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Well MajP, after all of the years using Access I have to admit, I didn't know about Shift+F2. Probably the single most useful feature I've seen in some time. Plus really useful to be able to expand the entries on editing a Query screen.

I've just had my dog chipped and now use him as a backup device.

The oldest profession is actually the DJ. They've been around since records began.

Just a thought. Why not have an RIP topic? Then this and any more of them can be sat in one place. If someone else is added next week they'll have another topic and we'll end up with the departed scattered all over the place each with a cryptic title. Maybe a new one in Non-Access issues, or...

@DakotaRidge When I supplied software I would take the Microsoft advice of database sizes as maximums and not as a challenge to prove them wrong. It isn't a competition. Yes, sometimes a customer ran databases oversize but I always advised against and refuse to support it. I regarded fixing...

Sometimes I 'll stick some code in the OnCurrent() event and simply refresh certain fields.

Although only slightly related but it brings to mind something I read somewhere years ago. Which was that functions should be stored in Modules rather than on forms for security reasons. It was claimed being in Modules they cannot be decompiled/hacked from an ACCDE as easily, or at all. (can't...

About 18 months ago an Australian politician said that the plus on the end of LBGTQ+ was there for paedophiles. From what I gathered at the time, the comment wasn't universally accepted as fact. But the Aussies do tend to be challenging and a little more direct and less woke than they are in...

Reminds me of the song with the words "sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time" The thing that gets me is when these guys who clearly have nothing to do and little imagination. They actually think this is a hobby and a great event to go and watch. But obviously more friendly than shooting...

IIfley is just a part of Oxford. Oxford is Ok, pleasant to wander around. Our youngest lived there for a few years. There are loads of places like that in England. Broadway, Bourton on the Water, Bibury, The Slaughters, Wallingford all close by. Some actor, Robert Mitchum I think, once said "it...

After a Windows update I'll always check if MS has helpfully switched Telemetry back on. As well as also checking Inking, Tailored Exp, Diagnostic data etc. I do wonder if it is all futile as they clearly state that they will collect some diagnostic data that you cannot switch off. For 'only...

Why not just write your own code to read the file sequentially?

Back in the day I thought Filemaker was a bit noddy when compared to Access. Looked promising but generally disappointed as a viable solution. Maybe it has improved?

I thought CoPilot was basically spy and information gathering software. Same as CAPTCHA & others. Problem I see is that the next version of Windows will be the first totally AI OS. It is bad enough that browsers are using AI for searches, which often appear to be far slower than they were. As...

Sometimes being a good neighbour to the likes of the boat people can be taken as a sign of weakness. Then they expect everything for nothing, or free to take. To my mind they have to prove they are a good neighbour.

I just wonder if these ghosts from the past events aren't arranged as point scoring opportunities. Where those who like to think they impress have bored all of their current friends and family to the point of avoiding them. So are they just looking for a new audience. Maybe just concentrate on...

Meta paid $14.3 billion for a stake in Alexandr Wang's Scale. Meta has poached a guy from Apple who told them he can do AI, by paying him $200 million to change desks. Ilya Sutskever's company is valued at $32 billion and Mira Murati's Thinking Machines is valued at $10 billion. Neither has a...

Last year I started to play the guitar. The intention has drifted in and out of my mind for years. So I thought as I was 80 I'd better be getting on with it. I've had an acoustic guitar for years and hardly ever picked it up. I've given it to various family members but they kept giving it back...

All that time ago and the BBC were distorting the original story. Now totally custom and practice at the BBC. Presumably the BBC are busy 'training' their own AI to avoid any human error by missing to change something that should comply with the BBC rules of truth and propaganda. Satire has had...

There is similar situation in Thailand. There everyone speaks English with an American accent. I can only think that they spend all their time learning English by watching films made in the USA. Some companies (the terrible Virgin Media being one) subcontract support to Asian countries and...