MSH Library – Tools And Utilities Code Library

MSH Library – Tools And Utilities is a VBA code library providing tools for a large number of programming tasks. This library provides VBA code for:

Confirmations – confirm deletions and global data changes.
Data Validation – Validate user-entries with user-friendly error messages.
Dates – Populate combo-box/list-box controls with quarters of the year, compute the next quarter of the year, & other date-related tasks.
External Databases – Get the names of forms & reports in another database; open forms & reports in another database; create a new database linked to tables in the current database.
Files – Test the existence of disk files & folders; create a unique filename; extract file name, file type, & file path from a fully qualified path.
Strings – Make lists; assemble SQL WHERE clauses, filter strings; format names.
Tables – Test whether tables exist, create unique temporary table names.
UI Control – Control the appearance of the MS Access Navigation Pane.
Measurement Conversions – Over 45 functions to convert measurements – area, distance, volume, liquid, weight, temperature – in the same measurement system (e.g. pounds to ounces) or between US and Metric (e.g. centimeters to inches).
Sorting – Sort the contents of single or multi-dimensional arrays and single- or multi-column list-box and combo-box controls.
Operating System – Get information from the operating system, create Windows short-cut (LNK) files.
And More!

Other features of the MSH Library – Tools And Utilities v2014-10 library:

Contains full documentation in PDF format
Developed in MS Access VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)
For MS Access 2007 (Service Pack 3), MS Access 2010, and later
Modules, forms, and other database objects are unlocked and available for inspection and modification.

This is not public domain software. It is licensed to you at no cost.

MSH Library – Tools And Utilities v2014-10 and its documentation are released to you under one or more of the GNU Public Licenses. Each pertinent GNU license is included in full as attachments in the MSH Library – Tools And Utilities v2014-10.accdb. You may read the pertinent licenses in the MSH Library – Tools And Utilities documentation before downloading the source code. You agree to be bound by these license agreements at such time as you utilize the VBA source code, and/or distribute this or new versions of the code and/or its documentation.

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When the download is complete, follow these steps:
browse to where you saved MSH Library – Tools And Utilities v2014-10.zip, and right-click it.
Choose “Extract All” from the right-click menu.
Follow the prompts in the Extraction Wizard to extract the MSH Library – Tools And Utilities v2014-10.accdb file to a location of your choice.
Double-click the extracted MSH Library – Tools And Utilities v2014-10.accdb file.
Windows will launch MS Access and open the database application.
Unless you have extracted the .accdb file to a “trusted” location (as defined in your MS Access local configuration), you will see this security warning message under the MS Access ribbon: .
Click the Options button to display the Microsoft Office Security Options dialog (shown below).
In the Security Options dialog, Select the “Enable This Content” option and click OK. MS Access will now allow the VBA code in the demonstration database to execute.