want to come to an online user group meeting?

[strive4peace]

EDIT 31 March 2026

Interact with other Access developers, come to a user group meeting.

Upcoming Access User Group Events, listed by Mike Wolfe @NoLongerSet

https://nolongerset.com/week-in-review-2026-03-28/#upcoming-access-user-group-events

recent presentations

Recursive Functions (52:31)

Chris Arnold's very comprehensive presentation to the Access Europe User Group @CJ_London

AP: Is AI Your Buddy, Your Assistant, or a Necessary Evil? Group Discussion led by George Hepworth (1:25:03) @GPGeorge

kind regards,
crystal

@jdraw @Uncle Gizmo @NauticalGent @theDBguy @Isaac @Gasman @isladogs

 

[theDBguy]

Count me in...

 

[strive4peace]

beginning developers will understand, but this won't be a basic presentation

 

[strive4peace]

I changed the link to a different meeting ...

 

[Gasman]

I tried joining from PC and mobile... no joy...

Tony,
That would be 02:30 here in the UK?

 

[Gasman]

Do you mean it's going to be 2:30 a.m. tonight? Because if so, I shall be in bed!

It would be 02:30 the following day, for here in the UK. May be that Friday 01:30 UTC they mention, as I did not take into account our Summer time.?

 

[Isaac]

Why is it that Unicode is one of those strange subjects where any time it comes up, about a dozen people want to chime in to prove they know what it "really means" - complete with their own analogies, including but not limited to, analogies about Fences and even biological DNA. Sorry, I have an odd sense of humor - and that never ceases to amuse me.

Honestly it was good - I showed up to half of it but had to drop off for a family reason - but I enjoyed the content, Unicode and all

Thanks to the hosts.

 

[strive4peace]

@Gasman , UTC is 1:30 am ... so 2:30 am in London, right? I know it's late! ... that's why there will be a creative way to do @isladogs part

@Uncle Gizmo PM me your skype name and I'll send you a chat message just before the meeting. If you can't get connected, let me know and we'll try to resolve it. If you're not in bed, that is ... well maybe you won't be able to sleep, missing such an exciting presentation (wink)

@Isaac thank you! Glad you liked it.

 

[strive4peace]

@Uncle Gizmo I sent you a message on skype

 

[isladogs]

When was this picture taken?

View attachment 94106

According to the file name, I believe it was on 20 March 2021 @ 09:31AM
However, the file properties suggest it was saved on 2 Sept 2021 @ 23:58:35

Is there a prize?

 

[strive4peace]

@isladogs very good! Yes, there is a prize! You get to be a presenter tonight

 

[isladogs]

Ha!
Of course, if it had been a JPG with full EXIF data, it would have been possible to find out exactly where it was taken as well.

 

[Isaac]

Ha!
Of course, if it had been a JPG with full EXIF data, it would have been possible o find out exactly where it was taken as well.

I hope that statement is only true IF the user has chosen to allow their camera to save location data, right?
Because I seem to have that option on my phone's camera - and occasionally exercise it (yes, no, whichever) - but it would be weird to find out that somehow it was possible to know where it was taken without regard to the setting.

 

[isladogs]

Very easy for you to find out for yourself...but do read my previous statement again carefully

 

[strive4peace]

that was such a fun meeting! Thanks, @isladogs - fantastic presentation. It was wonderful to see you in the middle of your night, @Uncle Gizmo. I'm doing this video next and will post a link when the recording is ready.

@Isaac I'll do the Tuesday video next but probably can't get to it for a week or 2.

 

[Isaac]

that was such a fun meeting! Thanks, @isladogs - fantastic presentation. It was wonderful to see you in the middle of your night, @Uncle Gizmo. I'm doing this video next and will post a link when the recording is ready.

@Isaac I'll do the Tuesday video next but probably can't get to it for a week or 2.

Thanks for doing so many things that help others. Much appreciated.
@isladogs I'll have to watch the video to see your prez - thx!

 

[strive4peace]

thanks, @Isaac

@Uncle Gizmo, I thought it was going to be a rhetorical question as I didn't realize anyone would actually LOOK at the filename! I have code that renames all my photos with the date and time they were taken. You have to run it before editing, of course, so it gets the correct date/time.:

http://msaccessgurus.com/VBA/Code/File_LoopRenameDate.htm

As you saw, tools to tell you the photo date, and much more, were demonstrated.

 

[strive4peace]

-- EDIT original post -- change to a future meeting in Dec 2021. Links to recordings of previous meetings will be posted when they're available.

 

[strive4peace]

Super fun meeting and great sharing of knowledge! The video from 2 Sept is posted here:

Get Extended File Properties from Windows with free Access tools -Crystal Long, Colin Riddington
youtube.com/watch?v=fwQnhKWo1Ks

if you have a lot of pictures, you'll really like the Easter Egg

Colin, @isladogs , did a wonderful analysis of what file types have what properties.

It was interesting to see the different approach to document the same information. Both tools to get extended properties are free.

Wayne Phillips’ Extended File Properties tool - File Property Explorer from EverythingAccess.com
everythingaccess.com/tutorials.asp?ID=Accessing-detailed-file-information-provided-by-the-Operating-System

Colin Riddington's Extended File Properties tool - from Mendip Data Systems
http://www.mendipdatasystems.co.uk/extended-file-properties

They work a little differently and both are amazing!

 

[isladogs]

Hi Crystal
Thanks for all your hard work both presenting & getting the video ready for publication.
I enjoyed participating in the session despite the late hour (3 AM in the UK).

Also, just a blatant plug for my own separate video on my Extended File Properties app which is also available online