Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 10, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we address Access consultants' biggest fear: the dreaded software proposal.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: October 7, 2024 Highlights include a SQLite COM wrapper twinPACK from Krool, tB documentation updates, a WinDevLib bug fix release, and Got/Lost Focus behavior fixes.
Week in Review Week in Review: October 5, 2024 Highlights include the official release of the new modern chart feature, the release of Access 2024, and dynamically loading a DLL without registering it first.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 3, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit a few of my favorite techniques to keep out of trouble when debugging code and editing live data.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: September 30, 2024 Highlights include an updated 12-month roadmap, initial delegate support, improvements to AddressOf, and a facelift for twinbasic.com.
Week in Review Week in Review: September 28, 2024 Highlights include adding a multi-file drag-and-drop control to your Access forms, improved control tips, and accessing the call stack at runtime with vbWatchdog.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: September 26, 2024 Short on time? In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore a few of my favorite articles in my Under 100 series--complex topics explained in under 100 words.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: September 23, 2024 Highlights include big plans for the future of UDTs in twinBASIC and an in-person presentation on twinBASIC at Oxford University in England.
Week in Review Week in Review: September 21, 2024 Highlights include the relaunch of the UK Access User Group, working with the MS Graph API from VBA, and advanced interactive Gantt chart techniques.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: September 19, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, I revisit the one VBA add-in I can't live without: vbWatchdog.
Announcement ActiveX Disabled by Default in Office LTSC 2024 The slow death of Microsoft's desktop application capabilities marches on as another COM technology struggles against a grim fate.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: September 16, 2024 Highlights include support for the .Image property on Form/PictureBox/MDIForm objects, two new static analysis warnings, and inline assembly language support.
Week in Review Week in Review: September 14, 2024 Highlights include runtime ribbon updates, locking records in continuous forms, FTP operations via curl, and the inaugural meeting of the Australia Access User Group.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: September 12, 2024 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday highlights my three most-used string functions: Conc(), Qt(), and Parse(), used to join words, quote words, and extract words.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: September 8, 2024 Highlights include new releases focused on improved performance and VB6/VBA compatibility, along with Microsoft's latest attack on its own tech stack.
Week in Review Week in Review: September 7, 2024 Highlights include a new bug causing msaccess.exe to hang on exit, how to export to PDF/A from Access, and the launch of an Access "developer research panel."
Tools Dark Mode All the Things If exposure to excessive light will render your undead body a pile of ash--or you simply want to reduce eye strain--this app-by-app list of Dark Mode settings is just what you need.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: September 5, 2024 How do non-programmers become Access developers? We explore a common career arc in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
Business I Paid $600,000 per Hour for LASIK Eye Surgery And that's why ophthalmologists don't bill by the hour.
Bug Alert Bug Alert: Version 2408 Causes msaccess.exe to Hang on Exit Access Version 2408 is causing two widespread bugs: msaccess.exe hangs around after closing Access and Error 3048, "Cannot open any more databases."
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: September 2, 2024 Highlights include bated breath, cautious optimism, sayings of sooth, and pithily proffered prognostications.
Week in Review Week in Review: August 31, 2024 Highlights include primers on two new Access features (the Monaco SQL Editor and Modern Chart Improvements), using curl to FTP from VBA, and when to use Access vs. Excel.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: August 29, 2024 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about how Access talks to SQL Server. It's much chattier than you realize.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: August 25, 2024 Highlights include a couple of teasers regarding forthcoming twinBASIC releases, a possible VIP "Silver" package, and bug fixes for fafalone's WinDevLib twinPACK.
Week in Review Week in Review: August 24, 2024 Highlights include using curl to download from the web, using PowerShell to send emails, exporting an Access query to a Word table, and kicking all users out of SQL Server.