No Longer Set

Week in Review: May 31, 2025

Highlights include adding timestamps to digitally signed Access projects, tips to improve Access/Windows scrollbars, and a report from the global data event in Valencia.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: May 29, 2025

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit one of my favorite techniques: guard clauses--my secret weapon for avoiding Dante Alighieri-levels of nesting.

AUG Video Recap

Selling Access with SQL Server Jobs with Juan Soto

Building a Seven-Figure Microsoft Access Consulting Practice from Scratch (an Access User Group talk with Juan Soto)

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: May 26, 2025

Highlights include a sneak peek of a game-changing AI add-in for the twinBASIC editor, achieving 100% syntax coverage of VB6/VBA, and improved user control support in Access.

Week in Review

Week in Review: May 24, 2025

Highlights include OCR with VBA, highlighting the current record and active control, the State of Access with MVP Maria Barnes, and a comparison of file-reading approaches.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: May 22, 2025

We revisit one of my all-time favorite articles in today's edition of Throwback Thursday. The topic is dry (LLCs, S Corps, and C Corps, oh my!), but the writing is not.

AUG Video Recap

Chat with Other Access Developers on Discord with Jim Dettman and Doug Yudovich

Discord for Access Developers: A New Way to Connect and Collaborate (an Access User Group talk with Jim Dettman and Doug Yudovich)

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: May 19, 2025

Highlights include increased compile speed for large projects and a sample twinBASIC project for implementing Windows "Toast" notifications.

Week in Review

Week in Review: May 17, 2025

Highlights include a short video series on implementing a record "Recycle Bin", creating custom nav icons with the free Metro Studio, and a reasoned plea for an Access AI Copilot.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: May 15, 2025

This week's Throwback Thursday article features tips, tricks, and tools for tracking down hard-to-diagnose bugs.

DevCon

Power Automate with VBA with Ynte Jan Kuindersma

Extend Your Access Applications with Cloud Services Using Power Automate (an Access DevCon Vienna talk with Ynte Jan Kuindersma)

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: May 12, 2025

Highlights include expanded support for creating Monaco editor shortcut keys, sokinkeso's CopyPasteEx Addin, and sample code to detect text language using Win APIs.

Week in Review

Week in Review: May 10, 2025

Highlights include a workaround for VBA's case-changing "feature", using SQL Server SPROCs with Access and PowerApps, and DISTINCT vs. DISTINCTROW.

AUG Video Recap

Using VBA to Create a Class Based on a Table with Adolph Dupré

Can Your Code Write Better Class Modules Than You? (an Access User Group talk with Adolph Dupré)

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: May 8, 2025

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about scripting major SQL Server operations like backing up, cloning databases, and server migrations.

Code Library

How To: Enforce Consistent Letter Casing in VBA

Conquer VBA's case-changing "feature" once and for all with this simple, brute-force solution: the StandardizeLetterCasing() function.

DevCon

Proven Sales Strategies with Juan Soto

How to Command Higher Rates for Your Access Development Services (an Access DevCon Vienna talk with Juan Soto)

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: May 5, 2025

Highlights include a new Find/Replace dialog for the twinBASIC IDE, tB syntax highlighting in Notepad++, and a Picture Converter & Cropper tB sample project.

Week in Review

Week in Review: May 3, 2025

Highlights include info on the new Access features being developed at Microsoft, how to add spell check to Access forms, and how to set up a custom help system.

DevCon

News from the Access Team with Microsoft

Is Microsoft Still Improving Access? The Development Team Reveals Exciting New Features (an Access DevCon Vienna talk with Dale Rector and Team)

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: May 1, 2025

In this week's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore the magic of "self-healing" object variables and caching in VBA.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: April 29, 2025

Highlights include a new experimental multi-frame control for advanced code-free responsive tB layouts and the public release of my twinBasic Devcon Vienna talk.

DevCon

VBE_Extras with John Mallinson

Write Better Access Code Faster with Intelligent VBA Editor Tools (an Access DevCon Vienna talk with John Mallinson)

Week in Review

Week in Review: April 26, 2025

Highlights include the public release of 2 Access DevCon Vienna recordings, VBA to check the validity of an XML file, and an introduction to code katas.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: April 24, 2025

Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about building file names, verifying folder paths, and other related file system activities.