awilbert / access-vba

Visual Basic subroutines for Microsoft Access databases

#Microsoft Access VBA snippets

Small & higly commented Visual Basic subroutines for Microsoft Access databases. Topics cover a wide variety of applications and are created as a learning tool in order to easily add them into your own applications. All scripts written by Adam Wilbert and are free to use, dissect, explore and reappropriate however you wish.

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##Backup back-end database Creates a backup of a back-end database triggered from the front-end. First determines the current path and name of the back-end file, then appends an abbreviated day of the week to the backup file and places a copy in a \backup\ subfolder.

• backendBackup.vba

##Hide ribbon Simple one line code to attach to a button On-Click event in order to hide (or show) the Access Ribbon toolbar. Can also be triggered by a startup form's On-Load event in order to hide the ribbon when the database launches.

• hideRibbon.vba