> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://nolongerset.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Week in Review: December 17, 2022 - URL: https://nolongerset.com/week-in-review-2022-12-17/ - Published: 2022-12-18T03:56:11.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-08T12:52:54.000Z - Description: Highlights include Access's new code signing feature, rotating and scaling images, drawing snowflakes (festive!), and a BRAND NEW Access blog. - Author: Mike Wolfe - Tags: Week in Review, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59 ## Just Published This section includes videos, articles, and interesting discussions from the past 7 days. #### Articles - **[Access Forever](https://www.accessforever.org/)** - *Editor's Note: Access Forever is a brand new Access blog from Karl Donaubauer, along with fellow MVPs George Hepworth, Peter Doering, and Philipp Stiefel.* - [Potential Bug Sighted: Out of Memory with SQL Server backend](https://www.accessforever.org/post/potential-bug-sighted), *by George Hepworth* - [Access gets slow or freezes on Win11 when you copy records](https://www.accessforever.org/post/access-365-freezes-with-win11-when-you-copy-records), *by Karl Donaubauer* - [List of fixes in 2022](https://www.accessforever.org/post/list-of-fixes-in-2022), *by Karl Donaubauer* - [30 Years of Access](https://www.accessforever.org/post/access-turns-30-in-oct-2022), *by Karl Donaubauer* - [AEK 24](https://www.accessforever.org/post/aek-in-oct-2022), *by Karl Donaubauer* - **Daniel Pineault** (*[DEVelopers HUT](https://www.devhut.net/)*) - [VBA – WIA – Convert Image to Grayscale](https://www.devhut.net/vba-wia-convert-image-to-grayscale/) - [VBA – WIA – FilterInfos and Filter Properties](https://www.devhut.net/vba-wia-filterinfos-and-filter-properties/) - [VBA – Creating an HTML Document](https://www.devhut.net/vba-creating-an-html-document/) - [VBA – URL Decode, URI Decode](https://www.devhut.net/vba-url-decode-uri-decode/) - [VBA – HTML Encode and Decode String](https://www.devhut.net/vba-html-encode-and-decode-string/) - [VBA – URL Encode, URI Encode](https://www.devhut.net/vba-url-encode-uri-encode/) - [Access Roadmap Where Are You!?](https://www.devhut.net/access-roadmap-where-are-you/) - **Colin Riddington** (*[Isladogs on Access](https://isladogs.co.uk/home/index.html)*) - [Access/Office 365/Windows Version Check](https://isladogs.co.uk/access-office365-win-check/index.html) *UPDATED* - [Speed Test 12: Finding Unmatched Records](https://isladogs.co.uk/speed-comparison-tests-12/index.html) - [Unblock downloaded files by removing the MOTW](https://isladogs.co.uk/unblock-motw/index.html) - [Fixing the Navigation Bar Half Height problem](https://isladogs.co.uk/nav-bar-height/index.html) - [AEU10: Annotating Google Maps in Access](https://isladogs.co.uk/aeu-10/index.html) - [Using the new VBA Project Signing feature - Part 1](https://isladogs.co.uk/vba-project-signing/index.html) *UPDATED* - [Using the new VBA Project Signing feature - Part 2](https://isladogs.co.uk/vba-project-signing-2/index.html) - **Crystal Long** (*[Ms Access Gurus](https://msaccessgurus.com/Articles.htm) | [Access Access Newsletter](https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/access-access-6948757551320633344/)*) - [Draw Snowflakes on Access Reports ](https://msaccessgurus.com/VBA/Draw%5FSnowflakes.htm) - **Mike Wolfe** (*[NoLongerSet](https://nolongerset.com/)*) - [Epoch Differences Between VBA and SQL Server](https://nolongerset.com/epoch-differences-between-vba-and-sql-server/) - [Sample Database Schemas for the Database Design Phase](https://nolongerset.com/sample-database-schemas/) - [GetLatestOledbProvider(): Use VBA to get the Latest SQL Server OLE DB Provider](https://nolongerset.com/getlatestoledbprovider/) - [Dark Mode in VBA](https://nolongerset.com/dark-mode-in-vba/) - [GetLatestOdbcDriver(): Use VBA to get the Latest SQL Server ODBC Driver](https://nolongerset.com/getlatestodbcdriver/) #### Videos‌ - **Colin Riddington \[Isladogs\]** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLqpE3bfxr1gLc%5FOOM1ToUA)) - [Access Code Signing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5rnlcafBjM) (28:36): *Using the New VBA Project Signing Feature in Access* - **Richard Rost** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/599CD)) - [Future Dates Only](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYBE-YYopaY) (12:36): *Always Move Dates Entered MM-DD to the Future in Microsoft Access. Appts, Followups, Payments, etc.