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I’m modifying an existing Access database for deployment to a non-profit. I decided to add control tip text to text boxes and combo boxes on one form since I don’t know what volunteers might end up using it. I figure it’ll help new volunteers add/update new books. This form displays as a...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation, August 7th at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) We’re excited to announce our next session, where we’ll dive into the power of incremental development using ChatGPT in the context of Microsoft Access and VBA. Our presenter, John W Colby, will walk us...

Are you an experienced Access developer wondering how to take your skills mobile? I'd like to share with how I’m replicating the Northwind Developers Edition template from Access—step by step—in PowerApps. Several months ago, I decided to start a project that had been in the back of my mind for...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation , at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) on June 5, 2025 John Colby, an old friend of the Access Pacific chapter and member of AWF, will drop in to discuss an Access add-in he created some time ago to help set up an Access database for deployment...

Long anticipated news of support for monitors larger than 22 inches appeared on the Access Roadmap yesterday, April 4, 2025. Visit the Access Roadmap The goal is to remove the 22-inch size limit and modernize Access forms and reports to work well on large format monitors and to provide...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation March 6, 2025, at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) Kim Young and Tom van Stiphout have agreed to join in a discussion about preparing to take over an Access database from another developer. We’ll devote the last 10 minutes or so to your tales of...

Please join us at the Access Pacific Chapter for our Monthly Presentation at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) on February 6th, 2025. Adam Waller will join us to discuss his Access Version Control add-in. It's available at Adam Waller's Github Site Adam will lead a “Developers’ Walkthrough”, reviewing...

This month only, we will meet on the 2nd Thursday, January 9th, 2025 at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) . In this follow up presentation, Geoffrey L. Griffith will lead us through the steps to create and deploy Com add-ins to enhance your Access relational database applications. Geoff will be covering...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation, December 5, 2024 , at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) Crystal Long and Geoffrey L. Griffith will lead us through the steps to create and deploy Access add-ins and Com add-ins to enhance your Access relational database applications. Access is a great...

Please join us Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) Greg Regan will present a form resizing solution to maintain your application’s appearance on low-resolution screens. In previous presentations for AUG chapters, Greg has demonstrated creative ways to improve your interface...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation , at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) Allow an Access application to connect to a SQL server database in such a way that only this one application can read/write to the database. Ron found quite a bit of information on using cached ODBC connections...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation, Sept. 5, 2024 at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -7) It is generally believed that the Ribbons can only be updated by the user via the interface provided – or can be updated offline by tweaking the embedded XML data file stored within the AccDB. I plan...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation August 1, 2024 , at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -7) Building Dynamic Entity Relationship Diagram with DBeaver The adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” aptly captures the essence of an Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD). Similar to this...

Please join us tonight. This presentation takes our discussion of classes and subclasses to the next level: a Framework or Library. Join John and bring your questions and ideas. Classes store all of the code and data about an object in one place. We usually store classes in the Front End...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation June 6th, 2024 , at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) You all know this story–you’ve lived it. Your Access relational database application has been working “fine” for a long time. And then one day it doesn’t. What happened? Why did it happen? Where do...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation Thursday May 2nd, 2024 , at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) Tom van Stiphout and Kim Young will draw on decades of experience creating and troubling-shooting rock solid Access applications. You’ll learn what you can do, and should be doing, to avoid...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation April 4, 2024, at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) Kent Gorrell shares a new and intriguing method of creating audit tables in SQL Server. The best part is that no SQL Server triggers are involved and once it’s in place, the audit table automatically...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) In a world that is increasingly connected via the internet, sometimes the best way to accomplish a task is still to use the power of VBA and some long-familiar techniques for data sharing...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation February 1, 2024, at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) Check out WorldTimebuddy to determine start time for your location. This presentation takes our discussion of classes and subclasses to the next level: a Framework or Library. Join John and bring...

Please join us for our Monthly Chapter Presentation January 4th, 2024, at 6:30PM Pacific (UTC -8) Kent will draw on his decades of experience providing solutions for his clients to share his insights into the Power of Sub Classes. Here’s an outline of what you can expect, in an Overview, a...