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Mon, Jul 5 2010 23:09

What screen resolution is the smallest Access developers use these days?

I’m working on some Access forms as part of the soon to be released Enterprise Edition of the Auto FE Updater.  (After all Access is far better than Visual Basic 6 to display or update data in the tables.)   So what screen resolution do...
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Sat, Jul 3 2010 18:22

Auto FE Updater and shortcut icons

I received the following email: Every so often, my desktop shortcut appears as follows, even though my network connection is fine: So, I'm wondering if it is valid to use something like this: ShortCutIconFile=C:\Apps\ABC\Airplane.ico I had a dim memory...
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Tue, Jun 22 2010 23:53

Puzzling problem with Access’s built in Shell function

I was testing some code, which will be available in a few days as part of a new release of the Auto FE Updater, which uses the Access shell function to start the Auto FE Updater. I could hear the beep sound but I couldn’t see the customized form to display...
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Thu, Mar 18 2010 21:48

Version 2.12 of the Auto FE Updater available for download

http://autofeupdater.com/download.htm     *  Command line now supported for Start Method = File Extension     * Minor updates to update form     * Minor bug fixes A big thank you to Mathew X and Tina T...
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Tue, Feb 16 2010 22:25

Version 2.11 of the Auto FE Updater available for download

Version 2.11 * - 2010-02-16 to download the zip file . (267 kb, 11,327 lines of code) Note that there is no setup or install required. You unzip the file and do the drag and drop install on an appropriate folder on your file server. Update form bug fixes...
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Mon, Feb 1 2010 1:09

Version 2.0 of the Auto FE Updater

This release of the Auto FE Updater is a huge, huge improvement in developer ease of use. There's a wizard to get you going with the basic operations in less than a minute. Need to make a change to a setting? Just a few mouse clicks as all settings...
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Tue, Dec 15 2009 22:36

Version 1.83 of the Auto FE Updater is now available for download

The Auto FE Updater website has been had pages added with testimonials, feature list and many minor updates.  A big addition was a detailed step by step tutorial on getting started setting up your first configuration file. The latest update to the...
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Thu, Nov 19 2009 11:34

Version 1.82 of the Auto FE Updater available for download

I made some foolish, although thankfully minor, mistakes in the last version.   Mostly because of not testing things sufficiently. I was in a hurry to get the Check for Updates enhancements available although that’s not a good excuse. See the...
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Sat, Nov 14 2009 23:50

Two new versions of the Auto FE Updater are available.

To download the latest version visit Auto FE Updater downloads However in this release I added the ability to check for updates. Please download Version 1.80 , test it, copy it to your server and then see if the logic to check for updates works. Then...
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Sat, Oct 31 2009 15:06

Added an Initial User Install page to the Auto FE Updater site

I added an Initial User Install page to the Auto FE Updater web site.  If you use a different method of setting up initial startup for your users please let me know. Also please let me know if you managed to figure out how to email a file share URL...
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Mon, Oct 5 2009 5:09

Is Nothing

I’m working on some largish updates to the Auto FE Updater and I wanted to ensure that the new routine which logs errors would properly handle the situation if there were errors in the error logging routine.  A great deal of searching a dimly remembered...
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Wed, Sep 30 2009 0:15

A new version of the Auto FE Updater is available – 1.79

Added ShortCutComment to INI file for the user to see when hovering over a shortcut. Fixed bug where if creating both a Program Files shortcut with a folder and a desktop shortcut the utility would attempt to add the shortcut to a folder to the desktop...
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Tue, Sep 22 2009 21:52

New version of the Auto FE Updater available

Added ProgramsMenuFolder option to create a folder in your Start >> All Programs menu for such shortcuts. Added buttons to open the server folder or the Main App Folder in Windows Explorer.  If the user gets an error message they only see the...
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Sun, Sep 13 2009 16:34

Auto FE Updater - "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?" message

I came across a posting that explained how to remove this message on an Intranet for a domain. Note that I’m not a security expert. Until I get a digital certificate you’re going to have to persuade your IT department. "Open File - Security...
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Sun, Sep 13 2009 15:22

FindExecutable API call fails for ACCDB file extensions

The API call "FindExecutable: Find Exe Associated with a Registered Extension" fails on a file with the ACCDB extension.   The API call does work fine with the MDB extension.   Clicking on an ACCDB file in Windows Explorer...
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Tue, Sep 8 2009 16:53

A new version of the Auto FE Updater is available

A new version of the Auto FE Updater is available at my new, somewhat reorganized website http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Added FileExtension and FileExtensionSimple to the StartMethod.   This now means the utility can be used for ADP/ADEs or...
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Wed, Jun 3 2009 16:32

Microsoft Forefront is flagging the Auto FE Updater as a virus

I've just received an email from a user of the Auto FE Updater stating that Microsoft Forefront is flagging the StartMDB.exe as a virus. If this happens to you try a newer or older version of the utility. Also please use the Microsoft Forefront Client...
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Thu, Apr 16 2009 2:15

Added to the Auto FE Updater FAQ

Q: I'm moving the files from one server to another server. How do I easily use the Auto FE Updater to get the users to use the FE from a folder on the new server? Q: I want to move the BE MDB to a different folder on the same server. There are two...
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Mon, Jan 26 2009 13:05

"Type mismatch" error in Auto FE Updater fixed.

A new version of the Auto FE Updater is available for download. Version 1.76 - 2009-01-26 Fixed occasional "Type mismatch" error message. Thanks to Roy-Vidar Steining for being persistent in solving this baffling message. Write date of file...
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Sat, Jan 24 2009 20:58

"Type Mismatch" bug and line numbers in the Auto FE Updater

I've been getting intermittent email reports of a "Type Mismatch" error message in the Auto FE Updater. However the problem just wasn't making any sense. Thankfully the most recent person who emailed me was quite persistent and so the...
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