Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: March 27, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore how to create GUIDs in your Access applications and how you can use them to simplify creating temporary files.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: March 20, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore the role of "feature gates" (aka, "feature flags") in Microsoft Access (and Microsoft Office more broadly).
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: March 13, 2025 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is about one of VBA's most underappreciated features: the humble Enum statement.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: March 6, 2025 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is chock full of tips and tricks to emulate your client's production environment during development.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: February 27, 2025 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about 64-bit VBA: updating your 32-bit code to run in 64-bit, 32 vs. 64-bit Office, and tools to help with the conversion.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: February 20, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore a few of my favorite AutoHotkey scripts for Access development.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: February 13, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore the greatest gift we can give to future programmers: writing readable code.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: February 6, 2025 We dive into the deep end of debugging VBA in today's edition of Throwback Thursday. We cover the Watch window, including how to avoid some nasty performance side effects.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: January 30, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we dive into one of my core programming principles: some bugs are better than others (with a "real-life" lesson from Office Space).
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: January 23, 2025 We dive into the difference between IIf() and IIf()--that's not a typo--in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: January 16, 2025 We explore the value of learning other programming languages and incorporating elements from them into VBA in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: January 9, 2025 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about the DoEvents function: What it is; Where to use it; When to use it; Why it works; and How it works.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: January 2, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit some of my favorite Allen Browne-inspired articles.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: December 26, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we tackle every programmer's favorite topic: Technical Debt.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: December 19, 2024 How do you loop by month in VBA? Coding it clearly is surprisingly difficult. We explore several approaches in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: December 12, 2024 Check out my three most-used everyday tools in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
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.
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.
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.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: November 14, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore a topic near and dear to my heart: Version Control with Microsoft Access.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: November 7, 2024 Follow along to see how I used Test-Driven Development to replace hard-coded holiday dates with a robust, history-aware date engine in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 31, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit my RegEx wrapper functions for VBA, while looking ahead to a future without VBScript.dll.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 24, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we demystify the WithEvents keyword in VBA and then dive deep into some practical uses for it.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 17, 2024 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about one of my two favorite programming books: "Code That Fits in Your Head," by Mark Seemannn.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 10, 2024 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we address Access consultants' biggest fear: the dreaded software proposal.