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Database development on WindowsForum.com covers the tools and techniques used to build data-driven applications, with a focus on Microsoft's desktop database stack. Recent discussion highlights Microsoft Access, including the version 2608 change that lets combo boxes and list boxes use LinkMasterFields and LinkChildFields directly, enabling cascading choices without VBA. That shift matters for developers maintaining forms built on hierarchical data, since it reduces custom event procedures and manual requeries. The tag suits threads about Access form design, no-code and low-code approaches, and practical database work on Windows.
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    Access 2608 Adds No-Code Cascading Combo and List Boxes

    Microsoft Access is gaining a small-looking control change with an outsized effect on forms that depend on hierarchical data. Beginning with Access version 2608, combo boxes and list boxes were reported to support the familiar LinkMasterFields and LinkChildFields properties directly, enabling...
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