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Changing Default Control and Form/Report Settings

This is one of those features that almost nobody knows about because it isn't very discoverable. In Access 2007 (and earlier), you can change the default property values for any new controls in a form or report. Here are the necessary steps: Open/Create Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 4 Comments

New Access to SQL Server Migration tool

A new tool is available for Access to SQL Server migrations. The SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access is available here . Notice, however, that the tool is not released yet - these are pre-release quality bits. As usal, backup, backup, backup and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 1 Comments
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Access and Colors: How Access 2003 works

There is a lot of confusion regarding the Access color properties, such as font color, control background, etc. People just don't grok the numeric values that Access uses. And that's not surprising considering how misleading it is. Perhaps one reason Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 5 Comments
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Macros vs. VBA

As many people have pointed out, macros do not offer the same range of functionality that VBA does. It's kind of interesting that some people even think that Macros were some sort of pre-VBA functionality that Access had. This is actually false - both Read More...
Posted Friday, October 14, 2005 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 2 Comments

Erik Rucker's blog

You might want to check out our GPM (Group Program Manager) blog here: http://blogs.msdn.com/access . I heard it's going to be all-Access 12 all-new content :) Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:28 PM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)
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Office 2003 SP2 is out

Access users: Make sure you install SP2 (here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57E27A97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867&displaylang=en ) since it also contains some important Access fixes. This KB article describes what's changed Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:57 PM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)
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While I'm still talking about Access samples...

I bumped into this Access sample the other day which is very interesting: an Access to/from Powerpoint presentation creator/exporter/importer. It shows you how to automagically create PowerPoint presentations using Access and how to make use of PowerPoint Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)
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Northwind

Perhaps one of the first things you play with when you start to learn about Access is the Northwind database. Some people have some very strong dislike about Northwind. And you know what? They have very good reasons. Northwind has a lot of depth by using Read More...
Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)
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Most Annoying Feature... ever

This is a pet peeve… If you use Access and have multiple windows open, each window shows up as a separate icon in the task bar. Thankfully, you can turn this feature off in the Options dialog. Of course, you need to have a database open to use this dialog Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 3 Comments
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Rumours of Access' demise greatly exaggerated

I saw this thread the other day on UtterAccess (btw, a very nice resource for all things Access) which made me laught a little. Oh, the rumours. It's always fun to hear crazy stuff you know first hand to be completly made up. Well, if it serves anything, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 2 Comments
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