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The awesome, and free, MZTools utility

Every time I do any work in VBA I’m very grateful for the, free for us, MZTools utility.  Among the many features the ones I really like are: The find screen as it displays a list of all the lines of code containing your search string.  You...

How do you create a mdb database file in Python?

An interesting question was asked on StackOverlow. The answer was surprisingly easy (assuming the answer was accurate of course. <smile>)  See How do you create a mdb database file in Python? I should add that I have no idea what Python is...
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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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Multi select files in the standard Windows File Open/Save dialog box

I hadn’t realized that this API code had been enhanced to support selecting multiple files until Tom Wickerath mentioned that he and Arvin Meyer had worked with Ken Getz to get this working. API: Call the standard Windows File Open/Save dialog box
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