Mastering Access 2000 - Softcover

Simpson, Alan; Olson, Elizabeth; Robinson, Celeste

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0782126286 ISBN 13: 9780782126280

Publisher: Sybex Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Here is everything you need to develop professional-level custom applications for Access 2000. The two Access 2000 Developer's Handbooks are logically divided into desktop and enterprise areas, and give exhaustive coverage of how to develop robust, bullet-proof Access applications for real-world situations. The Visual Basic Language title shows you how to use Visual Basic and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to create powerful applications through VB programming, including those that need to interact with other VBA-licensed products. Each book is accompanied by a CD that's loaded with reusable code and tools. Get three books, three CDs, and a $20 U.S. savings -- this is a package that needs to be on the bookshelf of every serious Access 2000 developer!

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Review

It's your information--what are you going to do with it? If you've decided on Microsoft's premier database program, Access 2000, do yourself a favor and consider getting Mastering Access 2000 as well. Written for all but the nimblest data wizards, it contains detailed instructions for everything from basic use to advanced programming, and it can help you get up to speed quickly and easily.

Well-organized and clearly illustrated, each set of procedures, such as searching databases, creating macros, and Visual Basic programming, practically jumps off the page and begs you to learn it. Though its chapters are set up in order of increasing complexity, the excellent indexing allows particular techniques to be found efficiently. The book even includes a "Master's Index," which alphabetizes features of Access and covers the "need to know" information for each one--a very nice touch.

Mastering Access 2000 comes with a CD-ROM full of sample database files, fonts, and shareware programs such as Check Writer 2000 to power up your information systems. Whether you use Access every day or it's been gathering electronic dust on your hard drive, you'll find yourself using it more effectively after adding Mastering Access 2000 to your reference shelf. --Rob Lightner

From the Back Cover

Master the Power of Access 2000--Including Its Most Advanced Features

This specially expanded edition of Mastering Access is the most complete Access book available anywhere. Written by two Access experts, Mastering Access 2000 Premium Edition teaches you everything you need to know to get the most out of this powerful business tool. Inside, you'll find in-depth coverage of Web publishing, subdatasheet views, macro development, improved SQL Server integration, and scores of other features that will improve your productivity at home and in the office-wherever and however you use Access.

Become an Access 2000 master:

• Create a database that meets your precise needs
• Design effective and easy-to-use forms
• Drill down into information to gather pertinent facts
• Import and export data
• Examine data using subdatasheet views
• Create PivotTables
• Filter data and create reports
• Publish Access data to a Web server
• Personalize Access menus and toolbars
• Keep your data secure
• Take advantage of improved integration with other Office applications
• Create custom error messages

Then tackle these cutting-edge topics:

• Record and run macros
• Maintain data with macros
• Handle complex macro navigation
• Use macros to work with groups of records
• Spot and correct macro errors
• Use Access as SQL Server's front end
• Use Access as the core of a database-driven Web site
• Manage replication and conflict resolution
• Use VB to get the most out of Access

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0782126286
• ISBN 13: 9780782126280
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1162