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Security Considerations and Guidance for Access 2007 - MSDN article

There is a new article by Access MVP Garry Robinson. "Find out how you can use Access 2007 to protect the information in your databases. Learn about encrypting files, administering passwords, converting databases to the new ACCDB and ACCDE formats, and Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:06 AM by Clint Covington | 1 Comments
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The runtime will ship May 15th

I just heard from Erik that the runtime will ship as a free download on May 15th! I will post a URL to the download page when it is available. Enjoy! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:16 AM by Clint Covington | 6 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

How to pull in Amazon web service data into Access 2007

Today’s guest writer is Ric Lewis. Several weeks ago he started a general discussion about web services which turned out to be a popular post. This week he is providing the details of the books sample database. It would be sweet if someone takes this Read More...
Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 11:01 PM by Clint Covington | 1 Comments

Cool As Ice uses Office Live and Access 2007 with custom ribbon

Alan Cossey recently sent me a overview of how Cool As Ice is using Office Live and Access to track process information. He has found a couple bugs we will fix in SP 1 but overall it is working nicely for them. I thought some of you might appreciate seeing Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:32 PM by Clint Covington | 19 Comments

Tips and tricks for designing forms and reports - part 3

This is the final post of a three part series on Access Tips and Tricks provided by members of the Access team. This article focuses on non-obvious things new to the forms and report designers. The other articles in this series covered useful keyboard Read More...
Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 3:39 AM by Clint Covington | 5 Comments

My favorite Access keyboard commands - part 2

I have a confession to make… I started hacking around in computers with Windows 3.1—never learned how to really use the command line. I know—I have fallen from grace for many of you developers. The mouse has been my friend. I’m trying to change and use Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 11:28 PM by Clint Covington | 6 Comments

Tips and tricks from the Access team - part 1

I have been working on a three part series of non-obvious tips and tricks for using Access 2007. The other series will be on designing forms and reports and my favorite keyboard shortcuts. I put together a rough draft of this series and sent it around Read More...
Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 8:44 PM by Clint Covington | 2 Comments

Macro improvements in Access 2007

Access 2007 and Macros One feature that might be surprising to many experienced developers is the re-invigoration of macros in Access 2007. We have done a bunch of work in this area that we think benefits end users and developers in some scenarios. If Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 12:01 AM by Clint Covington | 10 Comments
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The runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

This morning we are announcing that the developer extensions and runtime will be available for FREE ! In the past, Access developers had to purchase the Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office System in order to build and deploy runtime solutions. The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:35 AM by Clint Covington | 16 Comments
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The Excel and Access Services team is growing - we have job openings

The Excel/Access Services and Access teams have open test and PM positions for individuals who are smart and have passion for data applications. This is a great opportunity to have millions of people use your work every single day while working for one Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:44 AM by Clint Covington | 2 Comments
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MVP's Allen Browne's review and resource page on Access 2007

Allen Browne has put together a nice resource page on Access 2007. I'm not sure I completely agree with the statement about too buggy for serious use--guess that depends on your definition of serious use. As with any major release there are some bugs Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:14 AM by Clint Covington | 7 Comments
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Access 2007 Runtime information

I keep getting pinged on this topic--so let me share what information I can. There will be a Access 2007 runtime. The team is finishing up the work right now. It will support creating a runtime setup, saving a db to a template ACCDT, and SourceSafe integration. Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:22 AM by Clint Covington | 6 Comments
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How do you use Access?

I was browsing Business Week last week and noticed a BlackBerry ad asking people to tell them what they do with their BlackBerry. I like effort to get to know their customers--something you can never understand with enough clarity. In the Access world Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:55 PM by Clint Covington | 4 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 Clint Covington | 0 Comments
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