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September 2006 - Posts

Quick Trick: Copying Embedded Macros from one Property to another

Now that we spent all this time talking about templates, how about we put to use something we learned about it in a totally unexpected way? Remember that we talked about how embedded macros are really represented as SaveAsText/LoadFromText alongside objects? Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 5 Comments

Templates: How to create your own

Now that we discussed extensively all about templates, we can talk about how this all this can be put at your service. You see, we will give you the capability (though not in the Access product itself - details will be forthcoming soon, hopefully) to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:00 PM by ThirdOfFive | 5 Comments

Templates: Programmability

Now that we talked about what Access 2007 templates are made of and how Access makes use of them to create brand new databases, it begs the question as to what you can programmability-wise. The answer to that question lies in the fact that we changed Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

In case you are having issues installing Office 2007 Beta 2 Techinical Refresh (B2TR)

For troubleshooting Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR) installs, you might want to check out this Knowledge Base (KB) article . The most common problem that I heard so far is the that to install the B2TR update, you need at least 2 gigabytes Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:00 PM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

Templates: SharePoint comes into Play

When you go create your new database from a template using Access 2007, you will notice a checkbox right by the OK button and path where you will create the file. By checking the “Create and Link your Database to a Windows SharePoint Services Site”, instead Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 4 Comments

Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR) is out

I haven't seen any news about this yet, but it's already available for download. Check out this post on some of the changes in B2TR. 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 Technical Refresh Important : Prior to applying this Beta 2 Technical Refresh update, Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:02 AM by ThirdOfFive | 2 Comments

Templates: The Template Store

No, that is not a new franchise opening near you. So far we talked a lot about what templates are, how we use them and all, but where are they? Well, they are actually in different locations in your hard drive. Do you think we would make this easier on Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 1 Comments

Templates: The Instantiation Process

As we’ve seen in the previous posts, Access 2007 templates are not really database files per se, but simply a set of data and meta-data that will allow Access to create a brand new database file every time. At a high level, the process to instantiate Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

Templates: Where did the embedded macros go?

Now that we saw how macros, queries, forms, reports and tables are persisted in templates, we can ask: what about embedded macros? Since embedded macros live in the event properties of form, reports and controls, they are persisted along with the object Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

Templates: Access Objects parts

Last week I talked about how the template core data is laid out. Now, I’ll focus on the actual Access objects. For every Access object part (each file in template\database\objects), there is a corresponding” XML file in the \template\database\objects\properties Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 2 Comments
 
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