Wow time is flying! Looks like my last post was in June! I built this example due to frustration. I was trying to find a way to look at and manipulate appointments in my Outlook calendar for a three month time span. The tool that I built, ultimately loaded the pulled outlook calendar items into a table. I decided not to include that part in this article as it is pretty … [Read more...] about Download Outlook Calendar VBA Example
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Simple Mortgage Calculator Function | Excel, Access VBA
There are a lot of ways to calculate a mortgage payment in Excel. I honestly haven’t made any attempts to calculate a mortgage payment in Access using standard functions. There has to be a way, but for fun, I thought that I would share a simple function. To use this function, insert it into a module. For Excel, make sure you save your Excel document as a "Macro-Enabled" w … [Read more...] about Simple Mortgage Calculator Function | Excel, Access VBA
File Dialog Save-As in VBA Export Table by Name | Microsoft Access
Sometimes it is necessary to export a table to create a backup, share data with a team member, or whatever... Here is how you export a table using the File Dialog object in Access with VBA. This example will work in Access 2007 - 2013. UPDATE 02/16/2015: Added reusable code for file save-as dialog box. Create a new module or add the following code to an existing … [Read more...] about File Dialog Save-As in VBA Export Table by Name | Microsoft Access
Set Appointment in Outlook With VBA in Access or Excel 2010, 2013
When writing automation for certain processes, it is sometimes important to set a follow-up reminder appointment for the next step. For this task, I wrote a very simple script that sets a reminder in Outlook. This script is super simple and can be improved several different ways. For simplicity sake, I decided to leave out the fancy "With" procedure and just use the object … [Read more...] about Set Appointment in Outlook With VBA in Access or Excel 2010, 2013
Calculate Date in Business Days in VBA Without Database Tables
In a recent project, I had to build a program to calculate an end date in either business days or calendar days based on certain criteria. This solution had to work in both Excel and Access and needed to run without the use of database tables. Business Day Calculation Requirements The criteria I used to determine the definition of a business day was any non holiday weekday. … [Read more...] about Calculate Date in Business Days in VBA Without Database Tables