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By: Colin Riddington
Mendip Data Systems: 12/06/2024
Access Forums
A list of specialist Access and other forums which have a significant
Access section
Access World Forums
Currently the largest of the 3 main Access forums in terms of membership
and daily traffic. Very active and with a wide range of sample databases
and code samples
Utter Access
Although much quieter than before, this is a long-standing Access forum
with a broad membership and a beneficial archive of samples and examples.
Access Forums.net
A smaller forum but also with many active members
MS Access Tech Community
Microsoft's current forum for developers. Slightly more complex to use,
but several highly knowledgeable members actively involved
Bytes
Access section of a site covering a wide range of applications as well as
Access
Tek Tips
Another site covering a wide range of applications as well as Access
Stack Overflow
Excellent resource for information for a wide range of programming
languages. Regards itself as a knowledge base rather than a discussion
forum
Access Feedback
This is the latest official Microsoft site for user feedback and
suggestions. It replaces the now-defunct Access User Voice site. Of
course, whether MS does anything about the input this time is another
matter!
Access Help Sites
A list of some of the most helpful help sites for Access
Access Forever
Karl Donaubauer started a new Access blog site in December 2022,
assisted by other Access experts George Hepworth, Peter Doering, and
Philipp Stiefel. Initially, the site will focus on Access information,
including bugs, tools, and events.
Git Hub VBA Tools
The Git Hub website is a vast resource of open-source code. Microsoft
now owns it, but they have promised to allow the site to remain fully
independent.
No Longer Set
Run by Mike Wolfe. A DAILY blog of advanced techniques, unique
perspectives, and strong opinions from the Microsoft Access version
control guy.
Isladogs on Access
I am listing my own site here because at least one other site listed
here has a direct link back to this page!
It is run by Colin Riddington (Mendip Data Systems). It is another
extensive site with a regularly updated range of Access articles,
example apps, and code samples!
Dev Hut
Run by Daniel Pineault (CARDA Consultants). Extensive site with a
regularly updated range of Access articles and code samples
Computer Learning Zone
Extensive website with articles and example apps created by Access MVP
Richard Rost. Many of these are free, whilst others are part of various
training courses that can be purchased.
The DBGuy
Excellent site with articles, sample code and example databases by UA
moderator, The DBGuy (Leo).
Allen Browne's tips for Microsoft Access
Allen Browne's site has many tips for Access users of all abilities.
Unfortunately, Allen is no longer active in this area, but the site
remains essential.
Pearson Software Consulting
This website by Chip Pearson is aimed mainly at Excel users, but much of
the information applies to Access. Unfortunately, Chip died in April
2018, but his excellent site remains online.
Lebans.com
Stephen Lebans retired in 2009, but his site has many very clever
utilities, mostly graphics-related and based on extensive use of APIs.
Access Web
Another superb site for Access developers was started by Dev Ashish and
is now run by Arvin Meyer. It is no longer updated but is an excellent
resource.
Access Junkie
Another excellent site run by Jeff Conrad has many Access articles and
code samples.
UPDATE Dec 2019 - Unfortunately, the site is no longer maintained but
remains available for now
Access Diva
Run by Gina Whipp, this has a wide range of example code, tips and
sample databases.
FMS
Commercial site by Luke Chung with many excellent Access utilities. It
also has many detailed articles and several free code samples.
Doug Steele
More examples and samples by Access MVP Doug Steele.
W3Schools
Tremendous online learning resource covering HTTP, CSS, PHP, VBA, SQL,
Java, and more.
Codekabinett
Another outstanding site run by Philipp Stiefel. The site (in German and
English) has many detailed Access articles and code samples. Highly
recommended.
Windows API Reference: Functions
Very detailed resource of almost all API functions available in Access
and other Office programs.
Wizhook reference
Online reference resource by Jason M with information about the little
documented hidden Wizhook function
Access Ribbons
Examples and tutorial for ribbon creation by Gunter Avenius (in German
and English). Ribbon creator utility available for purchase
Access MVPs
Official site for several Access MVPs. Many examples and code samples
BTAB Development
Free samples, tools, short and full-length tutorials and code. The site
was created by Bob Larson & is now run by Juan Soto.
