Alison Balter's Mastering Access 2002 Enterprise Development

Why This Chapter Is Important

Many people forge right into the application-development process with little worry about the scalability of the application. Even a simple application that begins as a single-user application can develop into a multiuser application. You can even use it throughout the enterprise. Unfortunately, the techniques that you can get away with in the single-user application can wreak havoc in a network or client/server environment. It is therefore necessary to think about the future when you design any application. Although the initial development process might be more complex, if written properly, the application will survive any growth that it experiences. This chapter focuses on writing applications that transition easily ...