by Jonathan Halder | Dec 2, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding
Have you collaborated on an Access database with others? I’d like to do more of this personally. I think sharing experiences of coding with others in terms of pair or mob programming would be fun, informative, and helpful for all involved. Pair or Mob...
by Jonathan Halder | Nov 27, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Features, MS Access VBA Coding
In the following linked message, I started creating a form and within the form code module I created some local variables to store a class object for accounts and then used the Form Current event to test the form to make sure it was valid before running the Account...
by Jonathan Halder | Nov 26, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access VBA Coding
Some things you do when designing forms inherently reset the VBA environment. This takes all your existing object variables in that form and resets them. That’s why I often use a function to refer to an object to check to make sure it exists before I use it so I...
by Jonathan Halder | Nov 25, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access VBA Coding
Ok, a while back I asked you about TDD and doing a bootcamp and I did not get too many responses indicating interest in that, so how about a good VBA coding practices bootcamp? I’m thinking about going over practices suggested by Uncle Bob and would start with...
by Jonathan Halder | Nov 22, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access
Working as an independent consultant for 25 years has definitely improved my focus on working productively. I think it was after the first month of working without any supervision, that I realized that I couldn’t just do whatever I wanted and delay my actual...
