Beginning Access 2000 VBA [With CDROM]

by Robert Smith, Ian Blackburn, David Sussman, et al.

Book Overview

What is this book about? Access 2000 is an important part of the Office 2000 program suite, and is available on both the Premium and Professional editions of Office 2000. Access has traditionally been the Office suite database program par excellence. It still remains that way, but with Office 2000 the face of Access is changing. This book will look at the traditional role of Access and its future uses in the Office suite. Using VBA (Visual Basic for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764543830
• ISBN13: 9780764543838
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Wrox Press
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Best Access VBA text I've seen so far

This is about the 10th book on Access VBA that I've read, and it is by far the best. The presentation is complete, and more importantly, logical. After studying this book, I finally feel like I understand how the various features work.

Have you guys bothered to go to their website?

All wrox books ship without CDs. You are supposed to download the code from their website.Shame on you who can't be bothered to visit their site even once!

Content is great- CD is lacking

The book itself is GREAT! Lots of great concepts and tips, etc. The only problem is the book ships with a CD that does not have all of the chapter examples! On page 29 it states they provide a file for each chapter, specifically for the work they have done in that chapter. None of the chapter by chapter examples are on the disk. You have to email the company to get them to send you the disk.

Where have all the Macros gone?

After developing in Access & SQL Server for a number of years, I was always intimidated by VB development and had made a conscious effort to develop "work-arounds" for my lack of hard-coding skill. However, my current project required that I take-over and inherit someone else's work. Imagine my horror when I discovered that the person who built the database I had to maintain had done so almost entirely in VBA (and didn't document a single word of code). Where were all the macros? Where had my happy place gone? I begrudgingly accepted the fact that I would have to learn VBA in order to fix this database and support it. Although I'm not quite through the book, I felt like it was written specifically for guys like me. You must know your Access and your basic theory of database, but if syntax and coding experience is what you need, this book is great. I plan on getting the "Professional" version by Wrox as well.

Wanna be an Access geek?

This book is an intermediate reference which I would NOT recommend to the absolute beginner. Get Evan Callahan's book of nearly the same title. THEN get this book because I have found it to be an invaluable reference. Great how-to examples for every common programming task. You WILL be a true Access geek when you get through this book. For graduation, treat yourself the Developer's Handbook. You'll actually understand what's in it.