* - [Check Boxes in Calculated Fields](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pcqtLQi--k) (14:22): *Display Check Boxes for Calculated Yes/No Fields in Microsoft Access* - [DDQ Not SQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOp17Aeii6w) (17:59): \* Why I Prefer Double-Double Quotes ("") Instead of a Single Quote (') in Microsoft Access \* - [Text to Speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S%5F52FjVWXQk) (6:58): *Text to Speech in Microsoft Access* - [Tax Brackets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfXLiS8xA4) (10:17): \* Calculating Your US Federal Income Tax with Microsoft Access Using Progressive Tax Brackets \* - [Video Rewind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flwNV1Og5QM) (2:57): *Richard's "Week-in-Review" for his own videos* - **Daniel Pineault** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9lSC6AT4d0qour-aIbMjFQ)) - [VBA - Rotate an Image](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bz37pkGV7Y) (10:22) - [VBA - Scale/Resize an Image](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsaWokTjdjU) (9:10) --- ## New to Me This section includes content I discovered this week that has been around for awhile. *Nothing new this week.* --- ## Upcoming Access User Group Events NOTE: Only English-language user group meetings with scheduled guest speakers or topics are listed. For a complete list of upcoming events, visit the [Access User Group event calendar](https://accessusergroups.org/calendar/). - [January 4, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2023-01-04/): **Karl Donaubauer** \- A baker's dozen of tips, tricks and tools in 60 minutes - [January 5, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/pacific/event/257-2023-01-05/): **Juanjo Luna** \- Using REST/API calls with Access (Spanish to English translation will be provided) - [January 31, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/lunch/event/access-lunchtime-4-2023-01-31/): **Colin Riddington** \- Translate & Speak Using Access - [February 1, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2023-02-01/): **Thomas Möller** \- Better Access Charts - [February 2, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/pacific/event/257-2023-02-02/): **Linda Ewen** \- (topic to be announced) - [March 1, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2-2023-03-01/): **Maria Barnes** \- Optimizing Queries in SQL Server - [April 5, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2-2023-04-05/): **Duane Hookom** \- (topic details to follow) - [May 3, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2023-01-04/): **Peter Bryant** \- Automating DSN-less Communications to SQL Server - [June 7, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2-2023-06-07/): **Thomas Pfoch** \- Maps for Microsoft Access - [October 4, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2-2023-10-04/): **Juan Soto -** (topic details to follow) - [December 6, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2-2023-12-06/): **Mike Wolfe** \- (topic to be confirmed) --- ‌ ## Access Roadmap *There were *NO CHANGES* to the roadmap between last week (2022-12-10) and this week (2022-12-17). The [development priorities](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/access-blog/our-road-ahead-microsoft-access-engineering-priorities-oct-2022/ba-p/3651894) were last updated on October 12, 2022.* --- Listed below is a snapshot of the [official Access Roadmap](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=Access) (*NOTE: as of publication, this link leads to an unfiltered view of the entire Microsoft 365 roadmap because as of [the week of December 10, 2022](https://nolongerset.com/week-in-review-2022-12-10/#access-disappears-from-the-microsoft-365-roadmap), there are no Access items shown on the roadmap*). "In Development", "Rolling Out", and "Launched" are Microsoft terms that I pulled straight from the public roadmap. "Development Priorities" do not appear on the Access Roadmap. Instead, they get updated from time to time in official Access blog posts. I'll include a link to the official Access blog post that lists the current development priorities as they get updated. #### Development Priorities The items listed below reflect Microsoft's order of priority and were published in the following article, *[Our Road Ahead - Microsoft Access Engineering Priorities Oct 2022](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/access-blog/our-road-ahead-microsoft-access-engineering-priorities-oct-2022/ba-p/3651894)*. New priorities added since the [previous set of priorities](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/access-blog/changes-to-our-public-roadmap-and-how-we-communicate-access/ba-p/3329075) are shown in bold below. Dropped priorities are struck through. 1. **Continued Focus on Monthly Issue Fixes** *(Monthly Issue Fix Blog)* 2. Inconsistent Database Error Fix 3. **New Macro Signing Support** 4. New (Modern) Web Browser Control (to support Chromium Edge) 5. **Dataverse Connector Data Type Support for Floating Point** 6. **Dataverse Connector Data Type Support for Rich Text** 7. **Dataverse Connector support to export to a specific Dataverse solution or publisher** 8. ~~Enabling Large Address Aware (LAA) for 32-Bit Access~~ 9. ~~SQL Monaco Editor~~ 10. ~~New Microsoft Graph Data Connector~~ #### In Development None. #### Rolling Out None. #### Launched None.