Access Communities

Published 31 July 07 01:29 AM

I was toolin' around the Internet the other day, and it occurred to me that there are really a bunch of different places that the Access community gathers to share and  communicate online that people might not be familiar with.  I think the most frequented venue for Access communications continues to be the NNTP servers.  Check these out with any News reader (windows mail/outlook express is a free client you may already have). 

  • comp.databases.ms-access
  • microsoft.public.access.*  (I don't list them all, but there are a ton of groups, and many are still very highly trafficked.)

Note that in addition to these English groups, there are international groups as well (e.g. microsoft.public.fr.access). 

In addition to those, here are some of the most frequented Access community sites where the Microsofties post from time to time:

If you've got a favorite electronic hang out, please feel free to post a comment!

by Zac Woodall
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# Steve Schapel said on July 31, 2007 1:08 AM:

There's some good stuff goes down at the AccessD forum (mailing list):

http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd

# Peter Schmidt said on July 31, 2007 4:09 AM:

Allen Browne's excellent website contains a wealth of information and sample code:

http://www.allenbrowne.com

Allen is an Access MVP and frequent contributor to the newsgroup.

# John said on July 31, 2007 5:45 PM:

comp.databases.ms-access is my suggested best bet for Access programming information.  I can search 10+ years worth of questions (google groups) in a few seconds.  Most frustrating is the lack of upto date API documentation for many API calls (e.g., send a report to a RTF file has the undocumented limitation that Images cannot be sent directly to RTF).  As a suggestion, replace the Access basic and API with a subset of the .NET framework and visual basic language.  This could be beneficial for the Office line and anything that uses VBA.

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About Zac Woodall

Zac is a Program Manager at Microsoft on the team designing Access’s next generation platform infrastructure. He advocates easy to use designs, organizes community efforts, and is the author of The Rational Guide to Microsoft® Office Access 2007 Templates. Zac has been working at Microsoft Corporation since 1999. Before that time, he attended the University of Idaho, from which he holds a B.S. in Computer Science.
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