Industrial Hypertext

AI apps, software development & inspections · Perth since 2002

Industrial Hypertext · Perth, Western Australia

Microsoft Access support and modernisation

Keep your Access database useful while improving the parts that need attention. We take over existing databases, fix reports and application logic, and help plan changes to the data layer or interface.

Discuss your Access database

Industrial Hypertext · Software development since 2002

Understand the database before changing it

Access applications often hold business rules across forms, reports, queries, linked tables and VBA. We review those dependencies and the workflow staff rely on before making changes.

If the original developer or power user has moved on, that review helps recover ownership. We can then scope the first fix, whether it is a report, import routine or form that is slowing the team down.

Improve the current workflow

Work can include validation, reporting, imports and exports, multi-user behaviour and reducing repeated data entry. The first scope focuses on the problem you need resolved and the processes that must keep working.

Existing Access work includes asset maintenance planning for local government, mortgage application capture and emergency response coordination. These are examples of databases supporting specific operational workflows.

Decide what stays and what moves

Access can remain a useful internal interface. Where remote access, data volume or permissions require a different approach, we can assess a SQL Server backend or a custom web application.

A staged plan can retain working forms while moving selected data or integrations. SQL Server support and software modernisation cover those next steps.

Start with the database and the issue

Tell us what the database does, who uses it and what you want improved. We can help with a contained fix or ongoing software development support.

Start with a conversation

Tell us what you would like built or improved. A few sentences are enough to discuss fit, scope and the next step. Response target: one business day.

Discuss your Access database