AUG Video Recap Building COM Add-ins with Geoffrey L. Griffith Building Office COM Add-ins with Visual Studio Tools: Part Two of a Two-Part Deep Dive (an Access Pacific user group talk with Crystal Long and Geoffrey L. Griffith)
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: December 17, 2024 Highlights include a new pending changelog, a more useful Excel XLL add-in proof of concept, and another major commercial VB6 project mulling a twinBASIC migration.
AUG Video Recap Making Access Add-ins with Crystal Long Creating Add-ins for Microsoft Access: Part One of a Two-Part Deep Dive (an Access Pacific user group talk with Crystal Long and Geoffrey L. Griffith)
Business The Secret to Better Proposals: Know Which Question to Answer Whether your prospect is questioning the need for custom software or evaluating developers, discover how to craft proposals that speak directly to their concerns.
Week in Review Week in Review: December 14, 2024 Highlights include how to create Access and COM add-ins, Outlook COM automation alternatives (Mailgun, Graph API), and using AI in VBA development.
Email Mailgun: Quick Start Guide for VBA Developers Sample VBA code and step-by-step instructions for sending a simple test email via the Mailgun email service (no credit card needed).
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: December 12, 2024 Check out my three most-used everyday tools in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
Email Mailgun: An Email-Sending Alternative for Access Developers For VBA developers grappling with the looming specter of "New Outlook" and Microsoft's general disdain for COM automation, Mailgun offers an intriguing alternative.
AUG Video Recap Microsoft Graph API with Maria Barnes Working with the Microsoft Graph API from VBA: Preparing for the New Outlook (an Access User Group talk with Maria Barnes).
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: December 9, 2024 Highlights include a proof of concept Excel XLL add-in written in twinBASIC, the TBMAN toolkit twinPACK, and a successful port of the OrdoPdfReader OCX.
AUG Video Recap Web APIs in Access with George Young Using Web APIs in Microsoft Access: Connecting Access Applications to Online Services (an Access User Group talk with George Young)
Week in Review Week in Review: December 7, 2024 Highlights include critical info for the migration to New Outlook, a detailed Access image gallery tutorial, and perspectives on pair programming benefits.
Commentary Breaking Changes: New Outlook Auto-Migration Begins January 2025 Microsoft announces timeline for breaking your Access applications: automatic migration to New Outlook begins January 2025. Here's why you shouldn't rush to rewrite everything (yet).
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: December 5, 2024 Learn how to enhance TempVars with type safety, IntelliSense, and compile-time checking in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
AUG Video Recap Intro to the Monaco SQL Editor with Maria Barnes Learn about the new Monaco SQL Editor feature in Microsoft Access (an Access User Group talk with Maria Barnes).
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: December 2, 2024 Highlights include a sale on *perpetual* twinBASIC licenses, a tB OCR project, a no-cloud tB Chat LLM project, and a preview of the release notes for the next BETA.
AUG Video Recap Migration Planning - Access to SQL Server SQL Server Migration Planning: A Strategic Approach to Transitioning from Access (an Access User Group talk with Kent Gorrell)
Week in Review Week in Review: November 30, 2024 Highlights include key insights on Access-to-SQL Server migration, the pros and cons of the new Monaco SQL Editor, and practical VBA tutorials for dates and combo boxes.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: November 28, 2024 Discover three mindset shifts that can transform you from a developer into a high-value consultant in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
AUG Video Recap Auto-Closing Access Applications A Scheduled Shutdown Solution for Multi-User Environments (an Access User Group talk with Steve Owen)
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: November 26, 2024 Highlights include my presentation to the UK Access User Group and a .CAB file packaging utility built with twinBASIC by HackerVlad.
AUG Video Recap Modern Access Interfaces: Form Resizing Solutions with Greg Regan Form Resizing Solutions in Microsoft Access: Making Applications Work Across Different Screen Resolutions (an Access User Group talk with Greg Regan)
Week in Review Week in Review: November 23, 2024 Highlights include a new episode of Access News from Karl Donaubauer, a video walkthrough of the new Monaco SQL Editor, and a form resizing solution.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: November 21, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit my annual twinBASIC talks at DevCon Vienna in honor of my presentation to the UK Access User Group yesterday.
Presentations UKAUG 2024: twinBASIC: Past, Present, and Future Links and resources from my talk today at the UK Access User Group 2024 Autumn Conference at the historic University of Oxford.