Access 2002 VBA Handbook [With CDROM]

By Delores M. Etter and Jeanine A. Ingber

Book Overview

How Far Can You Go with Access 2002? The answer depends on your knowledge of VBA programming. If you really want to get the most out of Access, the Access 2002 VBA Handbook is essential reading. If you are an experienced user of Access, you get the step-by-step instruction you need to be dramatically more productive. And if you are a more experienced developer, you get the advanced VBA programming skills you need to build the Access applications your users require. Coverage includes * Running queries to find specific records * Automating complex and time-consuming procedures * Importing data from existing data sources * Synchronizing forms and tables * Understanding the ADO and DAO models * Understanding the essentials of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) * Customizing the Access user interface * Creating procedures to change Access's default error-handling processes * Accessing data using OLE DB and ODBC * Creating VBA procedures for navigating a database or project * Writing VBA procedures using object properties and methods * Creating relationships between forms * Executing commands using SQL statements in VBA code * Using ActiveX controls in your VBA procedures

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782140130
• ISBN13: 9780782140132
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Sybex
• Length: 880 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Can't use it enough!

This book has been all that I hoped it would be. I use it as a tutorial one day and a reference the next. I was a beginner Access VBA developer and now with this book I have become much more comfortable around VBA. So much more comfortable that I have developed 4 financial Access applications that are going to be used by multiple departments. I recently picked up the Access 2002 Developer's Handbook Set which is a little...

With a little study and committment

I started using Access a few years ago as an adjunct of Microsoft Office, creating simple databases for my Christmas card list and such. Then about a year ago, because of work, I had the opportunity to dig deeper. Where to start? I began with Alison Balter's Mastering Access 2002 Desktop Development, a frustrating and disorganised tome that seemed to be missing all of the secret handshakes, signals and knowledge I longed...

Excellent work!

You have done the graphical interfaces of Access to the limit and You need more theoretical knowledge to climb a step further, so your projects can advance for their accomplishments.This book will give You high quality information, meaning knowledge that is in harmony with other sciences, for instance mathematics.You will not find usefull new examples of code, once the book is based on the Access Samples (Northwind), thanks...