twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: November 3, 2025 Highlights include an announced date for the next BETA release, a preview of one of the upcoming features, and a recent reddit post generating lots of twinBASIC mentions.
Week in Review Week in Review: November 1, 2025 Highlights include a supercharged MsgBox, the Access team's current dev priorities, and an open-source project to run Windows apps (like Access!) on Linux (and no, it's not Wine).
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 30, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit my presentation on building ribbon interfaces in code, along with other ribbon-related goodies.
AUG Video Recap Vibe Coding in Access with Juan Soto Can AI Really Build Your Access Database While You Just Watch and Direct? (an Access User Group talk with Juan Soto)
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: October 27, 2025 Highlights include a reminder about the command-line compilation feature and a shout-out to twinBASIC at the recent UK Access User Group conference.
AUG Video Recap The State of Microsoft Access in 2025 with Maria Barnes Is Microsoft Access Dead? This 2025 Roadmap Update Says Absolutely Not (an Access Lunchtime talk with Maria Barnes)
Week in Review Week in Review: October 25, 2025 Highlights include API calls for a better MsgBox, creating a modern toggle slider, a deep dive into expressions (vs. VBA), and how to list active Windows processes.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 23, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit another of my most popular functions--Pluralize()--which lets you adapt your string(s) ... <- to avoid this ugliness.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: October 21, 2025 Highlights include the downgrade of "Missing PtrSafe" from 'Error' to 'Warning', commands to "reindent" code, and a Reddit thread contemplating Visual Basic in 2025.
Week in Review Week in Review: October 18, 2025 Highlights include a class module for exporting to Excel, entering Excel-style equations in any Access text box, and a function for sorting continuous form columns.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 16, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit one of my most popular functions--NewSort()--which enables easy sorting of columns in continuous forms.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: October 14, 2025 Highlights include updates to the tB wiki with information on the recently added OOP features, a flurry of minor bug fixes, and a Tiny EXE proof-of-concept project.
Week in Review Week in Review: October 11, 2025 Highlights include a video on custom dialogs and mini notifications, methods to check internet connectivity, and the PeekMessage/TranslateMessage API calls in action.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 9, 2025 In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back at a few tips for staying out of trouble when writing one-off or temporary code.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: October 7, 2025 Highlights include a bombshell unexpected major feature release (full OOP support!!!) and a twinBASIC XAML control-based media player.
Week in Review Week in Review: October 4, 2025 Highlights include how to build an AI chatbot in Access, the proper way to handle file attachments, and a deep dive into issues with Aptos, the default Office font.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: October 2, 2025 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about subtlety. The subtle differences between + and &; between . and !; between IsNull() and Is Null; and between IIf and IIf.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: October 1, 2025 Highlights include the long-awaited release of BETA 874 with Property Pages support, a new Memory debugging panel, and significant performance refactoring under the hood.
Week in Review Week in Review: September 27, 2025 Highlights include an official list of fixes in Access v2507 and v2508, an update on calling Graph API from VBA, and drawing with API functions GetPixel and SetPixel.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: September 25, 2025 Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is all about knowing when (and how) to convert a fit-for-purpose procedure into a generic, reusable routine.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: September 22, 2025 Highlights include a project status update from Wayne and the official release of the 64-bit, twinBASIC-based version XYplorer, an alternative Windows file manager utility.
Week in Review Week in Review: September 20, 2025 Highlights include version control benefits for solo developers, marker lines on modern charts, text file import/export via class interface, and a new built-in RegEx library.
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: September 18, 2025 In this week's edition of Throwback Thursday, we explore the value of Abbreviation columns in lookup tables, how to automate populating them, and why they improve your apps.
twinBASIC Weekly Update twinBASIC Update: September 16, 2025 Highlights include an improvement to VanGoghGaming's Picture Converter sample project and a deep dive into the XAML Controls/WinRT technology it runs on.
Week in Review Week in Review: September 13, 2025 Highlights include new RegExp classes built into Office 2508, version control for sole developers, improved tool tips, and how to freeze columns in Access datasheets.