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The first Access Europe User Group meeting for 2026 will be on Wednesday 7 Jan starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC) and finishing by 19:30 (7.30PM).
Please note that the UK has now reverted to winter time. For local times, please check World Time Buddy
In this session, we are very pleased to welcome UK developer, Neil Sargent.
In his presentation, Neil will demonstrate his new style message box and explain the journey taken to get there.
Over the past couple of years, Microsoft has been gradually rolling out a significant update to the old style message box used in all Office apps for built-in messages.
Gone are the monochrome and rather forgettable messages of the past. Now we have colorful messages that catch users' attention more effectively.
This has been a gradual change and, unfortunately, the new style dialog has not yet been ported across to the messages that developers create using code.
UK developer, Neil Sargent set out to replicate these new style message boxes in Access.
In doing so, he discovered a number of design features which are likely to be both interesting and useful to other developers.
I hope you will join us on Wed 7 Jan for this session.
For more details about the topic and speaker together with connection details for the meeting, please visit https://www.isladogs.co.uk/aeu-47/ or https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2026-01-07/
Please also download and import this iCalendar (.ics) file to your calendar application e.g. Outlook.
Doing this will add a recurring event for the first Wed of each month at the correct time for your location/time zone.
The meeting will again be held on Zoom. When the time comes, you can connect using Join Zoom Meeting.
If you are asked, use: Meeting ID: 924 3129 5683; Passcode: 661210
Please note that the UK has now reverted to winter time. For local times, please check World Time Buddy
In this session, we are very pleased to welcome UK developer, Neil Sargent.
In his presentation, Neil will demonstrate his new style message box and explain the journey taken to get there.
Over the past couple of years, Microsoft has been gradually rolling out a significant update to the old style message box used in all Office apps for built-in messages.
Gone are the monochrome and rather forgettable messages of the past. Now we have colorful messages that catch users' attention more effectively.
This has been a gradual change and, unfortunately, the new style dialog has not yet been ported across to the messages that developers create using code.
UK developer, Neil Sargent set out to replicate these new style message boxes in Access.
In doing so, he discovered a number of design features which are likely to be both interesting and useful to other developers.
I hope you will join us on Wed 7 Jan for this session.
For more details about the topic and speaker together with connection details for the meeting, please visit https://www.isladogs.co.uk/aeu-47/ or https://accessusergroups.org/europe/event/access-europe-2026-01-07/
Please also download and import this iCalendar (.ics) file to your calendar application e.g. Outlook.
Doing this will add a recurring event for the first Wed of each month at the correct time for your location/time zone.
The meeting will again be held on Zoom. When the time comes, you can connect using Join Zoom Meeting.
If you are asked, use: Meeting ID: 924 3129 5683; Passcode: 661210
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