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How do I handle errors in Access VBA code?
I am going to give you the answer to “How do I handle errors in Access VBA code?” In my opinion there are 2 ways to handle errors: 1. Avoid the potential for an error to occur. 2. Handle the error in your code. Number 1 – If you have a control on your form […]
What Is Microsoft Access Used For?
To those of you who are asking the question of “What is microsoft access used for?” , here is my opinion. I’ve been using this program for well over 15 years, and it’s become fairly easy to deal with. Many people feel that it is hard to work with, but that’s not my experience anymore […]
How To Make An Access Select Query
Hi everyone, This is not really a VBA item, but it’s important and you will need to understand this concept when you are creating your SQL statements in VBA. In our example we have a table called “Customers”: Now we just want the customers from “London”. So we set up a select query to select […]
How To Generate A XML File With Access VBA
XML is used to structure your data. You can send a CSV file to another person, but using XML, you can structure your data in a more elegant format, and get very specific about your fields, and what data is contained within your tags (your field names). This is different than a basic CSV file […]
Mouse Click Counter On Access Form
This post will demonstrate how you can count the number of clicks on your button in a certain time frame. It will function like a game . Here is the database form all in one: Option Compare Database Public m_dteStartTime As Date Public m_dteStopTime As Date Private Sub btnClicker_Click() Dim intValue As Integer Dim rst […]
How To Open A Form To A Specific Record In Access 2016 VBA
In this post I am going to give you a basic example of how to open your Access form to a specific record. This works in all versions of Access, but we are using Access 2016 in this example. First create “parent and child” forms. In our case, it’s frmCustomers and frmOrders. Here’s “frmCustomers” Here’s […]
How To restrict user logon to specific computers
This was a question I received on one of my YouTube videos. “That’s good. But how to protect this access database to be limited to certain number of PCs. Because if you copy this database to your friend and give him the password he can give it to another person and so on. What I […]
Shared Access Database Management
Here is a handy setup for those who need to manage a shared access database. Either you can create this from scratch as per the example or add the new tables to your existing database. This setup will track: 1. the users currently using the database 2. what time the user and computer name currently […]
Access To PHP MySQL Tutorial
If you want to make your Access database available on your website, I would recommend you learn PHP and MySQL. Access is a file database, for desktop clients. PHP and MySQL are more native for website solutions, while Access is not really suitable for a web solution. If anyone is interested in an Access To […]
Here Is A Customized Msgbox VBA Example
Here is an example of a customized VBA Msgbox. We giving some richtext and customizable flair to the rather ordinary message box. The following code provided with the code after the screenshot, is going to provide you with the ability to really make the ordinary message box shine! Sub MsgboxVBAExamples() Dialog.Box “VBAHowTo.com is your source […]