August 2008 - Posts
I know it is off topic but there are a few blogs posts of MSDN I found interesting. IE 8 Performance - good post about the work the IE team has been doing around performance. I love browser performance work. Windows 7 – Approach to System Performance
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One thing about being on the Access team that I enjoy is seeing some of the great work being done in the Access community. Among the forefront of this community is FMS , who is the leading developer of Access add-ins. FMS recently announced a preview
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Aleksandar Jakšić, who is one of the testers on our team, has written an article that shows you how you can use the Access Database Engine from native applications written in C/C++. The article shows you how to to the Access Database Engine using
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Crosoft releases Access Object Navigator This tool is not only for Microsoft Access 2007, but also supports versions 2000, 2002 and 2003. Once installed, Navigator provides a method to develop software applications without creating additional switchboards.
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Today’s guest writer is Josh Meisels, our intern this summer. He is heading back to school next week but wanted to share information about one of his summer projects. Access 2007 made a huge push to create useful, ready-to-use database templates that
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Access 2007 in many ways is a different product for end users. In previous releases it was very difficult to be successful creating a new application without using help, taking a class, reading a book, or asking the community—information workers that
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The article Create a tabbed form , and the companion sudden demo Watch this: Create a tabbed form , are now live on Office Online.
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The famous Allen Browne has published two new articles on Office Online. Validation rules Want to ensure that users enter valid data? Validation rules might be the answer. This article describes when validation rules are appropriate, and provides examples
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Mike Alexander an Microsoft MVP in Dallas is putting on an Access Power User Workshop October 20-21, 2008. The cost is $600 but Mike will offer a 30% discount for anyone that mentions they found it through the Access blog. Some of the topics that will
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There is a flattering blog post Microsoft Gets Blogging by Thomas Hawk. Some interesting quotes include: I'm not sure when exactly or if it's ever been an official sort of thing, but it seems like Microsoft of all of the companies that I've seen out there
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We love Excel (as-a-matter-a-fact, both teams report up to the same VP) but there are times where it isn’t the best tool for a database :-). Steven Thomas recently did an interview with Cancer Lifeline about how they moved from Excel to Access. Here is
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Renaud has released a cool replacement for message box. Here is how he describes the code sample: This project provides a custom and enhanced message box replacement for the default MsgBox found in Access. A Test database for Access 2007 is available
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