Microsoft Access 2000 [With *]

by Evan Callahan

Book Overview

Microsoft - Microsoft Access 2000/Visual Basic for This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735605920
• ISBN13: 9780735605923
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for Beginners

So you have created your Access database and have exhausted every wizard and control that you can use without actually coding. You still need a little something, but aren't sure how to get a little (or a lot) more out of Access - then this is the book for you.This book will ease you into writing come code while jumping right in with both feet. The examples are simple enough to understand, but you are given enough information to make them work for you. Many times when you are beginning, the example is exactly what you want to do, but you are not given enough information to insert it into your project and make it work - this is not the case here. I had this book (and its predicessor) open on my desk regularly during my first Access project and still crack it open for ideas and reference. (Sure I could look it up in an advanced book - but why?)If you can only buy one beginner book on VBA - this should be it.

THE best book for the absolute beginner

Callahan takes the newbie by the hand and reviews the basics of VBA in a very useful and easy to understand style. If you've mastered the basics of Access and want to see how they do all that cool stuff in forms and reports, this is a great place to start. BUT if you've already done a little programming, this book will waste your time! Go for Beginning Access 2000 VBA by Sussman and Smith. A true intermediate book which no one should try to read until they know some of the fundamentals and a book I keep right next to Access Developers Handbook.

Extremely Helpful for Beginning Coders

As a data analyst and DBA, this book has really assisted me in learning how to develop using Visual Basic for Applications with Access. If you are a hands-on learner, the exercises provide instructive guidance with terse explanations.

Excellent at the Fundamentals

I tried a "Dummies" book when trying to first learn Access programming (albeit Access '97) and found that the "Dummies" book presumed too much and was riddled with errors. Although this book is only aimed at "fundamentals" of writing code with Access 2000, it does a great job; I have worked through 3 of the 4 parts so far and have only found one error; the explanations are clear, the steps simple, and the practicality of everything that is taught is great. A person will want to go on from here but this is as fast and as clear as the beginner wants to go. I noticed another reviewer saying the book was expensive but I disagree - when anything is this clear and useful, esp. for beginners, it is worth it in all the saved time and frustration. Good job, Mr. Callahan and thanks for making my days.

A great book for beginners

As an individual who has only used the "automated features" of Access development, I found this book to be a great help. Yes...as other reviewers have pointed out the book is very basic. It is well written, however, and does a nice job of presenting programming without getting a newbie (such as myself) in over her or his head. Overall, this book made me more knowledgable about programming, more confident in my own efforts, and hungry to learn more. Isn't that what a good book should do?