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April 2007 - Posts

Tell me about your ribbon app - get a FREE copy of Access 2007 Inside Out

I’m interested in learning more about how developers are using the ribbon to build data applications, particularly design strategies that mix or separate navigation (open form) and application commands (cut/copy/paste, filter by selection, toggle filter, Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 28, 2007 9:32 AM by Clint Covington | 3 Comments
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Office 2003 SP3 article on CNET

My friend Josh Edwards is quoted by CNET talking about SP3. Service Pack 3 for Office 2003 will be focused on security, said Joshua Edwards, a technical product manager for Office at Microsoft. "We're trying to take what we learned from building Office Read More...
Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 9:30 AM by Clint Covington | 2 Comments
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Tip on renamed field names and debugging reports

Today's Guest Writer: Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP I have a complex report with 5 grouping levels, subtotals, and three subreports for additional details of totals. There are also lots of calculated fields on the report with embedded control names. Read More...
Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 9:08 AM by Clint Covington | 6 Comments
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Help topic for beginning users to understand the basics of an Access database

I expect many readers of this blog frequently work with IWs that want to learn more about Access. Here is a new help topic designed to ramp up people on the following core Access: Understand the basics of an Access database See details about the objects Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:34 PM by Clint Covington | 7 Comments
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SharePoint Takes Lead in Collaboration Market - WSJ article

Here is a great article by the Wall Street Journal about SharePoint adoption and scenarios where people are using it beyond corporations. Access 2007 made a big investment in working better with SharePoint. I recently blogged about Cool as Ice and Alan Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:54 PM by Clint Covington | 1 Comments

When customer support goes wrong

Customer experience impacts a product or service’s overall success in the marketplace —just one reason that I invest time in this blog. Customers are quick to share their positive and negative experiences with others, thus enabling or hindering adoption. Read More...
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 10:45 PM by Clint Covington | 1 Comments
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Domain functions usage

Can you tell me about your usage of domain functions? Do you use them and what are the scenarios where you find them useful? Any way you would like to see them improved? Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 21, 2007 2:22 PM by Clint Covington | 0 Comments
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Reader question about macros and VBA

A reader recently asked: Is there any way on Access 2007 to keep wizards and Switchboard Manager coding in VBA, any way developers "HAVE" to code for most applications. If a customer is buying an apllication from us, he is not going to trust what he bought?. Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 21, 2007 4:26 AM by Clint Covington | 2 Comments

The race to build affordable cars

I'm from a family of six. At one point, my parents had 5 kids living at home going to college. Money was tight and everyone needed to drive a car to work and school (we lived in the sticks). My dad bought a fleet of Chevy Sprints and kept us all in wheels. Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 21, 2007 2:26 AM by Clint Covington | 11 Comments
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Tell me about your Inventory application

Sorry I haven't posted for a few weeks. I recently took an enjoyable NCL cruise with ports in Costa Maya, Santo Tomas De Castilla, Belize, and Cozumel. It was rewarding to spend a week playing hard with my lovely two little girls and Taunya. Love that!! Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:41 PM by Clint Covington | 2 Comments
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Revenue opportunities on Microsoft Office Live with Access 2007

John from the Office Live developer marketing team is launching the Office Live 3rd-party marketplace. This could be an interesting way to sell your custom Access application to a growing community of Office Live subscribers. Here is how John describes Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:52 PM by Clint Covington | 1 Comments
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