What is the Fastest Way to Return the Record Count of a Table?

Roger Carlson has posted an interesting analysis of the various ways to get the record count of a table. Take a look here.

Treeview Example- Filling Recursively, Populating With Names of Folders

Here's another working Treeview example from the code archive at UtterAccess.

Quote: This little database illustrates the implementation of Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q20981 (How to Fill a Treeview Control Recursively). In addition, frmFolderExamples illustrates one way to fill the Treeview Control with the names of the folders located on a drive. It also shows how to return some of the properties of the treeview nodes as well as how to clear a treeview. I use some code harvested from Candace Tripp’s Browse and Open Files Database as well as ideas from Luiz Cláudio’s Treeview Control for Database Objects.

Roll-Your-Own “Traffic Light” Icon Set

Quote: Here’s a great tip suggested by Clint Covington. Using an expression and a Rich Text text box, you can create a traffic light indicator in an Access form or report, as in the following illustrations:

I really like this use of a Rich Text text box. We used it in my shop successfully- I think it was the first Access 2007 specific feature we used. (Rich Text text boxes became part of Access in the 2007 version, I think.) Take a look at http://blogs.msdn.com/access/archive/2009/04/16/roll-your-own-traffic-light-icon-set.aspx

This solution gives more options for colouring controls on your forms and reports than conditional formatting does.

Using Right-Click With Treeview Nodes

Lets say you have a treeview and you want a user to be able to right-click a node and then be able to either delete it, copy it, or view details about it. How do you trap the right-click event? How do you show a context menu? And how do you know what node was clicked?

There's no OnRightClick event for Treeviews- that would have been the easiest solution. There are MouseUp and MouseDown events that know what mouse button was pushed- maybe that would help.

It turns out the secret is MouseUp.

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