visitor contributors are Kerry Westphal, Chris Downs,
microsoft office product key, Krunal Sheth, James Rivera, and Michael Tucker—from the macro designer aspect crew. Macro Designer is usually a revamped editor that allows you to automate repetitive tasks; wire together forms and reports to create productive UI; and implement business logic in Access databases. We will talk more about business logic next week when we start the conversation about data macros. the best way to introduce this element is a demo: ##############img="no" mce_src="">
goal for the redesign was to help business users and developers be more productive, reduce coding errors, and create robust applications. There are five key usability improvements that support this goal: developer productivity with features such as the action catalog, IntelliSense for expressions,
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genuine microsoft office 2010 update key, and copy/paste. Readable program flow and logic. Allow for more complex logic execution with support for nested IF/Else/Else If. Code faster through reuse of existing macros in your database. Share via email, newsgroup posts, blogs, and code sample web sites through XML. can see—the new layout looks more like code. The Expand Actions, Collapse Actions,
cheap microsoft office 2010 x86 key, Expand All, and Collapse All commands helps readability as you move around macros. Here is an example drill-through macro in Access 2007: is the same macro in collapsed view the new designer: a view with just the actions collapsed: what the macro looks like fully expanded—notice it reads like code: handling. One of the first things I do when someone asks me to help them debug their macro is add the On Error macro action to the top of the macro. I put a MessageBox at the bottom of the macro with a message that shows the error description:
all actions. By default the Action Catalog and Add New Action combo box show actions that execute in non-trusted databases. To see all actions (including the widely popular SetValue) click the Show All Actions command. Submacros are essential if you have lots of snippets of logic that is frequently reused and should only be modified in one place. This concept maps to the Macro Name column in the old macro designer. Groups. There is a new program flow construct called Group. This makes it easy to put macros into a group that expand/collapses jointly. search. The Action Catalog search box not only looks at the action name but also includes the action description. Search for “Query” to see what I mean… It also includes ApplyFilter, GoToRecord, and ShowAllRecords. rename. We renamed MsgBox to MessageBox but you can still type in MsgBox to add the action. database. The “In this database” node in the Action Catalog lists all the macros in your database. Drag and drop of database level macros creates a RunMacro(MacroName) action. You can then use the dropdown to call Submacros. Macro Library to create a RunMacro action with a dropdown of sub-macros:
If you drag an embedded macro it always creates a copy as embedded macro cannot be invoked from another macro. Expand and collapse code blocks with the Left and Right arrow keys. The ALT + Up and ALT + Down key strokes moves the selected action up and down. CTRL + drag copies the actions when you need to quickly duplicate logic. Enter “//” followed by text will create a comment with from the text.
for collapsed actions. Hover over a collapsed action displays a super tool tip with all the arguments:
quick tips. Hover over an argument provides useful tool tips. Here is the Where Condition argument for the OpenForm action: IF Block. The right click menu has some useful commands to help organize code and insert IF statements without using the Action Catalog. to VBA. Even with all the improvements to the macro designer,
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we will blog about how IntelliSense speeds up development and reduces errors.