of software maintenance...and how we can make this thankless chore easier on our future selves.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: June 22, 2025

Highlights include a critical bug fix for the "Align to Grid" feature, a "Multi-Path Context Menu" project, and a high-performance, multi-threaded proof-of-concept server.

Week in Review

Week in Review: June 21, 2025

Highlights include a video series on converting an Access app to Power Apps, a serious bug in preview versions of Access, and tips on creating stylish checkboxes.

AUG Video Recap

Leveraging SQL Server SPROCs with George Hepworth

Should Your Business Logic Live in the Database or Interface? (an Access User Group talk with George Hepworth)

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: June 19, 2025

This week's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about the tool we use to track hours at my software development company (plus how--and why--we got here).

AUG Video Recap

Icons for Access using Metro with Greg Regan

Metro Studio Integration: 7000+ Free Icons for Modern Access Interfaces (an Access User Group talk with Greg Regan)

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: June 16, 2025

Highlights include a new [Flags] attribute for auto-assigning bit flag values, a Windows security PIN/facial recognition demo, and XYplorer goes 64-bit with tB's help.

Week in Review

Week in Review: June 14, 2025

Highlights include a series on implementing Accounts Payable in an Access app, orchestrating Excel/PowerPoint/Word from Access, and adding a timeout to MsgBoxes.