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# Week in Review: September 30, 2023
- URL: https://nolongerset.com/week-in-review-2023-09-30/
- Published: 2023-09-30T22:44:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T12:35:54.000Z
- Description: Highlights include an in-person UK User Group Conference Nov 22-23, Advanced Database Design with Armen Stein, and a list of undocumented SysCmd values.
- 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

- **a.p.r. pillai** ([Learn MS-Access Tips and Tricks](https://www.msaccesstips.com/))

  - [Streamlining Form Module Code Part 14](https://www.msaccesstips.com/2023/09/streamlining-form-module-code-part-14.html)
- **Daniel Pineault** (*[DEVelopers HUT](https://www.devhut.net/)*)

  - [OLE Object Data Type – Just Don’t Ever Do It!](https://www.devhut.net/ole-object-data-type-just-dont-ever-do-it/)
  - [Access FormatConditions Object For Each Iteration Is Incorrect](https://www.devhut.net/access-formatconditions-object-for-each-iteration-is-incorrect/)
  - [MAJOR Changes Coming To Microsoft Outlook](https://www.devhut.net/major-changes-coming-to-microsoft-outlook/)
- **Colin Riddington** (*[Isladogs on Access](https://isladogs.co.uk/home/index.html)*)

  - [Access News & Events](https://isladogs.co.uk/news-events/index.html)
  - [Useful Links](https://isladogs.co.uk/useful-links/index.html)
  - [In Praise Of SysCmd(555)](https://isladogs.co.uk/sys-cmd-555/index.html)
  - [Undocumented SysCmd Actions](https://isladogs.co.uk/sys-cmd-actions/index.html)
- **Mike Wolfe** (*[NoLongerSet](https://nolongerset.com/)*)

  - [Convenience Function for Passing Values Between Forms via a Hidden Global Form](https://nolongerset.com/getinfo/)
  - [Build Better Prompts with AI](https://nolongerset.com/build-better-prompts-with-ai/)
  - [The Complicator's Gloves: A Cautionary Tale for Software Developers](https://nolongerset.com/the-complicators-gloves/)
  - [High-Performance VBA String Concatenation with clsStringBuilder](https://nolongerset.com/clsstringbuilder/)
  - [Make Your Access App More Resilient with Version Control](https://nolongerset.com/humpty-dumpty/)

#### Videos‌

- **Denver Area Access Users Group** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/UCNNOZWYonWCgsqznH33QpvQ))

  - [Advanced Database Design](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TFI0RMJo1U) (01:28:19): *with Armen Stein*
- **Sean MacKenzie** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/UCXeR%5F0JbNuPLDTr8iAo6SHg))

  - [App Domain Intelligence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHMkiyyNv88) (10:40): *Application Domain Intelligence through Dynamic Programming and Knowledge Harvesting*
- **Alessandro Grimaldi** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/UC2Xs3f-W9VeGFg-8mZMyC3g))

  - [Tips and tricks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwoNoLrYbOY) (34:42): *As Presented at Access DevCon 2022*
- **Richard Rost** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/UCl7-jJie4ifOVK87FINIuDg))

  - [Arrays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLtwkaPcLkU) (14:56): *Mastering Static Arrays in Microsoft Access VBA with a Dice Roll Simulator*
  - [For Each Loops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PL9wKulSDc) (15:09): *For Each Next Loops in Microsoft Access VBA. Loop Thru Controls on a Form.*
  - [Nested Loops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHs%5FXNlGjWM) (28:32): *Nested Loops in Microsoft Access VBA: Build Multiplication Tables & Simulate D & D Dice Rolls*
  - [Random](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRfH0D2QpV0) (17:56): *How to Generate Random Numbers in Microsoft Access VBA. Rolling Dice!*
  - [Do Until Loop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piz6PY42XI0) (14:41): *Do Until Loops in Microsoft Access VBA*
- **Daniel Pineault** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/UC9lSC6AT4d0qour-aIbMjFQ))

  - [Microsoft Access - Table Fields or Columns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6p2ZiRepos) (07:21)
- **Pharos Technology \[Dr. Richard Hanson\]** ([YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/UCOm7X-WFABGXg00dMS5I9dw))

  - [Debugging Tools for VBA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdrMA7h1mkU) (10:03): *Debugging Tools for VBA in Microsoft Access: A Comprehensive Guide*
  - [VBA Coding Best Practices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwQNr2dYYZ0) (06:29): *Efficient VBA Coding Habits for Fewer Errors*
  - [Trigger VBA with Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgkak%5FyI-Cw) (09:52): *Understanding the Access Event Model in Microsoft Access*

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## New to Me

This section includes content I discovered this week that has been around for awhile.

*Nothing new this week.*

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## 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/).

- [October 4, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2-2023-10-04/): **Juan Soto -** The Future of Access
- [October 5, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/pacific/event/access-pacific-monthly-meeting-2023-10-05/): **Pat Hartman** \- Updateable Bound Forms with Denormalized Data
- [October 19, 2023](https://www.daaug.org/Presentations/Details/252): **Alessandro Grimaldi** \- "VBA Pills" - Access Tips and Tricks
- [November 1, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2-2023-11-01/): **John Heaser** \- Extending Access with SQL Server – including Geography data
- [November 2, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/pacific/event/access-pacific-monthly-meeting-2023-11-02/): **John Colby** \- Event Driven Programming: Part II ([Part I recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gOF-b0UgNY))
- [November 16, 2023](https://www.daaug.org/Presentations/Details/256): **Alexander Denz** \- ChatGPT in Access
- [November 22-23, 2023](https://ukaug.co.uk/next-conference/): (IN-PERSON!) UK Access User Group Conference (at the offices of Gordon Associates in Cheltenham) **(JUST ADDED)**
- [December 6, 2023](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2-2023-12-06/): **Mike Wolfe** \- Streamline Your Import/Export Spec Workflow with VBA Classes
- [January 3, 2024](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2024-01-03/): **Ramachandran (A.P.R.) Pillai** \- Streamlining the Form Module Code in the standalone Class Module
- [February 7, 2024](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2024-02-07/): **Carlos Quintero** \- Features of MZ-Tools to make you more productive with VBA
- [March 6, 2024](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2024-03-06/): **Thomas Möller** \- Better Access Charts in the new Edge Browser Control
- [April 3, 2024](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2024-04-03/): **Dale Fye -** Working with Command Bars and the Access Shortcut Tool
- [May 1, 2024](https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2024-05-01/): **Colin Riddington** \- View & Edit Import/Export (IMEX) Data Task Specifications

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## Access Roadmap

*There were *NO CHANGES* to the roadmap between the last Week in Review (2023-09-23) and this one (2023-09-30).*

*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.*

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Listed below is a snapshot of the [official Access Roadmap](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=Access).

"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

- `NOV 2023`: Making 32-bit Access [Large Address Aware](https://nolongerset.com/laa-flag/) (LAA)

#### Rolling Out

None.

#### Launched

- `APR 2023`: Modern Web Browser Control
- `MAR 2023`: New Modern Web Browser Form Control