Just curious if anyone else testing the Modern Web Browser control has been experiencing rendering/display issues similar to:
Modern Web Browser control – Display Problems
Category Archives: MS Access Bugs
Modern Web Browser Control YouTube Series
For any of you trying to get a grasp of the new Modern Web Browser control, beyond my set of articles on the subject found here, I have also started to release a YouTube series of videos. Below is a direct link to the Modern Web Browser playlist:
Access Images Pixelated/Poor Quality
Over the years, I have seen countless posts regarding images in reports rendering very pixelate images even though the image itself was of decent quality & displayed and printed fine in other applications.
Access seems to always render default bmp, wmf or ico formats, but outside of those things can get dicey at times.
Some have said this issue became more of an issue when Office 2007 came out. I can neither confirm nor deny this claim.
Now there are plenty of suggestions out there, and there were some fixes put out over the years (images not rendering at all, …), but today I thought I’d offer up another potential workaround.
Access – This database is attempting to establish a connection with a remote SQL server
Fellow MVP Alum George Hepworth just recently flagged a new ‘feature’ that he ran into in which at the startup of his database he suddenly started receiving a message box stating
This database is attempting to establish a connection with a remote SQL server, click “Yes” to proceed.
Yes | NoMicrosoft Access
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Access – List of Bugs
As I had posted a short while ago, a bunch of MVPs set off to do what Microsoft has, thus far, refused to do: provided timely, detailed supported of bugs as soon as they are spotted in the wild and impacting users.
A New Microsoft Access Bug Tracking Website
As many of you are aware, for years, I tried to keep up with the onslaught of continual Microsoft Office/Access bug on this very blog, some (not all) are mentioned in my article: That said, bug tracking has truly become a full-time job as more and more bugs occurs and trying to keep the information…
The truth of the matter is Microsoft is a HUGE entity and everything there has procedures to follow, approvals to be gotten, so most everything runs at a snails pace. Hence, even confirming and then documenting bugs has shown MS to be less than responsive leaving users holding the bag for days, weeks … (and this isn’t due to the Dev Team not being aware of and actively working on the problems!)
Access – The Case Of The Missing Ribbon Icons
Today, I opened a database that I haven’t used in a while that has a custom ribbon and only had half of the icons showing?!
I’m sure many of you out there can relate, when I encounter a random problem I assume it has to be something I am doing wrong. However in this specific instance, this is a longstanding database that has been in operation for well over a decade. So, I started my troubleshooting by following the typical steps:
- reviewed the Ribbon XML
- validated the images existed. No issue there
- reviewed the VBA code behind the ribbon
- ensured my database compiled properly
- tried updating the xmlns (xml namespace), but that made no difference either
Access – The Mysterious Case Of The Listbox Order Exception
Just a quick note.
I was working on a little sample I wanted to post here and thought I was loosing it when I couldn’t get a textbox to go in front of a listbox. I tried using the ‘Bring to front’ & ‘Send to back’ commands numerous time, nothing worked. I was as perplexed as our turkey friend here!
I thought it had to be me doing something blatantly wrong so I reached out to the Access Dev Team only to have them confirm the behavior. They informed me that it wasn’t possible.
Say What?! Is someone pulling my leg?
I can successfully place a textbox on top of a textbox, combobox, checkbox, …,command button, web browser, …, but not a listbox? Seriously.
Microsoft Office/Access V2206 – Stay Away!
I previously reported issues with V2206 (actually the version varies depending on your Update Channel! just to add complexity to the mess) breaking MDEs/ACCDEs at startup, you can read all about it in my article
Access - MDEs & ACCDEs Breaking
As reported to me earlier in the day (by Mark D) and now confirmed by multiple sources, it would seem we have another bug to add to our long list impacting MDEs & ACCDEs . You know you’ve been impacted by this issue if you receive the following error message: The expression on open you…
I’ve also received reports and seen in various forums that things are even worse, that 2206 breaks other features such as:
DoCmd.TransferText
DoCmd.OutputTo
…
Reporting an error along the lines of:
Runtime error ‘3125’:
‘FileName’ is not a valid name. Make sure that it does not include invalid characters and it is not too long.
Access – MDEs & ACCDEs Breaking
As reported to me earlier in the day (by Mark D) and now confirmed by multiple sources, it would seem we have another bug to add to our long list impacting MDEs & ACCDEs .
You know you’ve been impacted by this issue if you receive the following error message:
The expression on open you entered as the event property setting produced the following error. Requested type library or wizard is not a VBA project.
another report presented the error as being:
The expression you entered as the event property setting produced the following error:
The expression may not result in the name of a macro, the name of a user-defined function, or [Event Procedure]. There may have been an error evaluating the function, event, or macro.
This appears to impact:
- MS365 all versions (July 12, 2022 update) – It is widespread and the build varies depending on the Update Channel you are using
- KB5002121 for Office 2013
- KB5002112 for Office 2016
Access – Bug – The Case of the Disappearing Status Bar
It has been reported by 2 different MVPs now where the Status Bar just ups and leaves, disappears. And when 2 distinct MVPs experience the same issue, Huston, we have a bug!
No big deal right! The obvious solution being to simply reset the database option to enable the Status Bar:
File -> Options -> Current Database -> Display Status Bar (under the Application Options heading)
Yet, this did nothing for either of them!
Sound familiar to anyone? Haven’t we seen this behavior before, remember:
Open last used database when Access starts Not Working
There’s a new bug with Access 2016 in which the Open last used database when Access starts property does not work. This issue also seem to involve hung msaccess.exe process, so Access does not appear to be shutting down properly. When exiting Access, be sure to use check the Windows Task Manager for hung processes…
So what is one to do exactly, mess around in the registry obviously! 🙂