MS Access Gurus
Another very good site run by Crystal Long (MVP). This includes a wide
range of articles for developers. Consists of an excellent Analyser tool
Learn MS Access Tips & Tricks
A long-established site run by APR Pillai containing a huge number of
tips and tricks for Access users of all skill levels
Data Models
This is an updated version of the old Database Answers website run by
Barry Williams. It contains many Industry Data Models with various
schemas for database table design. The site is now run by Databases.Biz
and is being updated and extended.
ASCII Tables
Helpful reference when you need to use the ACSII number codes for
keyboard input
Access Object Model
Microsoft's official site contains documentation for all the objects,
properties, methods, and events in the Access object model.
Tech On The Net
Detailed articles listing (almost) all Microsoft Access functions
together with how/where each can be used.
Roger's Access Blog
Thoughts, opinions, samples, tips, and tricks about Microsoft Access by
Roger Carlson
Wikibooks Visual Basic
Mainly for VB6, but much of the content can easily be adapted for VBA
It covers many different techniques and topics, including
object-oriented programming, optimization of programs and coding
guidelines.
Connection Strings
Outstanding reference about all types of connection strings. Essential
info for all developers.
JKP Application Development
Site in both Dutch and English with valuable tips & code for Excel,
Access and other Office applications, including a very useful
non-ActiveX Treeview control
Tony Toews Access
One of the oldest Microsoft Access websites was started by Tony Toews
(ex-MVP) in 1995.
The site contains Tony's Microsoft Access tips, hints, links, an email
FAQ, and access-based accounting systems.
RegEx 101
This is a very useful site for testing & debugging regular
expressions.
Extends Class Online Tools for Developers
This site, run by Cyril Bois, contains many handy online tools for
developers. All are entirely free to use
JSON to CSV
This is a very useful site for online conversions. Many other conversion
facilities are available, including CSV to JSON and CSV to HTML.
JSON Lint
JSONLint is a validator and reformatter for JSON files. Use it to tidy
and validate your JSON code.
JSON Editor
Another very useful site for managing JSON files
Microsoft Access Help Center
Official Microsoft site with help articles for Access - mainly for
beginners but some helpful info for intermediate/advanced users as well
Microsoft Access Functions
This is the result of a search linking 9 separate Microsoft help
articles. Many thanks to Pat Hartman for this suggestion.
Microsoft Access templates
Download site for all Access templates created by Microsoft to
demonstrate Access features. NOTE: The quality of these templates varies
significantly
My Engineering World
This site is very useful by Christos Samaras, with many tips and hints
for Office products and other topics (in English and Greek).
Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is an initiative of the non-profit Internet Archive
& contains a vast digital library of Internet sites and digital
artefacts collected over a period of time.
If a website is no longer available with a 404 Page not found error, you
may well find it here.
Access Video Tutorials
A list of some helpful video sites for Access.
Access Europe
This is the official playlist with all the videos for the Europe chapter
of AccessUserGroups.org. A new video is added each month.
Isladogs on Access
My own Isladogs YouTube video site has additional content added
regularly.
AccessUserGroups.org
The YouTube channel for all chapters of AccessUserGroups.org has well
over 400 videos, and several new videos are added each month.
Computer Learning Zone
This is a huge resource of over 1500 videos created by Access MVP
Richard Rost. Many of these are free, while others are part of various
training courses that can be purchased.
How to in Access 2013/2016
Complete a course of over 100 Access online tutorials by Steve Bishop
for all levels of ability, from absolute beginners through intermediate
to advanced users.
LearnAccessByCrystal
Another comprehensive set of videos by Access MVP Crystal Long.
Better VBA
This is yet another wide-ranging set of videos by Philipp Stiefel.
Nifty Access
AWF moderator Tony Hine has created many free Access tutorial videos
aimed mainly at beginners and intermediate users.
Microsoft Access Videos
The official Microsoft Access video training site is aimed mainly at
beginners.
Datapig Form Basics
Datapig Queries
These are collections of several older Access videos by Mike Alexander.
The videos demonstrate various Access techniques in forms & queries.
Previously unavailable for several years, these have recently been
uploaded to YouTube by Crystal Long.
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