Clint Covington: Software design, Microsoft Office Access
News, trends, and commentary about everything from software design (i.e. innovation, nailing scenarios, elegance), and my personal technology passion -- Microsoft Office Access.
Design for filter favorites functionality in forms
Access 2007 introduces a ton of new filtering tools that make it much easier to cut and slice data...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 12/08/2006
MSDN article "Ribbon Extensibility in Access 2007"
A couple of months ago I spent a few days learning how to write XML for ribbons. I got pretty...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 12/08/2006
MSDN article "Optimizing Microsoft Office Access Applications Linked to SQL Server"
There is a new article by my good friend Andy Baron about improving performance and updatability for...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 12/08/2006
Thoughts on Zune
First off, I want to say that I'm a big IPod fan--listening to my second player right now. I even...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 12/05/2006
PC World review of Access 2007
I'm back from vacation and digging out of a pile of email. I really enjoyed spending quality time...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 12/05/2006
Up to my neck in sand
If you are strolling down a sandy beach on a remote island and come across someone being buried up...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/26/2006
Ideas about creating great looking reports
Lately I have been thinking a bit about report design and how to make reports look great without...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/25/2006
Visual design of Web 2.0 sites and Access applications
I recently came across a blog post about common design elements for web 2.0 sites....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/24/2006
Find Your Data article by Access MVP, Doug Steele
Advisor Magazine has recently released (made free for download) an good article that walks you...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/20/2006
Outstanding review about Office Live on CNBC
I know I have posted a few Office Live links this week and some of you Access developers are getting...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/17/2006
InfoPath team blog on Data Collection
The InfoPath team has recently posted a blog on the new Access 2007 data collection feature....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/17/2006
SharePoint Server Review in CRN
I just came across a nice article about SharePoint on CRN....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/17/2006
Office Live launches today
Office Live is live! I know, I know--just couldn't resist. But it is true. Office Live released the...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/15/2006
PC Mag's Editors Choice - 4.5 out of 5 Stars!
PC Mag just released a review of Office 2007. They gave Office a 4.5 out of 5 stars....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/14/2006
Office Live and my wife's resume service home business
Three years ago my wife Taunya retired from Microsoft (she worked in Corp Analysis Relations) to...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/10/2006
Access 2007 Released to Manufacturing
3 years ago we started work on the most ambitious release of Access in a decade. The team worked...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/07/2006
Expense Reports database template
The past few days I have been working on an update to our Access 2000 Expense Report database. I'm...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/02/2006
New Access 2007 main page was just launched
Office Online just launched a site redesign that reworked the Access 2007 content. You might find it...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/01/2006
White paper on "Creating Managed Add-ins for Access 2007"
We just published a white paper on writing managed code inside Access. Here is the abstract: Learn...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 10/31/2006
My blogging frequency
I haven't posted much for a while--things on the Access team have been really busy. My team has been...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 10/26/2006
Access 2007 on MSDN TV
Last week the MSDN TV folks interviewed me about the new version. I gave a 25 minute demo that...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/18/2006
Maps and driving directions inside Access forms
Poking around on the web this weekend I found a nice shippet of code for integrating maps into an...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/15/2006
The marketing wheels start turning
I just noticed information about Access 2007 has been posted to the web....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/10/2006
Software that models business process
I had an interesting experience last weekend. The last couple days have been pretty hard on my eyes....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 04/08/2006
Death of an old friend -- Data Access Pages
The first project I worked on at Microsoft was Data Access Pages. I started off owning the Access/IE...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 03/23/2006
ActiveWin Beta 1 Access review with more screen shots
“Access 12 is an overwhelming update to interface wise, with new tools that enhance its existing...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 01/20/2006
Access 12 and Developers
Let me start by writing about two customer visits I made early in the development of Access 12 that...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 12/01/2005
First reviews on Office 12 are available
It is always fun to see your work get press! PCMag just published a review on Office 12 with few...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/17/2005
Access 12 Demo!
All of the session from PDC content is also available online to anyone, for free, for six full...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/04/2005
Office Live is coming...
This is a service designed for small businesses. It uses SharePoint as a large part of the service....
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 11/02/2005
Little about me...
Aloha! I’m heading on vacation to Hawaii today, but I thought I would get this blog started. I can’t...
Author: Clint Covington MS Date: 10/06/2005