We got a pleasant surprise when one of our clients reported to us that the application was no longer. In this case, it had a .NET DLL that called Azure service. The code was very straightforward; just reference a nuget package provided by Microsoft and call methods on it and it just works™. Few mont [...]
It appears that users who are on semi-annual channels are getting impacted with bad update that breaks the ability to export or output data into other formats. This appears to be coming from the same update that had more reports about broken references, non-working ACCDE files, and DAO.Field3. Danie [...]
Versatility is one of the biggest benefits of Microsoft Access. When you are able to take advantage of all of the different features, it can perform a variety of different functions which ultimately improve your business. Microsoft Access can be used to create custom accounting applications which, i [...]
As a FYI, Microsoft has issued another update to current channel (Build 2204) which apparently contained changes that causes the otherwise functional Access application to stop work and throw errors. You may see the following error messages: * Property not found * No current record. * The search key [...]
During your Access development project, it is important that you identify mission-critical Access applications. These are the Access databases that are crucial to the success of your project and your business as a whole. If these applications are not functioning properly and you have no idea how to [...]
Microsoft Access Experts are always in demand. Having the skills to create, manipulate, and draw insights from a Microsoft Access database can land you a highly-paid position, almost anywhere in the world. You just need to know where to look. This article will look at the top five jobs that require [...]
Almost every business in the world uses Microsoft Excel. For creating simple spreadsheets, it’s probably the best piece of software in the world. But as a company grows and spreadsheets become more complicated, Excel will show its limitations. This is where Microsoft Access comes in. When your comp [...]
Recently, Microsoft released two new drivers for SQL Server, a major upgrade: ODBC 18 Driver for SQL Server OLEDB 19 Driver for SQL Server That's great news! However, there is a major breaking changes that requires your attention. Specifically, they changed how the default settings work for the encr [...]
Microsoft Office 365 Build 2201 Causes Access Applications to error We have received reports and confirmed with Microsoft there is an issue with Microsoft Office 365 build 2201 that causes Access applications to fail with errors usually at the startup but also during use. Because the update is now b [...]
We've gotten reports of an Office update adversely impacting existing applications that uses Access database to store data and is shared on a network location. Because of the update, people no longer can connect to same Access database file. With the update, only one can use the shared Access databa [...]
Effect of joins in a recordset In our sixth and final article of the ODBC tracing series, we are going to take a look at how Access will handle joins in Access queries. In the previous article, you saw how filters are handled by Access. Depending on the expression, Access may choose to parameterize [...]
