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.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: August 22, 2024 Today's edition is all about controlling how and where Access forms open on your screen.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: August 19, 2024 Highlights include...a periodic reminder that the twinBASIC project typically keeps an insane release frequency.
Week in Review Week in Review: August 17, 2024 Highlights include an intro to treeview controls, working with the Windows Registry, Access best practices, and understanding VBA libraries.
SQL Server Resolving SQL Server "Login Failed" Error for Recreated Active Directory Users When is the same person not the same person? Let's explore an unexpected fix for SQL Server 'Login Failed' errors when credentials seem correct.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: August 15, 2024 Teach your VBA editor new tricks: dark mode, a shortcut key for commenting blocks of code, and a probably-too-clever block-comment syntax.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: August 13, 2024 Highlights include predefined caption/text when adding controls, a progress update on form control implementation, and how to set the icon for your tB apps.
Week in Review Week in Review: August 10, 2024 Highlights include a free tool for building database diagrams, an intro to SaveAs/LoadFromText, and a showdown between hourly billing and value-based pricing.
Business Software Pricing Battle Royale Hourly Billing vs. Value-Based Pricing: What's the morally right way to bill for software development? Two software business superheroes face off.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: August 8, 2024 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about pricing and estimating custom software development work.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: August 5, 2024 Highlights include improved array features (better non-Variant support, compile-time type checking, and assignment syntax) and a command line arg handling discussion.
Week in Review Week in Review: August 3, 2024 Highlights include a tablet-friendly UI technique, fetching current weather via a free web API, and a text file logger for my VBA logging framework.
Defensive Programming CrowdStrike and Delta: Victims of the Software Reliability Paradox As software reliability increases, so too does the degree of harm it has the potential to create. Just ask Delta.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: August 1, 2024 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday explores the paradox of reliable software: better software -> increased user trust -> more potential for harm.
Code Library loggerTextFile: Log Messages to Text Files with clsLog--The VBA Logging Framework This "logger" class module integrates with our VBA logging framework--clsLog--to write messages to text files.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: July 29, 2024 Highlights include in-place editing of label captions and a mini toolbar for quick formatting of font properties for form and report controls.