Access Europe – Mike Wolfe (Streamline Your Import/Export Spec Workflow with VBA Classes)

Please join us for our monthly Access Europe session on Wed 6 Dec 2023 at 18:00 (6:00PM) London time (UTC)

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Topic Outline:

Learn how to programmatically update import/export specifications in Access with a custom VBA class. In this presentation, Mike will demonstrate his clsImExSpecs class. This simplifies working with import and export specifications by writing and modifying simple VBA, rather than fighting with the unintuitive Access wizards.

  • How Access works with specifications behind the scenes
  • Why changing system tables directly can cause problems
  • Encapsulation, organization, and reusability benefits of classes
  • Using clsImExSpecs to document existing specifications in VBA
  • Streamlining workflows by avoiding context switching between code and UI
  • Demonstration updating a real-world import specification

By attending, you will gain practical tips for managing specification changes in code rather than through awkward and inconvenient Access wizards. You’ll also learn how VBA classes can be used to solve real-world problems, rather than the typical “Cat is a type of Animal” nonsense that you often find in online tutorials.  Knowing when and how to effectively use class modules will take your VBA to the next level.

You should attend this presentation if you fall into one or both of the following categories:

  • You are frustrated with the Import/Export wizards in Access and want a better way to manage import/export specifications.
  • You keep hearing about how great class modules are, but you have no idea why or how you would use them.

Bio:

Mike runs Grandjean & Braverman, Inc., specializing in Microsoft Access and SQL Server software solutions for government, banking, and insurance clients. He writes daily articles about advanced Access and VBA topics at nolongerset.com, where he’s published over 1000 articles since 2020. Mike earned the Access MVP award in November 2021.

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