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I will ask Eric back to further explain the framework.

Hi Ron. Thanks for asking. This was a pilot test for a format we're experimenting with for YouTube videos. Our goal is a video ~15 minutes long. The remainder of the discussion-- another hour and a half, was not recorded. Would you like to hear more about the concept of a Superclass Framework?

Is it not possible to share an accdb instead of a PDF so that people can get a better insight into the structures and functions? If you can share that accdb, remove and confidential data.

Interesting alternative viewpoint. I wish you'd had the opportunity to participate in the after-presentation discussion.

The video from Eric Blomquist's April 2nd presentation of his Access Root Interface and Object Superclass Framework for the Pacific chapter of Access User Groups is now available on YouTube. Links to articles further describing them are in the video description. Eric Blomquist walked us...

No, because that does not seem useful to me since the resulting tempvar would still be a untyped. I'm willing to be corrected, though, if I'm wrong.

At least that's the theory. :unsure:

Basically, the wrapper returns the value extracted from the tempvar, appropriately typed.

Partly for this reason I have wrapper functions for tempvars. Option Compare Database Option Explicit Public Function TempVarsBoolean(ByRef VarName As String) As Boolean TempVarsBoolean = Nz(TempVars(VarName), False) End Function Public Function TempVarsDouble(ByRef VarName As String) As...

Screenshots are less useful than copying and pasting the actual SQL. Thanks.

Most of this rings a bell for me, with the exception of using a tablet or smart phone for mobile apps. I have several PowerApps apps that must be usable "while walking around." For example, one is a shopping list that goes to Walmart with me. I designed it specifically for a smart phone. I have...

It occurred to me to follow up with a comparison. Browser on top, iPhone on bottom.

Brilliant strategy. Once people actually see what a phone screen can accommodate, they can begin to consider realistic options. Another idea might be to ask them how many screens would they willing to navigate through to complete a multi-step process.

I've been thinking. https://www.gpcdata.com/blog/242

I think that you've made a pretty good case for the traditional saying, "Look before you leap." And that was, in a way, the thrust of my questions. I can't answer your questions in the abstract either. That's the crux of the matter, as I see it. It's relatively easy to talk about how...

Can you elaborate on the costs and resources required for a small to medium sized organization if they elect to create, say an Android app, or an iOS app, for their own internal users. How do they deploy and manage the app? How do they determine which users are "licensed" by that organization to...

Hybrid apps, with multiple interface formats, are totally viable. They do require careful thought about the strengths and weaknesses of each environment.

One option is indeed a browser-based interface, which is quite doable with an AI assistant even if you have little to no experience. Another is to use Microsoft PowerApps to create the mobile interface. One advantage is that the same app runs on virtually any device, even the Windows desktop...

Using Claude Code, I created a very basic MCP server to interact with a database and pull out specific, pre-defined data that can be emailed to another person requesting that data. I did it as a proof of concept. Maybe 2 hours of interacting with Claude Code to accomplish that starting from 0...

Sounds great in theory. In practice, are you saying that the MCP directly modifies the accdb itself?