Throwback Thursday: October 16, 2025

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit one of my most popular functions--NewSort()--which enables easy sorting of columns in continuous forms.

Throwback Thursday: October 16, 2025

With over a million words scattered across more than 1,500 articles on this blog, you've probably missed a few things here.

That’s why each week in "Throwback Thursday," we’ll revisit some standout posts. Expect a blend of my personal favorites, insightful articles from other great minds, and a touch of coding humor to keep things light.


Highlights from NoLongerSet.com

NewSort(): Sort a Continuous Form by Clicking on the Column Label
Sort a continuous form in MS Access by simply pointing at a column label. These functions make it easy.
Viewer Question: Sort a Continuous Form by Clicking on the Column Label of a Combo Box
My NewSort() function lets you easily add support for giving users a way to sort your continuous forms. But how do we sort by combo boxes’ displayed text?

Wisdom from Around the Web

Sort Continuous Forms
This article shows how you can sort columns in continuous forms by clicking the column headers.

Developer Humor

beingFreelancer
by u/CandidFlamingo in ProgrammerHumor

No joke, this happened recently to one of our developers, Samuel.

He emailed a customer with detailed instructions for how to run a process, complete with marked-up screenshots with arrows and number overlays illustrating the steps to take. After several additional emails in which the customer insisted there was a bug in our software, Samuel finally broke down and scheduled a screen share to see what the problem was. Sure enough, the user began the screen share by immediately opening the email Samuel had sent and clicking on the buttons in the screenshot.

You can't make this stuff up.

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All original code samples by Mike Wolfe are licensed under CC BY 4.0