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About The Editor Garry Robinson writes for a number of popular computer magazines, is now a book author and has worked on 100+ Access databases. He is based in Sydney, Australia
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"This web site is designed for developers and users of Microsoft Office and in particular Microsoft Access.  There are 200+ articles, newsletters and tips to read and search. Plus there is a popular newsletter called Access Unlimited that 1000's of programmers read.  Naturally  I would encourage you to purchase our knowledge based collections from the Smart Access magazine and/or The Access Workbench which will help you manage your Access users and databases." 

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Project Management & Data Modelling
Data Modeling for the Access Newcomer, Part 1

Data Modeling for the Access Newcomer, Part 2
An Access Project, Part 1: Requirements
An Access Project: Data Modeling
An Access Project: Creating a Great Report
Editorial: Working in the Real World
Data Modelling with Access and Visio
The ABCs of Requirements Management for Access
The Trouble with Normal
Parts 2-5 Normalization and Management Advice

Tables
What's in a Table?

Managing Lookup Tables
Everything About AutoNumbers

List Boxes, Combo Boxes, Check Boxes
Tricks With Combo Boxes
Drilling with Combo Boxes
Creating Paired Listbox Controls, Part 1
Use Classes to Enhance List and Combo Boxes
Your Listbox-Filling Options
Get More From Your List Boxes
Access Answers: Let me check my list… 

Managing controls, check & text boxes, buttons etc
Dynamic Checklists
Working with groups of controls
Managing Margins Of Text Box and Label Controls
Alternative Buttons
From Zoom Box to Custom Dialog

Queries
Access Answers: All in the Family
Computing the Median (Again)
Auto-Generated Update SQL
Simplifying Queries
Simplifying Complex SQL
Access Subquery Techniques
Combining Tables using Union Queries
Tame the Crosstab Missing Column Beast
Subquery Notes
You Can Do That with Datasheets?
SQL Without Joins
Doing Two Things at Once
Case Study: Researching Data
Querying a Customer Survey
Query Queries

Forms
Flexible Normalization and Denormalization of Data
Explorer Forms with a Single Keystroke
Tip: Closing All Forms

Sub Forms
Control Your Subforms
Let Your Users Sort it Out
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Accessing Subforms
Using List Regions with Many-to-Many Relationships
Undo in Sub Forms
The Sub-SubForm Youve Always Wanted
From Zoom Box to Custom Dialog

Reporting
Things about Reports that you probably dont know
Reports: Multiple Columns and Subreports
Creating a Great Report
Saving Reports is a Snap
Printing Pesky ZIP Codes and Start Page Number

MS Word & MS Excel
Excel Automation
Build Word 2003 Docs with XML
Four Ways to Merge to Word
What You Need to Know About Word
Outputting Flexible Data
Excellent Analysis

Macros AutoExec Macros

Performance  Access Database Performance

ADO
An ADO Tutorial: What is ADO?
An ADO Command Factory for Stored Procedures
Using the ADO Command Object
Using the ADO Objects Effectively
Advanced ADO Data Providers
Comparing DAO and ADO Recordsets
Persistent Recordsets in ADO

.Net and SharePoint
Visual Basic .NET Development
Access 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services
Access: The .NET Report Writer
Managing Access from .Net

Installation, Setup and Access User Interface
Remote Updates of a Back-End Database
Using the Access 2003 Database Window
Extracting Your Access Configuration

SQL Server
Client-Server Utilities
Access Answers: Client/Server Issues
Client/Server Development with Access
Migrating Access (and Outlook Data) to SQL Server
Improving on VBA with Transact-SQL
One Huge Leap Toward SQL Server
Using Access to Prototype for SQL Server

Access Data Projects
Access 2002 Data Projects for Developers
Using Stored Procedures in ADPs
Moving ADP's Between Machines  

Protection and Security
Microsoft Access Passwords, Workgroups and ADO
Real-World Access Security
Dual Control
Encrypt Your Data

Pivots and Charts
Create Dynamic Chart Applications
Programming Pivot Tables for Access Forms
Analyze Your Data in Space
Graph to GIFs and Powerpoint
Easy as Pie

Managing Quality, Bugs and Errors
Playing Tag with Validation
Access Answers: But it Worked Yesterday!
Logging Access Startup Details and Version Control
Soundex: "Close" Only Counts in Horseshoes

XML, Imports and Exports
Access 2003 and XML
Put XML to Use in Access 2000+
Taking Outlook and XML to Task
Access to XML

Reviews
FMS Total Visual Code Tools 2002
FMS Access Speller 2000+
FMS Total Access Analyzer 2000
Product Review: Access 2003 Conversion Toolkit
Access 2002/XP for Developers 

Access Answers about a variety of issues

Forms, Sorting Reports, and Dating Errors
When DateAdd Doesn't
Want Machine Information?
MP3 - Sounds Good to Me
Access Replication
SQL Discrepancies, List Boxes, and Dating
Bar Code Basics
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
How to Convert Case and Calculate Total Time

Windows Controls and Message Boxes
Treeview: Building Explorer-style Forms
Taming the Treeview Control
Making Your Applications Talk
I've Just Got to Get a Message to You

User Interface and Documentation
Access User Interface Design
Six Rules for Effective User Interface Design
Handling Visual Complexity
Navigation Through Recursion
The Form’s the Thing
Access Application Development Documentation

VBA
The Easy Approach to Code Reuse
Objects for the Database Developer
Date Tricks
Using Dynamic External Event Procedures
Preventing Reference Failures
“Just-In-Time” Queries
Two Functions You Don't Use Enough
An Average Column: I Mean, What Mode is Your Median
Peter Comes to Bat
File Open Dialog Options
Fuzzy Dates 

DAO
Everything About Using Parameters from Code
DAO verses ADO - DAO isn't Done Yet
Properties Without Fear
The PrivDBEngine Object

 

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