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  1. MouseOver Highlighting on controls and continuous forms

    6 votes
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    1 comment  ·  Access (Desktop Application)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    This is important for UWP/Fluent -like apps for Windows 10.

  2. Macroes vs VBA in Button Wizard

    25 votes
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    10 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application) » Forms  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    Let's dump macros altogether and just use VB only. Let's make Access itself smaller.

  3. html

    4 votes
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    2 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    This would make it more efficient to add read-only documents inside forms. For example, to add a tab with an End User License Agreement (200+ words) takes a lot of labels and text boxes, quickly filling up the form and taking huge amounts of storage. It'd be better to add a single HTML page from another source.

  4. Add Insert SVG Icons

    16 votes
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    5 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    SVG Image support would also help in making UWP/Fluent compliant interfaces.

  5. Add /decompile to "Repair database"

    11 votes
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    4 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    Agreed!

  6. Join desktop and web database into a single solution that renders HTML5 user interface

    16 votes
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    3 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    I'm not sure how practical this really is, but if you go this route you might as well have Access build a Progressive Web App (PWA) that can run on anything.

  7. Function to completely hide Access Window (tick box)

    24 votes
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    2 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    This should be a simple setting under "Current Database" in the options. Likewise, it should be easy to set the top/left corner and height/width of the form relative to the screen--not just inside the Access app.

  8. conditional formating rules on controls

    7 votes
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    1 comment  ·  Access (Desktop Application) » Forms  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    The Conditional Formatting in Excel is a good starting point. The UI there is a little confusing, but it's very powerful!

  9. Increase font size of Property Sheet

    13 votes
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    4 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application) » Forms  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    Make this more like Visual Studio

  10. Touch screen compatible lists, scroll bars, etc.

    138 votes
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    4 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    This also underscores my request for UWP/Fluent controls...

  11. Allow custom controls and a gallery

    24 votes
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    1 comment  ·  Access (Desktop Application) » Forms  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    This is a good idea, but I'd be happy with at least 2-3 user-definable properties that we can use for our own purposes. Right now, I use the .tag property for this, but it's kind of a kludge.

  12. Add a TreeGrid Control

    64 votes
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  13. Improve the Basic Graphics Model

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  14. Improve the Event Model

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    0 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application) » Automating Tasks  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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  15. Improve Binary Data Storage in Tables

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  16. Better integration with SQL Server

    314 votes
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    29 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    Microsoft Access Product Team responded

    Thank you for your feedback.

    In terms of setting SQL Server as the default database format, that is currently not in scope for the Access product. We have provided and will continue to provide efficient methods to integrate your Access data with SQL server, and the team will continue to develop more features that streamline the data migration experience (see https://support.office.com/en-us/article/migrate-an-access-database-to-sql-server-7bac0438-498a-4f53-b17b-cc22fc42c979)

    However, the ACE database engine has and will continue to be Access’s central data storage unit.

    There are new features coming soon that will improve the Access: SQL experience, and we are excited to share this news. Please stay tuned! :)

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    Anonymous commented  · 

    This should include supporting all SQL Server datatypes, the same SQL language, real SQL parameter support, rules, etc...

    And don't stop there: match SQL Server terminology, like Views instead of Queries. If you take this far enough, you could dump both JET and ACE. That said, we don't want a copy of SQL Server added to the package.

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  17. Add a Development Tab/Ribbon to the UI

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  18. Make the 'Compact and Repair Database' function automatic on saves

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    2 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application) » Automating Tasks  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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  19. Ability to view the Field list in the VBA Code Module

    26 votes
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  20. Enhance the SQL Editor

    364 votes
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    17 comments  ·  Access (Desktop Application) » Queries  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    Planned  ·  Microsoft Access Product Team responded

    The Access team is adjusting our status for this request – we are planning to embed the Monaco Editor (support for SQL Editor improvements) into Access, to be released within the next semester (first half of 2021), which will provide capabilities such as syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, SQL comments, and more. We are excited to have this capability released by next year, and we appreciate the energy and enthusiasm on this feature request. We still have a long ways to go to improve our experience with SQL, so please stay tuned as we execute on this objective!

    Thanks,
    -Access Product Team

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    Anonymous commented  · 

    Why not combine the editing of everything: SQL, VBA, and Expressions in a single simplified VS-like editor?

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