The Access Unlimited Newsletter



OK. Where have I been ?

Since February I have taken a breather from producing the newsletter for a number of reasons. First I was trying to catch up with new projects that mostly went missing in 2009. Secondly I had 50th birthday to get under my belt and spent most of my spare time planning a trip with the kids to Tokyo Disneyland. Japan is a great place, I commend it to anyone who wants a holiday that is a bit different. Fast trains, food, hot springs, courteous people and no crime make for a good destination. Planning is the secret to keeping the costs down.

Speaking of old farts that still have plenty of years left to go, Access has now shipped 2010 and there is a lot to commend it. Things I like are data macros for embedding rules in the data model, customizable ribbons that you manipulate with your mouse, tempVars and the DB Container search box (from 2007) and further emphasis on startup templates. On the last topic, I have used or integrated the contacts and tasks templates into 3 projects lately and they have added a lot of flair to the final solution.

Enjoy the Newsletter.


Garry Robinson
Microsoft Access MVP




Bob

I will reply to this in my next newsletter more fully, it is a good debating point.

Garry

I was surprised that you did not mention the integration of Access 2010 with Sharepoint 2010 that allows you to build data driven web sites using Access. I think this is a game changer.

bob

Last Updated: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:27:25 +1000

Doug Steele shows how to simulate Cue Banners in Access

Internet controls such as search boxes have something called "cue prompting" that can help indicate what the user should be entering. Is there some way I can still do something like this?
08/17/2010 07:27 AM

Creating Paired Listbox Controls, Part 2

Rebecca Riordan continues her examination of paired Listbox controls by adding two additional functions: deferring data updates until users explicitly commit their changes, and restoring the contents of the paired Listbox controls to their initial state.

08/08/2010 06:40 AM

PivotTables in Access

Russell Sinclair shows how to summarize data using PivotTables
07/19/2010 08:33 AM

An Access E-mail Application

Adding an e-mail facility to your Access application is a convenient way to communicate critical data to multiple users, while at the same time producing a trail linked to key records in your database. Keith Bombard shows you how.
07/16/2010 08:21 AM

From Zoom Box to Custom Dialog

For some applications you just can't get enough screen real-estate, especially when you have fields that display a large amount of text. Mike Toole describes an alternative to the Zoom box that not only looks and works better but avoids the Zoom box's spurious updates. His design can be used for creating any sophisticated custom dialog.
07/16/2010 08:08 AM

Manage your Update Tables with Query Lists

In this article, Keith Bombard shows off a routine that can reduce the time it takes to create a form to manage your update tables. This general-purpose routine can be used with any small table for editing, updating, adding, and deleting records.
07/15/2010 07:50 AM

Making the grade

Doug Steele looks at a common problem in database design: converting from one data classification schema to another. He then moves on to a related question: ensuring that there are no overlapping records in a list of ranges (for example, a list of scheduled events). This results in some thorny SQL, but the results can be used in a wide variety of circumstances.
07/09/2010 08:13 PM

Transfer All Tables from One Database To Another

This page is updated to show how I transferred from a database to another database (It was actually a SQL back to an Access ACCDB format) using a third database that was linked to both. There was no relationships in the target database so order of transfer wasn't important.

Code is at the bottom of the page.
07/07/2010 10:51 PM

Dealing with Time

Doug Steele helps you understand a few things to do with handling Time values.
04/25/2010 07:32 PM

Rebecca looks at the subject of handling dates.

Rebecca Riordan looks at the subject of handling dates. She begins by examining the DateTime data type and the joys of VBA date functions, but the core of this article is how to store values that represent periods in time. As Rebecca points out, much date-like data can't (or at least shouldn't) be stored in traditional DateTime fields.

06/10/2010 01:00 AM

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