by Jonathan Halder | Jul 1, 2025 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Features, TDD, Versioning
Yesterday, I had found a method for CoPilot to see an entire database. In order to do this, all the objects of the database need to be exported to text files. This is an undocumented and unsupported feature of Access, but it has been there for a long time and is what...
by Jonathan Halder | Jun 30, 2025 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, Versioning
Just now I was thinking it sure would be nice if CoPilot could analyze my Access database and give me tips on things. So I tried an experiment. I asked CoPilot if it could create databases or if I could upload my database for it to analyze. It thought it would be able...
by Jonathan Halder | May 23, 2025 | MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, Versioning
I have been playing a little bit with the SDOpenAI Access Add In. In particular testing what context is being sent to the API in different situations. When your cursor has nothing selected, the general chat context will send the current line your cursor is on. When...
by Jonathan Halder | May 20, 2025 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD, Versioning
So, I am beginning again to move into a place where I will attempt to use some AI tools. What will this do for me? Here are some of the things I’m hoping it will help with: Allowing me to delegate simple coding tasks like functions and subroutines. Get...
by Jonathan Halder | Apr 21, 2025 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, Versioning
I am pivoting directions on a project. After producing what the customer asked for, he realized it was making the whole system more complicated than he wanted, but may want to revisit it in the future. Thankfully, since I use versioning, it was trivial to move back to...
by Jonathan Halder | Apr 11, 2025 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding, Versioning
SessionTitlePresenter6Proven Sales StrategiesJuan Soto7The Battle of the VCS Add-InsPhilipp Stiefel, Adam Waller8Power Automate with VBAYnte Jan Kuindersma9twinBASIC+AI in Access DevelopmentMike Wolfe10Access Tools for DevelopersColin Riddington Session 6 was a very...
