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We have launched a new extended set of web pages at www.alvechurchdata.co.uk. These old pages will stay on the server because people still have links to them but they will not be updated.

The new version of this page is at www.alvechurchdata.co.uk/hints-and-tips/acclinks.html.

Access Links


We have found the following sites to be useful:

http://www.tek-tips.com
Tek Tips support a number of useful Access forums.
http://www.blueclaw-db.com
Blue Claw Database Design are based in Maryland with many years' experience of Access.
http://www.instantpages.ltd.uk/
Instant Pages specialise in customisation of any PC application software that has Visual Basic for Applications as the background programming language.
http://jdstiles.com/mso2k/access//l
'Uncle Jim' has a very useful tutorial introducing Access 2000.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/access/
Access information from Microsoft.
http://www.bcs.org.uk
The British Computer Society. No technical information but a valuable source for wider issues.

Hints & tips

The textbox class in Visual FoxPro 9 has a new Autocomplete property which shows the user the previous values that have been entered in that textbox.
Autocomplete in VFP 9

Your Access database will look more impressive if you add custom toolbars...
Custom toolbars

FoxPro has always had functions to read and write files at a low level...
Foxpro low level file functions

More...
More pages of hints and tips for users of Microsoft FoxPro and Access databases.

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