Recent News from FMS

Free Seminar for Microsoft Access to SQL Server Upsizing Co-Sponsored by Microsoft on June 27, 2008 (Reston, Virginia)

Please join us for a half-day seminar on upsizing Access applications to SQL Server.

Luke Chung, FMS President, and Steve Clark, FMS Project Manager and Microsoft MVP, will present these topics:

• Where Microsoft Access Fits in the Overall Database Strategy of an Organization
• Approaches to Upsizing Access to SQL Server

Microsoft Access to SQL Server Upsizing Seminar

Microsoft TechEd Panel Discussion: Are we there yet? Successfully navigating the bumpy road from Access to SQL Server (June 18, 2008)

Watch the televised video of Luke Chung, FMS President, on a panel discussion at the 2008 Microsoft TechEd Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Hosted by Microsoft's Mary Chipman, the panel discusses the challenges and approaches of migrating Microsoft Access applications to SQL Server.
Microsoft Access to SQL Server Upsizing video

Total Visual CodeTools 2007 Ships (May 13, 2008)

Total Visual CodeTools 2007 helps you write, cleanup, and deliver better VB6 and VBA code. Discover why so many Access, Office and VB6 developers rely on Total Visual CodeTools to simplify their application development, fix existing and inherited projects, and deliver more robust and supportable solutions. New features include support for Access 2007, detecting unused variables, improved code builders and utilities, and much more. Free demo available.

Special Offer for Microsoft MSDN Premium Subscriptions (May 2008)

FMS is pleased to provide a two year MSDN Premium Subscription for almost the same price as a one year subscription. If you're serious about developing applications on the Microsoft platform, you need to get this amazing resource! Available while supplies last. Details...

Total Access Startup 2007 Ships (March 13, 2008)

Total Access Startup 2007 is now shipping. Discover how Total Access Startup ensures your users run the latest version of your database with the correct version of Microsoft Access. Centrally manage an unlimited number of Access databases across your network and simplify upgrades between versions. New features include support for Access 2007, launching ADPs, supporting multiple Access versions on the same database, and much more. Press Release.

See you in San Diego, CA (March 2008)

Luke Chung is speaking at the March 19th meeting of the San Diego Access User Group from 6-8PM.

FMS is exhibiting at the Microsoft booth at the DoDIIS conference March 16-19th, so stop by if you're there.

For details, visit our Upcoming Events page.

Total Access Admin 2007 Ships (Feb 5, 2008)

Total Access Admin 2007 is now shipping. Discover how Total Access Admin lets you monitor any Access database (Access 97 through 2007) to see all the current user connections. Watch how and when they enter and exit your database in real-time, keep a log file, and troubleshoot problems. You can even set it to compact the database once everyone exits.

Microsoft Access Help and Resource Center

Due to our extensive resources for Microsoft Access, a centralized page was created to make it easy to find all the information:

Microsoft Access Help and Resources

It includes a brief history of Access, our experiences with Access, links to technical papers, tips, and other resources. New items include

• Microsoft Access Error Numbers and Descriptions
  List of all error numbers and descriptions for Access 2007 plus comparisons with previous Access versions.
• FMS Access Products vs. User Category Matrix
  An overview of FMS products to see how each product applies to your situation
• Microsoft Access Consulting Services
  See how we can help you create great Access applications

Free Book Offer for Microsoft Access 2007

Get this Access 2007 book, a $24.99 value, for free! Through special arrangements with Zac Woodall and his book publisher, we're pleased to offer a limited quantity of his book, The Rational Guide To Microsoft Office Access 2007 Templates, with the purchase of one of our Microsoft Access 2007 products. Details...

New Technical Paper for Creating Monthly Summary Reports in Access

Written by Luke Chung, learn how to create spreadsheet like reports with monthly summary columns without writing any code. Details...

New Product: Sentinel Visualizer is Shipping (September 5, 2007)

Sentinel Visualizer revolutionizes data analysis with a powerful combination of features to let you maximize the understanding of your data. Gain insight into multi-level relationships and complex networks. Apply link charts, data filtering, gradient metrics, geospatial maps, timelines, social network analysis, and much more. Press Release

FMS Participating and Speaking at Advisor Summit in Miami, FL

FMS President Luke Chung is speaking in the Microsoft Access track of this event. We will also have a booth among the exhibitors. Details...

