Category Archives: Old Material
Making Your Applications Talk
Not everyone has 20/20 vision. If you’re displaying large amounts of text, it might be easier for your users to listen to your data. When something goes wrong, you might want to provide an audible cue that’s more informative than … Continue reading
Improving Data Entry Feedback with Sound
Most applications use message boxes for providing reactive feedback, but they have some serious drawbacks in the “heads down” data entry environment. In this article, Rebecca Riordan demonstrates a technique that replaces message boxes with sound and status bar text … Continue reading
Your Listbox-Filling Options
Powerful list and combo boxes have always been an important part of Access as Andy Baron shows in this article. This article uses SQL Server as a back-end. Combo and list boxes have always been very full-featured in Access. Access … Continue reading
You’ve Got to Have Friends
Last month, I talked about how the definition of an expert programmer has changed over the years that I’ve been working in this business (see my editorial, “What’s an Expert?”). Back when I started programming, an expert was someone who … Continue reading
Working with or without a DSN
This month, Doug Steele answers questions about connecting to external databases like SQL Server and Oracle. Okay, I know how to work with desktop data sources other than Access, such as Excel or dBase. What about using other databases such … Continue reading
