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Next Tip Access Unlimited News - Edition 84
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Independent news for enthusiastic Microsoft Access and Office readers

If you cannot see any links in this article, you are reading it in text format. The newsletter can be signed up for and read at
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Produced by Garry Robinson from Sydney, Australia.


 

Australian  Readers ~ Access Development/Office Automation    Advertisement

If you need help with an Access database such as upgrading to Access 2007, my experienced developers can help you. Otherwise if you experience spreadsheet meltdown, we are very good at using Access to feed Excel templates. So if you need help, call (02) 9665 2871 in Australia or email me.     

http://www.vb123.com.au/professionals/                       Garry Robinson, Office Access MVP award winner.
 

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  Read the latest Access Unlimited newsletter online
 
 
  Greetings to you all from Sydney Australia.

Have a great New Year and enjoy the newsletter.

Garry Robinson
Access MVP and Editor of vb123.com and vb123.blogspot.com

 
 

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  More than a Niche Solution ~ Great Advice For Serious Access Developers
 
 
  After reading Gary's last article on MSAccess and IT departments I was compelled to write this article. Why do IT departments hate MSAccess, here are a few reasons from my experience :

 
 

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  Garry's Access blog
 
 
  My blog rolls on with posts in December on


Access (Read Jet/MDB ) Vulnerability
Small Business For Dummies
Converting to Access 2003
CurrentDb.Properties("AppTitle")
Office 2007 Service Pack 1
Jeff Conrad talks Access 2007
Renaming a query
Save Change SQL Server Table Scripts
Unnecessary Indexes


 
 

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  Weekly Access Unlimited Email Newsletter ~ Extra Content
 
 
  Here you can get the standard MS Access content plus content from Garry's Blog all in the same newsletter.
 
 

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  Weekly Access Unlimited Email Newsletter ~ Maximum Content
 
 
  If you want to see a lot of Access content from a number of different blogs including our Extra Content, then sign up here.
 
 

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  Simple DB from Amazon
 
 
  Watch this Amazon tool (and others as they come online) as online databases that are easy to use are definitely important technology for (Access) database developers. All we really need are linked tables to one of these and Access developers will be off and racing with the most versatile front-end on the planet.

Here is a sample that works with Excel 2007 and VB.Net 2008
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1125&categoryID=148

 
 

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  Office 2007 Upgrade
 
 
  Here are details on Service Pack 1 for Office 2007
 
 

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  Repair Damaged Access Databases
 
 
  vb123.com offers an online repair system for Access databases. The system is setup so that your data is encrypted before it is transmitted and in most cases, you should be able to recover a corrupt database in less than 30 minutes elapsed time. "I know that it works because we use it from time to time." Garry
 
 

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  ACCDE Formats, watch out for the service pack
 
 
  Tony Toews has a post on the making of compiled databases with Access 2007 service pack 1. The fact that they will NOT open in Access 2007 (no service pack) is going to be a concern.
 
 

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  New Hot Fixes for The Jet Engine Released
 
 
  If you are having problems with errors in Access 2002/2003, you may want to review this new version of Jet Engine.
 
 

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  Life In The Clouds
 
 
  An interesting list of New applications that run on the net and not on your computer.
 
 

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  Access Protection and Security
 
 
  If you are still using Access 2000, 2002, 2003 or even Access 97, have you considered my book on Access security. Read the 15 5 star reviews at Amazon.
 
 

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  Read the last newsletter online.
 


 

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Datamining/Graphs
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Garry Robinson - Software Consultant and Author
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