by Jonathan Halder | Oct 24, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access Reports, MS Access VBA Coding
First of all, it’s good to know that you can add a report to a sub-report control on a form. If you need to display multiple groups of data for informational purposes on the form, this can be a real game changer! I have a routine I use that’s in my library...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 21, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, Versioning
When working with a particular customer, it is very beneficial to have a plan on working on their database and being able to implement your new database changes effectively. Ideally, you might have a fully automated pipeline that would allow you to test and deploy a...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 18, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Queries, MS Access VBA Coding
If you’ve ever wondered whether a SQL statement you executed actually modified any records, there is a property of the DAO database object that can help you. You can get the number of affected records of a DELETE, UPDATE, or INSERT type query immediately after...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 17, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD, Versioning
Back 6 months ago I was asked to add new fields to check for the validity of a line item on an order. This caused me to go through a rather extensive process to break dependencies on an Access form so that I could test it without having to launch the form and build an...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 14, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Queries, MS Access VBA Coding
Despite my best efforts, sometimes I end up with complicated code. The logic snakes and wraps around like crazy river rapids. Today, I had such a part of my customer’s database that I was working in and it was not easy. Most of the time this problem occurs...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 9, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access Reports, MS Access VBA Coding
When implementing logging in your Access app, some of the things you might want to log are: Opening and closing of objects which have VBA associated with them. Typically Forms and Reports. Try to add a log message which includes the primary key when you edit or add a...
