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Karl Donaubauer
Feb 63 min read
Quick Action by the Access Team
We have frequently had positive experiences with rapid implementation of change requests and we want to report on some examples.
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Karl Donaubauer
Dec 23, 20243 min read
New Outlook – The Situation in December 2024
Microsoft is constantly pushing the switch to New Outlook, that deprives VBA developers of Outlook automation. What's the current status?
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Karl Donaubauer
Oct 3, 20242 min read
Access 2024 Released
Access 2024 was released on 1st October with new features for the perpetual version, a new support guarantee and reduced purchase options.
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Colin Riddington
Aug 17, 20241 min read
SQL To/From VBA Converter
Many Access developers regularly create queries in SQL view then convert them to VBA strings or vice versa. It can be very tedious...
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Karl Donaubauer
Jul 17, 20241 min read
Microsoft Access MVPs – The Full List 2024-2025
The annual (re)nomination round of Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) happened in early July. It took us a few days to clarify...
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Karl Donaubauer
Jun 20, 20242 min read
twinBASIC for Applications (?)
Microsoft has not modernized VBA or the development environment for many years. It is for that reason that I have supported the work of...
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Karl Donaubauer
Jun 13, 20242 min read
Access Support Confirmed for Another 5 Years
Microsoft has published which applications will be part of the next perpetual Office and will again receive five years of guaranteed...
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Peter Doering
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Roll-back to previous versions of Office
If an update for Microsoft 365 contains a relevant bug, we will inform you on AFo about workarounds and the planned fix date. But...
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Peter Doering
Jan 27, 20244 min read
Demystifying Microsoft 365 Update Channels
The regular updates of Microsoft 365 contain new features and other intended changes, but sometimes they also come with problems and...
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Karl Donaubauer
Dec 11, 20232 min read
1st Birthday of AccessForever.org
PARTY! Exactly 1 year ago, after some preparatory work, I published the first articles here. The aim was to improve the information about...
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Maria Barnes
Dec 7, 20233 min read
Working with DateTimeExtended in Access
Many of you are aware of the datatype DateTimeExtended that was added to Microsoft Access a couple of years ago so that we could record...
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Karl Donaubauer
Oct 28, 20233 min read
The Microsoft Access Team's Position on New Outlook
In a recent article , I described that Microsoft is working on a New Outlook to replace all current Outlook variants, including the...
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Karl Donaubauer
Sep 22, 20233 min read
The New Outlook and Access/VBA
Microsoft is currently working on the so-called New Outlook that is no longer based on COM. This means that the traditional object...
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Karl Donaubauer
Sep 9, 20233 min read
Trends in the Access Job Market
The market situation of Access developers is primarily characterized by a lack of data. I don't know of any useful figures or statistic....
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Karl Donaubauer
Jul 17, 20232 min read
The first AI Add-In for Access
AI here, there, anywhere. A third-party vendor offers the first comprehensive AI integration tool for Access.
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Karl Donaubauer
Jul 11, 20231 min read
Access MVPs – The Full List 2023-2024
In July the big (re)nomination round for Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) takes place. On this occasion, I am posting here a...
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George Hepworth
Apr 28, 20232 min read
Northwind 2.0 Is Live and Ready for YOU
The Northwind Starter and Developer Templates for Access are available.
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Karl Donaubauer
Apr 20, 20232 min read
Microsoft's Lifecycle Policy for Office/Access
On April 11, 2023, the support for Office 2013 and thus Access 2013 has expired . This means that Microsoft will no longer provide...
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Karl Donaubauer
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Microsoft 365 Plans that include Access
A frequent question is whether this or that Microsoft 365 plan/subscription includes Access. Microsoft marketing likes to hide Access in...
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Karl Donaubauer
Feb 24, 20231 min read
Video: The Current State of Access
I promise not to resell every one of my talks here, but this one was different, i.e. programmatic and pretty comprehensive if you're...
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