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February 2009
For Microsoft Access, SQL Server,
Visual Studio .NET, and VB6 Professionals
Hi Everyone!
Being in Virginia, just outside of Washington DC, we were
swept up by the excitement of President Obama's
inauguration. Contrary to expectations, the crowds weren't
nearly as large and the traffic quite reasonable. Since my
kids were off from school and no one gave me tickets to an
inauguration ball, I and many locals headed out of town and
watched the whole thing on TV from a warm place.
Now the real work begins, and we're pleased to play a
small role in the new administration. The US State
Department selected FMS to provide ASP.NET web development
services.
Outside the government, we've seen a significant increase
among organizations seeking to leverage their existing
technologies and applications as resources get tighter and
the future less predictable. If you haven't already, read my
article about
application development and using existing talent in
these challenging times. By allocating investments to
address immediate needs and improving individual
productivity, we can overcome the challenges of today while
positioning ourselves for the future.
One of those areas is improved communication via email
which is featured in this month's issue. Discover the power
of personalized emails that include data and reports, and
how Total Access Emailer lets you do that very easily.
Best wishes,
Luke Chung
President
Contents
Taking Advantage
of Emailing Microsoft Access Data and Reports
One of the most powerful ways to increase productivity is
automating the distribution of personalized data to your
contacts. Whether they are customers, prospects, or internal
people, simplifying communications is a wonderful result of
all your efforts collecting and analyzing data.
Join the discussion on my
blog posting and learn how people are using our
Total Access
Emailer program to improve their communications, and
engaging our
Professional Solutions group to create custom email
solutions.
Product Feature: Total Access
Emailer
Total Access Emailer lets you create personalized emails to
everyone on your list. Easily customize your subject and
message, add data specific to each recipient, and even send
them their reports. Send text or HTML message with embedded
graphics. The Access 2007 version even lets you attach your
Access reports as PDF files filtered for each recipient.
For more information on all our upcoming Access 2007 related
products, visit
Schedule for Access 2007
Excel
Security Patch Prevents Pasting Data into Access
(Part 2)
Have you seen this error:
The data on the Clipboard is damaged, so Microsoft Office
Access can't paste it.
We covered this in last month's issue and
even though Microsoft shipped a new Excel security patch,
this conflict with Access remains.
We've revised our description of the problem
and offer three workarounds, two which do not require
removing the patch.
Online Books and Review of FMS Products
Our friend Alison Balter is a popular
speaker, author, and trainer in the Microsoft Access
community. She's been a user and fan of our products for
many years. In her Mastering Office Access 2003
book, she wrote a whole chapter on Third Party Tools That
Can Help You Get Your Job Done Effectively, where she
covered many of our
Access related products. This chapter, book and many
others are now available online either in part of in total
through Google Book Search.
Access Tip:
Easily Synchronize Two Related Subforms on a Microsoft
Access Form
Subforms provide a powerful way to easily see related
data, especially one-to-many relationships, without writing
code. Access automatically filters the data in the subform
based on data in the master form. This is accomplished by
setting the
Link Master Fields and Link Child Fields properties of a
subform.
Access
Tip: Revised Access Error List with Database
Our list of all the internal
Microsoft Access error numbers and error descriptions now
has a database with the descriptions by Access version in a
table. Use it as a reference or for your own lookups across
Access versions.
Recent Activity from our Professional Solutions Group
 FMS
is honored to provide custom application design and
development work for the headquarters of the US State
Department in Washington, DC.
The State Department is using our ASP.NET development and
SQL Server database expertise to enhance one of their
existing public web site which is being converted from
legacy ColdFusion and Delphi technologies.
Contact us to
discover how we can help your mission.
Thank you for your continued interest in FMS, Inc.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Your Friends at FMS |
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