Build an Event Countdown Reminder Popup Form in Microsoft Access

Never miss a deadline again! In this Microsoft Access tutorial, I'll show you how to build an event countdown reminder form. You can add events to a table, and when your database starts up, a form will automatically pop up showing you how many days you have left until each of your events. We'll also make buttons to easily close the form, edit an event, add new events, or delete events - complete with an "are you sure?" prompt. While this database can't help you prepare for these events, at least it will help you to not miss them.
Meghan from Albany, Georgia (a Gold Member) asks: It seems I'm always missing events. Yeah, I put them on my calendar, and I set alarms, but I'm always dismissing them and forgetting about important stuff. Is there any way I could have Access pop a huge reminder in my face that says "you have that conference in 2 days!" It would be nice if I could see the next 3 or 4 things coming up so I know what's going on. Thanks.
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The maximum number of conditional formatting items you can have in Microsoft Access is 49. If you try to add more than that, you'll get the error "Run-time error '7966': The format condition number you specified is greater than the number of format conditions."
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[@Jojosmith342]

all thumbs up to the best teacher Richard for another valuable lesson. Thank you Richard

[@senorimotor]

This was great! Now we are notified to when an inspection tool calibration expires!

[@599CD]

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[@hassanrozh6579]

Dim Great as MsgBox
Great = "Thanks so much Mr. Richard ROST, for this great video."

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thank you, this is simple yet very helpful

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Welcome

[@gregorytaylor2749]

Great tutorial! Thanks!!

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[@destinyfarm5839]

Thanks for the video. My dashboard is too big and the popup shows up behind the dash. Not sure if I missed a step or not. I also do not delete data so dismissing event or acknowledging the event would be better. Thanks again.

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Welcome

[@abdojohnson2289]

Hello , thank you for all precious tutorials , how can we add a calendar and link it with this form?

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[@thewolfofbitcoin6175]

Nice video!!!

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Great!!!!!!

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It’s not a Richard video without a bad dad joke added in somewhere! 🤣🤣🤣

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[@ryanw1906]

How do you have the overlay style scrollbars in Access? I'm using the latest Stable 365 version (2207).

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I didn't do anything new. They just showed up to the party. I've got 2207 as well (Build 15427.20210).

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@@599CD What version of Windows? I'm on the same office release!

[@gregoryjeffries8475]

Rather than delete, set to complete, cancel, reschedule.

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Great ideas.