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December 2006 - Posts

Interactive chart/form filtering code sample

One of the most enjoyable design challenges I have had over the last couple of years was redesigning how users can filter inside Access and Excel. The new filter dropdown menu and context menus were lots of fun to explore different designs and think creatively Read More...
Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 5:45 AM by clintc | 0 Comments

Softer datasheet visuals in 3 simple steps

Yesterday I was looking at one of our templates and noticed the grid felt pretty busy. I wanted to come up with a design that softens the harshness of the gridlines yet was very readable. Here is what I ended up with... There are three easy steps to create Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:05 AM by clintc | 0 Comments

Free 60 day trial download of Office 2007

Here is a link to a free 60 day trial download of Office 2007 programs. http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx?culture=en-US As you know, Access is in the professional version. For those of you outside the US , you need to use the following URL's: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:50 PM by clintc | 6 Comments
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New site on Access ribbons with VBA and XML samples

Access MVPs Gunter Avenius and Peter Doering have setup a site with information on ribbons from Access point of view, with lots of VBA and XML samples. The site is online in English on http://www.accessribbon.com and German http://www.accessribbon.de Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 9:25 AM by clintc | 0 Comments
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Feedback from a customer about Access 2007

Here is some feedback I received yesterday from a customer. It is nice to see people appreciate the visual improvements. Overall we are happy with Access 2000 and everything worked (or we had developed workarounds for certain behaviors). However, we looked Read More...
Posted Monday, December 18, 2006 11:45 AM by clintc | 0 Comments
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My favorite software book of the year "Get Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application"

For some time I have been a fan of the work done by 37Signals. They have a great understanding of the value of building simple software that people fiind useful. They recently self published Get Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:42 AM by clintc | 0 Comments

MSDN article "Transitioning Your Existing Access Applications to Access 2007"

There is a good new article by Jan Fransen and Ken Getz that is designed to be a guide for users to take advantage of new features. Summary: Learn about some of the new features in Access 2007 and how you can take advantage of them to improve your existing Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:03 PM by clintc | 0 Comments
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Design for filter favorites functionality in forms

Access 2007 introduces a ton of new filtering tools that make it much easier to cut and slice data in different ways. I’m very happy about the new experience and think developers will spend far less time building filtering functionality because of the Read More...
Posted Friday, December 08, 2006 5:04 PM by clintc | 0 Comments

MSDN article "Ribbon Extensibility in Access 2007"

A couple of months ago I spent a few days learning how to write XML for ribbons. I got pretty excited about the types of new interfaces that users can create without any code. I think you will find it is easier than you might think. This paper is the Read More...
Posted Friday, December 08, 2006 2:46 PM by clintc | 0 Comments

MSDN article "Optimizing Microsoft Office Access Applications Linked to SQL Server"

There is a new article by my good friend Andy Baron about improving performance and updatability for Access apps linked to SQL Server. Lots of great information in it. Here is the summary and URL. Summary: One way to create applications that use Microsoft Read More...
Posted Friday, December 08, 2006 10:54 AM by clintc | 0 Comments
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Thoughts on Zune

First off, I want to say that I'm a big IPod fan--listening to my second player right now. I even have a copy of the original ipod packaging in my office because I though Apple did such a nice job with it. I'm not ready to buy a new Zune yet but I do Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:12 AM by clintc | 0 Comments
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PC World review of Access 2007

I'm back from vacation and digging out of a pile of email. I really enjoyed spending quality time with the family--that is what is really important in life. When you love what you do as much as I do, it gets easy to get caught up in work stuff. Any ways, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 12:48 AM by clintc | 0 Comments
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