Access Cookbook +CD - Softcover

Getz, Ken

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ISBN 10: 0596000847 ISBN 13: 9780596000844

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2002

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Access Cookbook contains a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions,and practical examples for the Access power user or programmer who is running up against some of the apparent limits of the Access user interfaceor of Access application development. The diverse problems and solutions presented here are of interest to Access power users and programmers at all levels, from the relatively inexperienced to the most sophisticated.Each of the book?s 14 chapters focuses on a particular topic area related to the Access environment or Access programming. Within each chapter, individual items follow a standardized format. The authors first pose the problem, and then present its solution. Finally, a discussion follows, which consists of extended analysis of the solution, an insightful examination of how Access works, or interesting programming techniques that are used in thesolution but that you can also apply elsewhere.The kinds of problems posed and solved in the book include the following:

Specifying query criteria at runtime, rather than at design time
Restricting the user to a single row of a form
Preventing a report from printing if it has no records
Making slow forms run faster
Insuring that user interface objects present a uniform, consistent appearance
Controlling a printer's paper source programmatically
Referencing data from multiple SQL Server databases in a single Access Data Project page
Using contact information from an Access database when sending email using Outlook

The accompanying CD-ROM includes Access databases that contain the solutions for all problems presented in the text.

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Review:

"A good book with clear code and some interesting suggestions about solutions for a wide range of problems." -- Computer Shopper, Aug 2002

The Access Cookbook is an excellent addition to any
Microsoft Access developer's library. -- Donna Lamb, St. Louis Visual Basic User's Group, March 2002

A good book with clear code and some interesting suggestions about solutions for a wide range of problems. -- Computer Shopper, Aug 2002

Even a beginner, with no programming experience, can learn to program using this book. -- Linda Roeder, Personal Web Pages, About.com

... The Access Cookbook contains a lot of useful material. And it isn't hidden amongst the dross as in many books about software....... -- Sam Holden, Computer Science Undergraduate Society, May 2002

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Access Cookbook provides solutions to practical user interface and programming problems for the Microsoft Access power user or programmer who is running up against some of the apparent limits of the software. The book contains a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for Access power users and programmers at all levels, from the relatively inexperienced to the most sophisticated.

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