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Don't see one. The closest I see is Database, but this is a coding question. What's the best forum for MS Access questions?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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ACCESS? Perhaps, StackOverflow ?
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I hear ya, but when a client wants to pay me to work on it, I take it.
There's a "Delphi" forum. I think an MS Office forum would be nice. I'll post in Bugs & Sugs
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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I think you missed the point. The answer was Stack Overflow (website). It wasn't a dig on the job.
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Whatever the Access question, the answer is always "Hey Mr. Client, we love Access but it's time to grow up and move to a big-boy database..." 
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There are plans in the works to move to an enterprise architecture.
And an no point do you ever say no to a client who's willing to pay.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Kevin Marois wrote: And an no point do you ever say no to a client who's willing to pay.
Indeed! I was trying to be funnyish but I did like Access as a tool back at version 1 and 2. Worked really well.
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Kevin Marois wrote: And an no point do you ever say no to a client who's willing to pay.
Sure you do. Some clients will drain you dry if you don't learn to say no.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I told a couple of clients "no", but wound up having to do what they asked anyway. 
One of them I put off for six months before implementing their customer-hostile feature.
The other wanted me to make a change to their production system while I was at their site -- I tried to insist on not doing it until I got back to the office and folllowing the proper procedure, but they insisted. 
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Then you don't charge enough.
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That is another way to say no. 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yes, like 'Which part of no did you not understand?'
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Same goes for women.
Jeremy Falcon
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As I always say, it's not the tool that is used that causes the problems, it's the tool that uses it.
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I'm waiting for the naysayers to ask why on earth you would consider using Access for anything. Just the other day I came across a system still using Access 97 databases for the backend. This is a fairly popular (in my niche) inventory system...It may be popular, but it really sucks as it can only ever provide values at a point in time, not for a point in time like all the others I've dealt with. Of course my manager forces me to spend days trying to match a report that was printed a week prior. 
Sorry to have hijacked your question...I think Database is the right forum. Of course you could always just submit in QA.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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This is a typical Access app. It was created by someone who needed a small tracking system and over time it morphed into a mid to large size app.
They have plans to create an enterprise level app, first to SQL Server, then into .Net/Web/Mobile.
kmoorevs wrote: .I think Database is the right forum.
I considered it, but this isn't really a data question. It's more about the VBA than anything else.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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I've had considerable experience with Access and VBA but I sure wouldn't admit it in polite conversation.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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The answer is always to do the steps manually while recording a macro.
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Surely you have a daily backup that you keep for a month before you replace it with the monthly backup! I learnt this was the best solution for reproduction of Access stuff in the 90s.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Surely you have a daily backup
Good idea, but not my call. It would probably work, but I refuse to put any more time into interfacing with a system using Access 97 databases  ...I mean, c'mon, at least move them to 2K!..or better yet, rewrite the application to use SQL Server!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Yup when dealing with stubborn idiots who won't listen it is sometimes correct to let them shoot themselves in the foot. I told you so can be very satisfying sometimes.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Just stick it in QA and tag it appropriately;
"SQL, ADO.NET, Entity Framework, c#, c#3, c#4, c#5, MVC, MVC3, MVC4, MVC5, Oracle, VB.Net, VB"
Well, that's what everyone else does anyway.
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Jeremy Falcon
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