Week in Review: March 2, 2024

Just Published

^{This section includes videos, articles, and interesting discussions from the past 7 days.}

Articles

• Access Forever

  • RefreshLink fails with "Primary Key already exists", by Karl Donaubauer

• a.p.r. pillai (Learn MS-Access Tips and Tricks)

  • Streamlining Code Database Compacting Utility

• Daniel Pineault (DEVelopers HUT)

  • SubClass Microsoft Access Form to Add Custom Navigation Buttons
  • Microsoft Access Form Custom Navigation Buttons
  • Microsoft Access Option Group Border Width Bug
  • Add An IP Address To An Azure SQL Database Firewall
  • Microsoft Access Form SubClassing 101
  • Microsoft Access Validate If A Form Section Exists

• Colin Riddington (Isladogs on Access)

  • Form Datasheet ribbon missing in popup form
  • AEU29: An Improved, Enhanced Message Box
  • Move/Resize Columns in Continuous Forms - Part 2
  • BUG: Error 3283 when refreshing links (updated)
  • Move/Resize Columns in Continuous Forms - Part 1
  • Get Current Geolocation (updated)
  • Fix Issues with Hidden Duplicates in Reports
  • BUG: Query Designer Insert/Delete Columns

• Crystal Long (Ms Access Gurus | Access Access Newsletter)

  • Tab Control

• Mike Wolfe (NoLongerSet)

  • Upcoming Presentation: Better Access Charts by Thomas Möller
  • Customizing the VoidTools Everything File Search Utility with Custom Commands
  • RefreshLink Bug: "Primary key already exists"
  • Triggering Cache Invalidation on the Hidden Duplicate Values Form
  • Invalidating the Cache on the Hidden Duplicate Values Form

Videos‌

• Sean MacKenzie (YouTube channel)

  • List Dialog Answers (29:10): ADI Part 9: Processing Multiple-Choice Answers

• Richard Rost (YouTube channel)

  • VBA Editor Themes: Part 1 (15:39): How to Work with Multiple VBA Editor Themes for your Database in Microsoft Access
  • VBA Editor Themes: Part 2 (18:34): How to Work with Multiple VBA Editor Themes for your Database in Microsoft Access, Part 2
  • Lookup Wizard (17:12): Why You Should Avoid the Lookup Wizard and Lookup Fields in Tables in Microsoft Access
  • Quick Queries #13 (25:07): Microsoft Access Quick Queries #13. IIF not IFF. Toggle Between Design View and VBA Window. More!

• Daniel Pineault (YouTube channel)

  • Flip an Image Using WIA in VBA (14:00)
  • Custom Form Navigation Buttons (31:06)
  • Are Free (AntiVirus) Programs Worth The Price? (5:59)

• Edcelle John Gulfan (YouTube channel)

  • Highlight Rows (08:36): How to HIGHLIGHT rows in Continuous form of Microsoft Access

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.}

• March 6, 2024: Thomas Möller - Better Access Charts in the new Edge Browser Control
• March 7, 2024: Linda Ewen - Sharing Data with Users Outside Your Local Network
• March 15, 2024: Access Day - in-person Access conference in Seattle, WA area
• March 26, 2024: Steve Schapel - Unraveling Constraints – A Case Study
• April 3, 2024: Dale Fye - Working with Command Bars and the Access Shortcut Tool
• April 04, 2024: Tom van Stiphout- Developing Solid Applications (JUST ADDED)
• April 9, 2024: UK Access User Group - April 2024 Conference - in-person Access conference at Imperial College, London
• April 18-19, 2024: Access DevCon Vienna - (Online in Microsoft Teams) Agenda available here
• May 1, 2024: Colin Riddington - View & Edit Import/Export (IMEX) Data Task Specifications
• June 05, 2024: Adolph Dupré - (Topic to be confirmed)  (JUST ADDED)
• July 03, 2024: Olaf Nöhring - Getting Attention with style: An Improved, Enhanced Message Box  (JUST ADDED)
• November 06, 2024: Chris Arnold - Tips and Tricks for Continuous Forms (JUST ADDED)

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Access Roadmap

There were NO CHANGES to the roadmap between the last Week in Review (2024-02-24) and this one (2024-03-02).

The development priorities were last updated at the German-language AEK conference on October 14, 2023.

Listed below is a snapshot of the official Access 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 or Access engineering team presentations.  I'll include a link to the source of 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, Microsoft's Plans for Access in the Next 6 Months.

The items are listed in priority order according to Principal Engineering Manager Dale Rector.  The "Expected Benefit" of each feature is shown in italics after the description of the feature itself.

New priorities added since the previous set of priorities are shown in bold below.  Dropped priorities are struck through.

1. Continued Focus on Monthly Issue Fixes: (Monthly Issue Fix Blog) Improved product quality and reliability
2. Access becomes Large Address Aware: Removal of key customer error issue
3. Dataverse export improvements: Make it easier and faster for admins to migrate their data to Dataverse
4. Large monitor support for forms: Improved support of Access on the latest hardware
5. Modern Chart Improvements: Expanded support for the most popular chart types and options
6. SQL Editor Improvements: Significantly improved SQL query editing experience
7. Inconsistent Database Error Fix

Special thanks to Karl Donaubauer for posting the updated priorities at AccessForever.org.

In Development

• NOV 2023: Making 32-bit Access Large Address Aware (LAA)

Rolling Out

None.

Launched

• APR 2023: Modern Web Browser Control
• MAR 2023: New Modern Web Browser Form Control