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Friday, 5 April 2019

Using Custom Functions in Calculated Controls

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Back in May 2012, I wrote a blog article on Writing Custom Functions for Access VBA .  Custom functions work the same way as MS Access buil...
Saturday, 2 March 2019

Converting Minutes to Hours:Minutes in MS Access

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There may be occasions when we need to convert the difference between a start time and an end time , and display the result in hours and ...
Friday, 15 February 2019

Creating a Custom Save Button for an MS Access Form.

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When we use an MS Access form to create a new record, or update one that already exists, the process of saving that data is normally taken ...
Friday, 25 January 2019

Passing Multiple Values via the OpenArgs Parameter of DoCmd.OpenForm

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The DoCmd.OpenForm command is a useful tool for the Access for Office 365 database developer wanting to control the manner in which a for...
Friday, 4 January 2019

Changing "Entry Key Behaviour" to Allow New Lines within a Textbox

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In my previous blog post, I wrote about Adding Rich Text Formatting to MS Access Data .  However, there was one related topic which I didn...
Thursday, 27 December 2018

Adding rich text formatting to Access data

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When we store information in an Access for Office 365 database, text formatting (eg setting text as bold or italic, and changing font si...
Friday, 8 June 2012

Using MS Access Data in a Mail Merge

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Suppose you have an Access Database containing the names and addresses of your customers.  Every now and again you may want or need to send...