Access JumpStart 2.0 | Blog
A Rapid Development Framework for Microsoft Access
Recent Articles
Access Object Names With Spaces and NiceDLookup
So first things first. It is not recommended that you use spaces or special characters in your table names as it can cause problems referencing them or cases that are ambiguous and may cause unintended results in the code. But maybe you have used them in the...
Refactoring the function PS_GetFileHashes (Part 3)
I'll continue refactoring today, here's where I ended up in yesterday's message. It's the main function that's been split up into 1 helper function to test the Hash and make sure it's available, otherwise display a message box. And a new class that holds information...
Refactoring the function PS_GetFileHashes (Part 2)
Here's our big hairy function I'm working on to refactor and get it a little more compact. So far the following contains a new instance of the class PS_FileHashesCommand which removed some constants to their own class with two needed little methods. Those lines look...
Refactoring the function PS_GetFileHashes (Part 1)
In a recent message I referenced some changes I made to this function and included a copy of it. I mentioned that I wanted to refactor it after getting the behavior I wanted because it's rather unreadable. So let's see how I would refactor this: Function...
What Would File Hashing Be Used For?
I had a question from a reader - Jim P - about the usage of yesterday's function. Why did I write it and what am I using it for? I wrote a response to Jim and thought I would share with the group: In yesterday's message (Hashing An Array of Files), the function shown...
Hashing An Array of Files
I wrote a function to take a number of files I wanted hashed as an array of fully qualified file paths. The function then iterates over the array to build a giant PowerShell command containing all the paths, parses the output of PowerShell and returns a dictionary...
When to use Access, Excel, or both!
This article from Microsoft Support discusses the differences between using Microsoft Access and Excel for managing data, helping users decide which tool is best suited for their needs. I've used Copilot to help me create a quick summary of the article you can use as...
Access Primer for Businesses – way more than a database
There are of course a multitude of uses for a relational database system. Remember that although natively Access defaults to storing data relationally in tables using the file based ACE system (Access Connectivity Engine), it can really use any ODBC or OLE DB...
Combining or Splitting VBA lines
There is a way to run multiple lines of code on one line in VBA and another way to separate one line of VBA code across multiple lines. I find in particular when using the Immediate Window in the VBE editor, that if I want to test a class I'm using there, I need to be...
Case Sensitivity – Not everyone types English!
I was posting some information on the Option Compare statement in Access VBA and was trying to find more information about the Option Compare Database default option and what exactly it means. From the online Microsoft VBA documentation: Option Compare Database can...
Article written with AI: Leveraging AI Chatbots to Assist in Writing VBA Code
Except for this first paragraph and my reaction at the end, the entire article below was written by Bing Copilot using the prompt: "Can you write me a 300 word article on using AI chatbots to assist writing VBA code?" I will note my reaction at the end of the article....
Are you a good customer?
I can not overstate the importance of the relationship between an Access developer / development company and the customer. If bad, this relationship will create disillusionment and disappointment on both sides of the aisle and become toxic and destructive. So what are...
Quick Links
About
Our goal is to help people simplify their business by providing software products to streamline their work.
Contact
(630) 423-4994