/Access-Add-In-Helper

A tool to help create MS Access Add-Ins as well as provide a free catalog of MS Access Add-Ins.

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The Microsoft Access Add-In Helper

The Microsoft Access Add-In Helper is a free tool to help create MS Access Add-Ins (ACCDA files) as well as provide a public catalog of free Access Add-Ins. The idea for this tool is two fold:

  1. An ACCDA Builder Tool - The initial idea for this tool was to create a tool to provide a GUI for creating Access Add-Ins from existing Access applications. The idea is that you first create an Access application that you want to make as an Add-In, get the app working exactly how you want it to work, and then run your Access application through this tool to generate an Access Add-In (.accda) file. The tool will do everything needed to generate an Access Add-In (.accda) file from the Access application (.accdb) file.

  2. An Access Add-In Catalog - The secondary purpose of this tool is to provide a catalog of all the known free Access Add-Ins available on the internet. It is my hope that people will use this tool to make more Access Add-Ins that they will also share with the community for free, and that we can list those (future) Add-Ins in the catalog here.

The Access Add-In Helper tool provides all of this functionality 100% for free! I hope that you enjoy this tool and create many new Add-In applications for Microsoft Access!

*** WARNING - THIS PROJECT IS IN ALPHA TESTING ***

This software tool is still in ALPHA TESTING MODE and may have issues/problems/bugs, may be incomplete, or may not work correctly in all cases.

***** Use this tool AT YOUR OWN RISK! *****

How to Download

For 64-bit systems, download the x64 files from here: 64-bit Download

For 32-bit systems, download the x86 files from here: 32-bit Download

*For 32-bit versions of MS Office (or MS Access) installed on 64-bit Windows, choose the 32-bit download.

How to Install

To install this program, complete the following steps:

  1. Download the appropriate version of the MS Access Add-In Helper ZIP file to your desktop.

  2. In some cases, you may need to right-click on the ZIP file, choose "Properties" and uncheck the "block" on the ZIP file in the Windows "File Properties" dialog.

  3. Unzip the downloaded zip file and copy the "AccessAddinHelper" folder to some location on your computer, like "C:\AccessAddinHelper" for example.

  4. Double-click on the "AccAddinHelper.accde" file to run the application in Microsoft Access.

How to Use

To use this program:

  1. Double click the "AccAddinHelper.accde" file to open it in Microsoft Access.

  2. When opened in Access, the "Start" form should open. The "Start" form provides buttons to navigate to different parts of the application.

  3. To create a new Add-In, click the "Create Add-In" button to start a new Add-In project.

  4. To view Add-Ins you've created with the tool, click the "My Add-Ins" button to see a list of the Add-In projects you created.

  5. To view the Free Access Add-In Catalog, click the "Add-Ins Catalog" button to see a list of known Access Add-ins.

Project Contributors

A great big THANK YOU to all the people and entities that have helped with this project:

  1. George Hepworth - For hosting the Access Pacific Users Group and inspiring this tool.

  2. Crystal Long - For her contributions to the Access Pacific Users Group and the information she documented about creating Microsoft Access Add-Ins.

  3. The Access Pacific Users Group - For their community help and support of Access and their contributions to testing this tool.

  4. Geoffrey Griffith - For his work to create this 100% free Microsoft Access Add-In builder and tracking tool.

Other Free Microsoft Access Tools:

Some other projects I've created in MS Access that I've also made available 100% FREE:

  1. Access Database Property Editor Add-In

  2. Remove VBA Line Numbers Add-In

  3. Win32 API Declarations for VBA