April 2008 - Posts

Modal Dialogs with Transparent Backgrounds
28 April 08 05:20 PM

If you've taken a look at some web sites recently, you may have noticed an effect where items (usually images or videos) are brought to the foreground using an effect called a lightbox . The effect is used to dim (or sometimes lighten) the background Read More...

Postedby robcooper | 21 Comments    

Filed under: User Interface, Form, Code

Kiosk Forms
27 April 08 09:23 PM

One of my favorite tricks with forms in Access has always been what I call a kiosk form. A kiosk form is a form that takes up the entire screen and is one that you might find in a store or shopping center displaying information. For example, a real estate Read More...

Postedby robcooper | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Macro, User Interface, Form, Code

More Access Video Tutorials
22 April 08 07:51 AM

The folks over at My Access Program have posted 21 free video tutorials with topics ranging from data validation to VBA. 11 of the tutorials are Access 2007 specific covering anchoring, alternate row color and data collection via email. Watch the Video Read More...

Postedby Ryan McMinn | 1 Comments    

How to uninstall the RTM runtime when you install SP1
15 April 08 07:34 AM

Peter Mullen is today's guest writer. I don't anticipate this workaround will be required when SP2 is released but we won't know for sure as that work isn't defined at this point. Those who have deployed the runtime RTM version know that you have to remove Read More...

Postedby clintc | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Runtime

Data Points: Web Services & Country Codes
14 April 08 06:13 PM

“In the clouds” ~ Using Microsoft Access to query and update Web sites Garry Robinson shows off integrating web 2.0 into Access through REST and VBA. Tip: How to create automatic input masks for Us/Canada Postal Codes Doug Klippert posted Read More...

Postedby Ryan McMinn | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Code

Avoiding security prompts for runtime applications
08 April 08 04:07 PM

Edit April 9th, 2008: It looks like the fix was checked into a post RTM version of the Package Wizard. It works on internal builds but I now need to figure out the plans for releasing a SP1 version of the Package Wizard. ---- One of the consistent feedback Read More...

Postedby clintc | 15 Comments    

Filed under: Security, Runtime

Hotfix to correct “database is in an unrecognized format” error with Access 2007 SP1 compiled databases
08 April 08 06:39 AM

When you try to open a compiled database file (.accde or .mde) or a compiled project file (.ade) in the original release of Microsoft Office Access 2007, you may receive the following error message: This database is in an unrecognized format. The database Read More...

Postedby clintc | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Access 2007

Localized runtime is available for French, German, Italian, and Spanish
07 April 08 11:30 PM

On Friday afternoon we released additional localized versions of the runtime . Enjoy! Read More...

Postedby clintc | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Runtime

Tell me about how you are extending the Ribbon
03 April 08 09:02 AM

I'm thinking about putting together a blog post that shows what the community has done with ribbon extensibility. From my conversations with lots of developers people are still trying to wrap their heads around the new user model It seems that having Read More...

Postedby clintc | 15 Comments    

Filed under: Ribbon