Tag Archives: SharePoint

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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Access 2010 Runtime Ships

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

The Access 2010 Runtime is now available for download and use: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=57a350cd-5250-4df6-bfd1-6ced700a6715&displaylang=en This means we can start doing Access 2010 Apps right now.  And with the availabiltiy of http://www.AccessHosting.com this means that we can start selling solutions using Access 2010 and … Continue reading →

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Client/Server Finally – But Too Late ?

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

I had a long coffee today with my friend Chuck who is another Access developer.  It was an opportunity to show him the SharePoint story in Access 2010. So I connected using my 3G Aircard at the Tim Horton’s, and … 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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Converted Large Access App to Hybrid

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

I haven’t been here for a while – busy, busy and since we are in that gray area between the announcement of a new version and the actual shipping of it there isn’t much reason to spend a lot of … Continue reading →

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Access Services Work(s) II

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

I have now run this new Access Services application BOTH using a Terminal Services Session AND from my Native machine here in the Great Whote North connected using a VPN to the SharePoint Server in Seattle and the performance is … Continue reading →

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Access Services Work(s) !!

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

It’s been a while since I’ve posted and I apologize to anyone who might give sh*t about that fact :-)… The main reason for that is that I have been BUSY.  That’s a really good thing considering that things have … Continue reading →

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Access 2010 Calculated Fields – About Time

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

One of the new features of Access 2010, (and one that will probably get the least ink because it is so simple), is the ability to add Calculated Fields in both Access and Access Services databases. A Calculated Field is … Continue reading →

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A Productive Week

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

This week I feel more productive than I have in a long while.  Why is that?  It’s because I am at a client who has given me all the help I need to get the job done rather than throwing … Continue reading →

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