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“Don’t Panic!” A FastForms/VBA project goes awry….

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, which was a radio show back in the 70′s, is near and dear to the hearts of many geeks. It branched out into many forms, including books and video games, over the years. What I remember most fondly is the Commodore 64 [...]

VBA and Yellow Mnemonic Inconsistencies

When a screen has been customized with VBA, the mnemonic background is yellow. The reason for this is for the admin, or Made2Manage techs, to quickly determine whether a screen has been customized or not. FastForms customizations are designated by an italicized mnemonic.

Over the years, I’ve noticed a few [...]

Blah Blah. Click ignore to get back to work.

As I mentioned in a previous post, this is a typical red box error you will get from Made2Manage.

Compared to some of the red box errors, this one is actually descriptive.

Some other examples are:

107 Operator/operand type mismatch.
5 Record is out of range.
13. Alias ‘SLCDPM’ is not found.
1429 OLE IDispatch exception [...]

Has anyone ever answered yes?

All joking aside, do any of you intentionally answer yes to make M2M Expert your homepage while installing M2M?

Do you answer yes to make M2M Expert your homepage?

Always
Occasionally
Are you kidding? Never

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Hold On To Your Butts… (You Need a Test Server)

In a previous post, I emphasized the importance of testing customizations.

The Made2Manage implementation consultants that I’ve known have all recommended having a practice company. The directions for creating one are posted on M2M Expert, and of course this is a necessity. However, I take it a step further and keep a [...]

SA! Why’d it have to be SA?

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“Snakes! Why’d it have to be snakes?”- Indiana Jones

The Made2Manage ERP system accesses its database with one login. I suspect the reason they do so is because it makes programming easier. So, while [...]

This makes me see red.

If you haven’t seen this error, then you haven’t been working with Made2Manage long enough. In case anyone reading this hasn’t seen it, the error indicates that the expected printer name wasn’t found. The most common cause is when a user saves their printer of choice in the printer setup of [...]

What we got here is… failure to communicate.

“What we got here is… failure to communicate.”- Cool Hand Luke

In a previous post, I described my basic process for creating customizations. For many programmers, writing code is much easier than communicating with users, so I’d like to expound upon that process.

Essentially, the problem is this. The user should [...]

First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule, Daniel-san, not mine. (VBA)

Typically, “Hello World” is the first bit of programming we all do. It is the simplest, and most basic way to interact with the computer, essentially Marco Polo for adults.

Important: All information on this site is provided “as is” for informational purposes only.
In particular, all code samples are provided “as is” without [...]

VBA Tips and Why Dalton Should be a Beta Tester

Now that I’m sure you’re all fired up about learning VBA the next question has to be….

How do I learn VBA?

I’m glad you asked. Have you taken class “M2M Foundations and VBAe” or watched the pre-recorded version? If not, stop reading now and go do that first. After you’ve done that the best [...]

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