by Jonathan Halder | Nov 13, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access Tables, MS Access VBA Coding, TDD
What would your strategy for splitting a form between logic and database record management? I’m honestly asking, because that’s what I’m thinking about today. I’m thinking in terms of creating tests a la TDD style work. Having business logic...
by Jonathan Halder | Nov 7, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access VBA Coding
When registering events for controls on a subform, make sure you remember that you re-register those events after reloading the subform control via the SourceObject property. In my case, I was always loading a subform initially and the Open routine on the subform...
by Jonathan Halder | Oct 23, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Features
Had an interesting little bug in Office today in which a solid 2px black (#000000) border does not appear around a subform control (and this ends up applying to many other controls and shapes as well) I was really scratching my head, until I went online to find out if...
by Jonathan Halder | Sep 13, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Forms, MS Access VBA Coding
Yesterday I discussed a Combobox I was adding dummy header lines into. See that message here: The Joys of Combo Dropdown Group Headers. My combo box is multiple columns and I use the extra columns to insert data into other fields on the line when the Item Description...
by Jonathan Halder | Sep 5, 2024 | Blogging, MS Access, MS Access Features, MS Access Queries, MS Access Tables, MS Access VBA Coding
So first things first. It is not recommended that you use spaces or special characters in your table names as it can cause problems referencing them or cases that are ambiguous and may cause unintended results in the code. But maybe you have used them in the...
