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Create a Class Module from a String in Microsoft Access

Generate VBA class modules from strings during design time using this simple function in Microsoft Access.

Writing Boilerplate Code by Hand is for Suckers

Writing repetitive code may be a necessary evil in VBA, but it's a lot less tedious if you generate most of it in VBA itself.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: October 16, 2022

Highlights include two new ways to open the twinBASIC IDE (via .twinproj files and Windows shortcuts), better performance for IDE panels, and more GUI progress.

Week in Review

Week in Review: October 15, 2022

Highlights include changes to the Access team's development priorities, adding spell check to Access, and generating Excel charts via automation from Access.

Simple vs. Easy

VBA: A Simple Programming Language

VBA is a simple programming language. But is that really such a bad thing?

Bug Alert

BUG ALERT: FortiClient VPN and Windows Update KB5018410

A recent Windows Update broke my FortiClient VPN. Learn which update was responsible, how to uninstall it, *and* how to keep it from coming back.

Commentary

The Problems with Boilerplate Code

Copy. Paste. Modify. Repeat. Writing and maintaining boilerplate code is a necessary evil in VBA.

Code Library

WriteTempFile(): A Simple VBA Function to Save Text to a New Temporary File

If you need to save a string to a temporary file in VBA, this simple function will do the trick.

Bug Alert

Bug Alert Follow-Up: CurrentDb and DAO.OpenDatabase

A member of the Microsoft Access engineering team provides an official explanation for the "buggy" CurrentDb and DAO.OpenDatabase behavior.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: October 9, 2022

Highlights include support for control and menu arrays, a Type Library Viewer (Object Browser equivalent), and a video interview with twinBASIC creator Wayne Phillips.

Week in Review

Week in Review: October 8, 2022

Highlights include using Base64 encoding to embed images in Thunderbird, seven(!) IslaDogs articles, and episode 4 of Karl Donaubauer's Access NewsCast.

Announcement

Access NewsCast with Karl Donaubauer: Episode 4

Catch up on the latest news and updates from the Access world in episode 4 of Karl's webcast, with guests Colin Riddington, Wayne Phillips, and, of course, Viktoria.

Bug Alert

BUG ALERT: CurrentDb and DAO.OpenDatabase

If you are getting intermittent error messages saying you don't have exclusive access to your database, then this workaround may help.

Code Library

SetPredeclaredId(): Change the Hidden PredeclaredId Attribute of a VBA Class Module

This simple function overcomes the lack of a hidden attribute editor for PredeclaredId values in the VBA development environment.

VBA

3 Ways to Generate Temporary File Names in VBA

Here are three options for generating temporary file names in VBA. Which is best? As with many programming questions, the answer is, "It depends."

Code Library

A GUID-Based Temporary File Name Generator

If you need a reliable and fast way to create lots of temporary file paths, a GUID-based filename generator has some compelling benefits.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: October 2, 2022

Highlights include a pile of new form and control properties, a form menu designer, visual tab stop indicators in design view, and a new twinBASIC LinkedIn group.

Week in Review

Week in Review: October 1, 2022

Highlights include Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts, exporting all Access tables into Excel, and many changes to future Access User Group presentations.

Code Library

Getting the Temp Folder in VBA

There are many ways to get the temporary folder in VBA. But if you look behind the curtain, there's really only one...

Video

VIDEO: Design Patterns with Access

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." How Bruce Lee's advice applies to MS Access.

TempVars

tblTempVar: Creating and Populating a Table of TempVars

These three simple procedures: (1) create, (2) populate, and (3) create/delete + populate a local table with the contents of the TempVars collection.

TempVars

Populating a List Box with the TempVars Collection

If you use TempVars in your Microsoft Access applications, this handy function will bring visibility to the contents of that collection.

Announcement

Timeline for VBA Macros Blocked by Default in Microsoft Office

Enterprise customers are next in line to have macros blocked by default in Office files from the web. The policy addresses a real problem, but does it actually help?

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: September 25, 2022

Highlights include long-awaited VB6 form import support (experimental) and a community-led GitHub project to provide official documentation for twinBASIC.

Week in Review

Week in Review: September 24, 2022

Highlights include bug fixes in Access v2208, Microsoft's new Office update strategy, creating ACCDB/ACCDE files using code, and a series on TempVars.