Create more powerful Access applications and databases!
This friendly, easy-to-use guide shows experienced Access users how to use VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to not only build Access databases and applications, but also:
* Covers programming fundamentals for nonprogrammers
* Includes practical, ready-to-use VBA code examples that readers can type or copy and paste from the Web into their own database projects
* Explains basic VBA skills and concepts for nonprogrammers, such as procedures, variables, and loops
* Covers more advanced topics, such as record sets and other programming activities that are unique to Access programming
These authors have written more than ninety computer books and have been working with databases since the early 1980s
Spis treści
Introduction 1
Part I: Introducing VBA Programming 7
Chapter 1: Where VBA Fits In 9
Chapter 2: Your VBA Toolkit 21
Chapter 3: Jumpstart: Creating a Simple VBA Program 35
Part II: VBA Tools and Techniques 49
Chapter 4: Understanding Your VBA Building Blocks 51
Chapter 5: Controlling Access through VBA 71
Chapter 6: Programming Access Forms 87
Part III: VBA, Recordsets, and SQL 115
Chapter 7: The Scoop on SQL and Recordsets 117
Chapter 8: Putting Recordsets to Work 147
Part IV: Applying VBA in the Real World 173
Chapter 9: Creating Your Own Dialog Boxes 175
Chapter 10: Customizing Lists and Drop-Down Menus 201
Chapter 11: Creating Your Own Functions 241
Chapter 12: Testing and Debugging Your Code 267
Part V: Reaching Out with VBA 295
Chapter 13: Using VBA with Multiple Databases 297
Chapter 14: Integrating with Other Office Applications 317
Part VI: The Part of Tens 349
Chapter 15: Ten Commandments of Writing VBA 351
Chapter 16: Top Ten Nerdy VBA Tricks 357
Chapter 17: (Way More Than) Ten Shortcut Keys 367
Index 371
O autorze
Alan Simpson is the author of over 90 computer books on databases, Windows, Web site design and development, programming, and networking. His books are published throughout the world in over a dozen languages and have millions of copies. Alan has also taught introductory and advanced computer programming courses at San Diego State University and the UCSD Extension. He has served as a consultant on high-technology, educationoriented projects for the United States Navy and Air Force. Despite that, Alan has no fancy job title because he has never had a real job.
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