by Jonathan Halder | Jul 30, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access Features, MS Access Forms, MS Access VBA Coding
Yesterday, I was talking about the BeforeUpdate form event and BeforeUpdate Access control event as ways I was looking at triggering a validation function and then canceling the event so the update would not occur. A reader wrote in to mention usage of the Change...
by Jonathan Halder | Jul 29, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access VBA Coding
It’s easy to get burned when trying to set up custom validations for Access fields and enforcing them while the form is being filled out. I have a form with the following fields (of the type): Vendor Name (string) Is Vendor Active (checkbox) Is On PO form...
by Jonathan Halder | Jul 26, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding
Sometimes you can get runtime errors when you are trying to assign the value of a control to some VBA object. For example, consider this statement: TempVars!NewTempVar = Form_orders.order_id What we are trying to do is set the NewTempVar in the TempVars system...
by Jonathan Halder | Jul 25, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access Reports
Maybe you read my last message (Hammers and nails, Access and…? | Access JumpStart) and thought, “Yeah, Access does sound like a good fit for my business needs.” But what would you use it for exactly? If you’ve never used Access or any relational...
by Jonathan Halder | Jul 24, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access Features
It’s important to choose the right tool for the right job. What about Microsoft Access? When is it the best or at least a good tool for the job? Or turning around the question, what are the best jobs to use Access for? The first thing to remember is that Access...