FMS Product Announcements for Microsoft Access 2007

We've been working with Access 2007 for over a year since the alpha version was released and are delighted by the considerable investment Microsoft made to enhance Access.

Rather than simply porting our products to Access 2007 with the same functionality as before, we've invested the time and effort to make sure we take advantage of the new capabilities of Access 2007, added features requested by our customers, and applied the new Office/Access 2007 look and feel.

Here's a summary of our plans and schedule

Total Access Statistics 2007 is Shipping (July 20, 2007)

Total Access Statistics for Access 2007 is now shipping with many new features. Enhancements for users of Access 2000, 2002, and 2003 is also available in a new X.7 Version.

Additionally, the Total Access Statistics web site is updated with information on the new versions, product PDF fact sheet, new tour, etc.

Total Access Emailer 2007 is Shipping (May 18, 2007)

FMS is pleased to release our first product for Microsoft Office Access 2007. Total Access Emailer 2007 is now shipping and introduces several exciting enhancements over the original release, including support for the new ACCDB database format, new field types, new user interface, and the ability to attach Access reports as PDF or XPS files to your emails.

GSA Schedule Contract Awarded to FMS (April 16, 2007)

FMS receives a General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Contract to provide software products and consulting services to the US Federal Government. Read on...

Microsoft Gold Certification for 5th Consecutive Year

Microsoft designates FMS as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for the 5th year in a row. This is Microsoft’s highest partner certification level and reflects the proven experience and expertise of FMS for creating solutions using Microsoft technology. Read on...

Protecting our Children with the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children (Feb 07)

We recently began working with the good people at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (www.ncmec.org) to see how we could help their efforts. We also learned a lot about how to better protect our children. Read on...

FMS Free Links to Outside Resources (Feb 07)

Can't find what you're looking for on Microsoft Access, .NET, SQL Server?  Visit our newly updated free links page and utilize the list of outside resources we've put together for your convenience.

Microsoft Featured White Paper, by Luke Chung, Updated (Jan 07)

In an effort to keep you, our customer, up with the latest advances in the industry, we have again updated one of the key white papers regarding Microsoft Access.

Learn when to use Microsoft Access and when to use SQL Server in your organization. This newly updated white paper discusses database needs, evolution, and challenges, the advantages, limitations, and myths of Access, and how to use Access and SQL Server strategically in your organization.

Total .NET SourceBook 2005 is Shipping (Oct 06)

FMS released Total .NET SourceBook 2005, the latest version of its best-selling professional source code library and code repository for Visual Studio .NET. The newest version supports Visual Studio .NET 2005 with a comprehensive collection of royalty free, ready-to-use .NET programming code in C# and Visual Basic .NET. Find out more...

FMS Celebrates 20 year Anniversary (Oct 06)

Founded in 1986, FMS is celebrating its 20th anniversary in business. This proud achievement is a very significant milestone for us. Very few companies survive so long, much less firms in our rapidly changing technology industry. Our success over the years stems from properly serving our customers, employees, and vendors through many business and technology cycles. And, of course, the continued support our customers give us for our innovation and customer service. We'd like to thank you...

New Versions of Total Access Analyzer Available (Oct 5, 2006)

FMS, Inc. is proud to release new versions of Total Access Analyzer with many new features and enhancements. Version 11.7 is now available for Access 2003, Version 10.7 for Access 2002/XP, and Version 9.7 for Access 2000. Total Access Analyzer is the most popular Microsoft Access add-in winning every industry “Best Access Add-in” award since 1994.  The new versions generate even more comprehensive documentation and analysis of Access databases to help help users and developers create better solutions.

FMS President Luke Chung featured on Microsoft website (Sep 06)

Learn when to use Microsoft Access and when to use SQL Server in your organization. This white paper discusses database needs, evolution, and challenges, the advantages, limitations, and myths of Access, and how to use Access and SQL Server strategically in your organization.

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