Microsoft Access third party utilities, products, tools, modules, etc.

(Last Updated: 2010/09/27)

Note that most of the below list has been compiled from newsgroup postings.  Your mileage may vary.  Where appropriate do ensure that you try their demo's before purchasing.

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• Developers Handbooks Every book in this series have been the most recommended book(s) in the newsgroups. Every time I open one of the books I save the cost of the book.
• FMS, Inc. Lots of Access programming tools

Miscellaneous
Multi Lingual Solutions
Microsoft Access Compatible Compression Solutions
Convert Access to VB, Delphi, Java or ASP 
Serial Port Communications
Access Compatible Grid Controls
Querying and Reporting
Creating PDF files
Calendars

WWW Tools

• Gatsby Application Server dynamically constructs a Web interface for Microsoft Access databases
• 1 Click DB Pro Software provides easy to use online administration and reporting for Microsoft Access, SQL Server and Oracle databases.
• r-Access is a database management system that provides fast and convenient way to view/edit remote (web hosted) MS Access databases over the Internet.
• GenericDB Your data online fast. (Open source)

ODBC Drivers

• OpenRDA ODBC Driver for UNIX and OpenVMS Access (no pun intended) to a database on Microsoft Windows
• OpenLink Software Universal Data Access Drivers

Case Tools

• MDB Artisan is an add-in that allows you to easily view your entire MDB structure in a hierarchal treeview format.
• MetaScope Information modeling and analysis software'
• DeZign for databases is a database development tool using an entity relationship diagram
• CASE Studio 2, you will create large Entity relationship diagrams for numerous databases in minutes

Access Version Execution Tools

Detects the version of Access used to create your MDB, MDE or MDA files and opens the appropriate msaccess.exe.

• ACCVER
• Version Check

Data Conversion, Import and Export

• Import Wizard easily import text based report files such as those generated by a printer spool file.
• Data Flow Manager Manage the flow of data in and out of the application
• Jasc QuickView Plus
• Conversions Plus
• Monarch report mining, data analysis and data transformation tool
• Data Junction Pricey though

Treeview Controls

• Component Toolbox (includes Treeview)
• Softel VDM SftTree/OCX
• Mabry TREE/X\
• TList 7/Pro Grid - List - Tree

SQL Server Upsizing Tools

• SSW Upsizing PRO! Also has lots of nice links
• Microsoft Access 97 Upsizing Tools (These tools are built in to Access 2000 and 2002.)
• My random thoughts on SQL Server Upsizing from Microsoft Access

MySQL

• Access-to-MySQL
• Using MySQL from Microsoft Access
• Migrating from Microsoft Access to MySQL
• MySQL ODBC Drivers 
• MySQL Connector/ODBC Frequently Asked Questions - Microsoft Access  
• FmPro Migrator migrates FileMaker Pro databases to MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase and DB2.  

Scan and replace utilities

• Find and Replace
• Speed Ferret
• ReplaceWiz
• Free Find and Replace Add-In Wizard for Microsoft Access
• V-Tools is a pack of nice and useful tools to enhance your developments including a search tool. 
• DataPipe - search and replace inside ADO and ODBC database records 

One person's opinion on Find and Replace vs. ReplaceWiz.

Compare Access databases

• FMS Inc Detective
• SSW DataRenovator
• CompareWiz
• CompareDataWiz.
• Klik! CompareLib
• DbWeigher
• AccessDiff
• DBBALANCE

Version Control

• Access Monitor
• SSW Data PRO!
• Microsoft's Visual Source Safe Also see Source Code Control in Microsoft Access 2000

Database backup systems

• SYA Backup for Microsoft Access
• DBMaintMS Database archival management system
• Baccess - Backup utility for Microsoft Access

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