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		kwhitefoot on Oct 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't... I partially fixed that by splitting the mdb into a front end and a back end where the back end was only tables (no UI, no queries) and launching the front end mdb from a simple command script that copied it to the users tmp directory first. Then at least I could fix bugs in the UI and after a while that's where most of the bugs were.

onefuncman on Oct 31, 2019 [–]

huh, i just posted before i saw this comment that I never saw anyone plan out their access database like this, kudos

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