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Retrieving images from URLs
You can use the web to fill images in your Access database. Use a image control, the on current event of the form and the .picture property of the image. You’ll need to create a simple function to retrieve the … Continue reading
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Workaround: Access and Dropbox
So you’ve noticed that Access doesn’t play well with Dropbox? Because Dropbox uses a synchronization process to put a local version on your desktop, all kinds of nastiness can happen. Your data can overwrite another person’s data when you synch … Continue reading
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Access Database in the Cloud?
Throughout 2017, we were approached by a number of clients including KnoxMarine (Charleston, SC) and SeniorSmart (Sykesville, MD) to fix their ‘Cloud’ Access databases. They were both using Microsoft Cloud to hold their Access Database files and were very disappointed … Continue reading
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Banking / Finance Real Estate Loan Portfolio Access Database
So we built this application for 1st Market Bank which has since become Union. We’ve also sold it to 1st Capital Bank which is now Sterling. Essentially, the user records all of the relevant information about Customer’s and their loans … Continue reading
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Integrating Access with Outlook using automation and vba (Visual Basic for Applications)
So you have a list of emails and you want to keep in contact with folks easily. I do this by periodically sending out emails to my former clients and offering them incentives to come back and purchase again. Since … Continue reading
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Virginia, Henrico County Public Schools Facilities/Projects/Asset Management Database
We’re particularly proud to work with one of the best counties in the United Stated (and the home of Data Control, LLC!) We have built and implemented an Asset / Facility / Project tracking database for Henrico County School Systems. If … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements/News, Government Database, Microsoft Access Solutions, Uncategorized
Tagged Asset Access Database, City Access Database, County Government Access Database, Facility Access Database, Government Access Database, School System Access Database
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Using a stored graphic consistently throughout your database
So you want to have a company graphic on all of your reports and forms? But you also don’t want to store the graphic 20 times in each object? And you don’t want to hyperlink to the graphic because your … Continue reading
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Calculating travel time between two locations
You need a way to automatically calculate the time to get from one location to another location. You might use this for giving your drivers directions to your clients. Or expand to be an efficient route because you are going … Continue reading
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Beginning a new Database
I’m about to begin the development of a database for the Navy (Military Naval Base Client in Maryland). The purpose of the database is to track inventory on the military base. I’ve already had interviews with the client and gotten … Continue reading
Posted in Access Code Examples, Inventory Database, Microsoft Access Solutions, Military Database, Navy Database, Uncategorized
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Specific Port in Connection String to SQL
When creating a project that will use SQL Server as the back end, the default port used is 1433. You need to have your firewall and router forwarding incoming requests on that port. However, if you need to use a … Continue reading
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