[AccessD] A couple of syntax questions

John Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Sat Jan 15 17:30:54 CST 2022


2/3 Yes move to a library and then reference it.  The point is to have
functionality in one place so that bugs only have to be fixed one place.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 4:26 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 1. If a procedure or function declaration is not declared Private, is it
> thus Public?
> 2. More a style question than a syntax question. Concerning the code behind
> a form, it sometimes happens to me that I realize that the body of what was
> a Private function could be extracted and turned into a public sub or
> function and reused elsewhere. Instinct tell me that this reusable sub or
> function should be moved outside the form's code and placed elsewhere.
> Correct, or doe it not matter?
> 3. Preamble: I have a collection of modules containing code that I'll need
> in most if not all serious projects (by serious I mean 100+ tables, as many
> basic forms to address the lookup tables etc., many more queries, and then
> all the master-detail forms). I have gather all these into a a database.
> Beginning a new project, I typically import all these functions and subs.
> Is there a better way, such as creating a library and referencing it,
> similar to the #include and "Uses" statements in other languages
>
> On another note, when I converted an app to 64-bit, I discovered that Rick
> Fisher's *Find and Replace* no longer worked. A little searching i Google
> led me to AccessDevTools' *Find and Replace. * They have a trial version,
> which I downloaded, tried for two days,and promptly bought a license. This
> product far surpasses; this is not meant as a slam on Rick's original
> product, not at all. For years regarded it as an essential tool. But now in
> the era of 64 and with the benefit of time, this product goes far beyond.
>
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