AEU Meeting Date 6 Aug 2025 starting at 18:00 UK Time (UTC+1) Last Updated 10 Aug 2025
Meeting Details:
This Access Europe meeting will be on Wednesday 6 August 2025 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC+1) and finishing at about 19:15 (7.15PM)
The start time is equivalent to 19:00 (7PM) in Central Europe and 10AM in Seattle / PST
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Topic outline:
In this session, Colin Riddington will be demonstrating several recently released new Access features including:
• VBA support for modern charts
• command line project signing and timestamping
• new Create SQL Query button
• significant improvements to the Monaco SQL editor.
He will also discuss the scope of two significant new Access features recently announced that will be rolling out to users later this year: Responsive Forms and Large Monitor Support
a) Add Zoom slider magnification to Microsoft Access
Access will add a magnification slider (10% to 500%) to the status bar at the lower right of the application, similar to the feature in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
It will also be keyboard accessible and available on the ribbon.
This responsive behaviour will be provided so that forms, reports and all controls can be adjusted for different screen resolutions and form factors.
In other words, Access will finally have a built-in feature similar to the functionality provided by Colin's own Automatic Form Resizing code.
However, it is expected that this native functionality will have a broader scope.
It is likely that various parts of this feature will be released in 4 stages over a period of months starting with form view, then report view followed by datasheets and finally design view for both forms and reports.
b) Modernize Access Forms and Reports to work well on Large Format Monitors
As part of this, the current 22.75 inch limit on Access form and report widths will be removed so that both types of object can make effective use of the space available on large format monitors.
The new functionality will significantly increase this limit, probably by far more than just doubling it. Details to follow.
Rollout of these new features was originally expected to begin in June/July 2025 but is now scheduled to start in September 2025.
For more details about both of these new features, see the article: Access Roadmap Updated Twice - Apr 2025 elsewhere on this website.
Background Info:
Colin has been an Access developer for over 25 years with many years teaching in secondary schools. He is the owner of Mendip Data Systems and is based in the U.K.
Colin has been awarded MVP status for M365 Apps & Services (Access) each year from 2022 onwards.
He is the chapter president of the Access Europe user group and has been a presenter at various Access online groups including Access DevCon, Denver Area AUG, UKAUG and the Lunchtime/Easter/Pacific and Espana chapters of AccessUserGroups.org.
He also part of a team of current and former MVPs contributing as both author and editor to the AccessForever website run by Karl Donaubauer (MVP).
Colin is active on many forums with the username Isladogs.
His Isladogs on Access website includes many Access articles, example apps, sample code and security challenges, together with commercial applications for businesses, schools and developers. He also has his own YouTube channel.
His focus is on extending the boundaries of what can be achieved using Access.
Links:
Links to articles and example apps mentioned in this presentation
VBA Support for Modern Charts: https://isladogs.co.uk/modern-charts-code
Command line project signing: https://isladogs.co.uk/command-line-signing
Code Signing VBA Projects with Timestamp: https://isladogs.co.uk/code-sign-timestamp
Create SQL Query button: https://isladogs.co.uk/create-sql-query
Monaco SQL Editor Improvements: https://isladogs.co.uk/monaco-improvements
Responsive forms / Large Monitor Support: https://isladogs.co.uk/access-roadmap-update-apr25
Automatic Form Resizing: https://isladogs.co.uk/automatic-form-resizing-1
Downloads:
PDF of the presentation used in this session:
Click to download: New & Forthcoming Access Features Approx 0.6 MB (PDF)
PDF of the presentation to the Access team (Jan 2025):
Click to download: Large Monitor Support & Responsiveness - Wish List Approx 0.1 MB (PDF)
Video:
The meeting was recorded and the video is now available on the Access Europe YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/2dctRW5aU3s or you can click below:
Colin Riddington Mendip Data Systems Last Updated 10 Aug 2025
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