If you use the File Open dialog and install your application on multiple computers, you’ll eventually find an ugly surprise waiting for you on Windows XP/Vista. Peter Vogel looks at the two solutions available to you. If you have an … Continue reading →

Assigning permissions to tables does nothing to protect your sensitive data from anyone with a word processor. If you find Access security too cumbersome to use, Dima Mnushkin provides you with a simple solution for encrypting sensitive data. Along the … Continue reading →

In this article, Keith Bombard shows you how to implement dual control in Access to make critical operations more secure by ensuring that more than one person must approve a task. TEN years ago, I was a vice president in … Continue reading →

Thanks to the way that Windows Explorer handles folders and subfolders, your users are used to being able to work with hierarchical data using a TreeView control.  Glenn Lloyd shows how to incorporate a TreeView control into your application. Relational … Continue reading →

This month,  Ken Getz takes on but one question: allowing a user to choose a directory from a list of directories. He supplies the answer for both formats: Access 2.0 and Access 95/97. The 16-bit demonstration database is QA970416.MDB, and … Continue reading →