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.
AUG Video Recap Update! Update! The Company is in a State! (with Karl Donaubauer) How to Protect Your Access Apps from Breaking Microsoft Updates (an Access User Group talk with Karl Donaubauer)
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: June 12, 2025 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is an homage to the "citizen developer"--largely responsible for Access's 30-year domination in the desktop database market.
AUG Video Recap Professional Troubleshooting with Tom van Stiphout and Kim Young Professional Troubleshooting Techniques for Microsoft Access Applications (an Access User Group talk with Tom van Stiphout and Kim Young)
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: June 10, 2025 Highlights include a new [ComExport] attribute, a new "TWINBASIC_BUILD_TYPE" compiler constant, and the continued expansion of the WinDevLib project.
Week in Review Week in Review: June 7, 2025 Highlights include a major ADP project rewrite, creating a WIA image manipulation class in VBA, and a new release of Maria Barnes's VBA-MS Graph project.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: June 5, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore two common data structures used to store multiple objects in VBA: Collections and Dictionaries.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: June 2, 2025 Highlights include compiler performance improvements and a kernel-mode mini-filter driver sample project written in twinBASIC.
Week in Review 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)