Tag Archives: Microsoft Access

Access and Terminal Services May Be The Hot New Thing

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Biggus Dickus

There is an interesting blog post on the Access Team site that discusses and links to another post by Luke Chung over at FMS tat talks about using Access with Terminal Services (TS) and the new RemoteApp technology in Windows … Continue reading →

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No Mention Of Excel Or Access … Hmmm …

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Biggus Dickus

I just saw an interesting article in the Seattle Times where they interviewed somebody named Kurt DelBene who is apparently the President of the Microsoft Business Division.  From the article (linked below) it seems that this guy DelBene is responsible … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Storm

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Biggus Dickus

For years I have been arguing that the combination of Excel and Access is the strongest “story” in Microsoft Office – and the most ignored.  I have used these two products together and separately to deliver solution after solution that … Continue reading →

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Making Access Forms More Screen Responsive

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Biggus Dickus

I am unfortunately one those developers with a policy of “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.”  Sometimes that’s a good thing but other times that can be a limiter on personal growth. I mean this in the context of … Continue reading →

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Access Dev Kitchen

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Biggus Dickus

A few weeks ago there was a public call for attendees for the Access Dev Kitchen in Redmond where selected individuals would be allowed to see the early “bits” of the next version of Access (15) and where they could … Continue reading →

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What Does The Lack Of Microsoft Office Seminars Mean ?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Biggus Dickus

I just bumped into the SharePoint Conference 2011  on the Internet today ( http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/default.aspx ).  I remember not too long ago that this conference was the Office Developer Conference (maybe 2 years back) and now I see not one reference … Continue reading →

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How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

This summer we have had the unbridled joy of having our Grandkids move in with us (G6 and B4).  Despite the sadness of a failed marriage for my son, with his kids coming here, (for logistical reasons only), we are working with their Mom … Continue reading →

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This Is Cool !!

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

Earlier this week I was working with one of my users on the final adjstments to a new version of their Access database in Access 2010 using Access Services.   The user mentioned that a Combo-Box was too narrow to show … Continue reading →

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Making Conversion Easy

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

Some time ago I wrote a comment here about the future automation story in Access will move toward Access Macros and away from VBA.   I am even more convinced of that than I was then – but I am still not … Continue reading →

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Access Hosting Now Makes Sense

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

One of the things I have always thought would help me expand my business was the idea of Hosting apps on a server of my own.  I think that Access 2010 with Access Services will open up this as a … Continue reading →

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