Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft® Office Access 2007 Development

Book description

Microsoft Office 2007 is a major upgrade from the last version of Office; Access will also be greatly revised. Alison Balter is the name that Access developers will trust to guide them through Access 2007's new features. She has the rare ability to take complex topics and explain them clearly, as shown by the success of her ten previous books on Access. Balter is known for providing real-world solutions to specific Access development problems. She also is known for her ability to back up her practical examples with just enough underlying theory to give the reader a good overall understanding of Access. In short, this book will provide beginning and intermediate Access developers with everything that they need to know to design and build Access 2007 applications. It should also appeal to DBAs and power users who want or need to get started building custom Access apps. This latest book in her Mastering Access series will not disappoint her many fans who anxiously await each new version, and should win her new fans as well.

Introduction

Part I The Basics of Access Development

1 Access as a Development Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 What Every Developer Needs to Know About Databases and Tables . . . . . . . 75

3 Relationships: Your Key to Data Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

4 What Every Developer Needs to Know About Query Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

5 What Every Developer Needs to Know About Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

6 What Every Developer Needs to Know About Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

7 What Are Macros, and When Do You Need Them? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

8 VBA: An Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

9 Objects, Properties, Methods, and Events Explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

10 Advanced Form Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

11 Advanced Report Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

12 Advanced Query Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

13 Advanced VBA Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

14 Exploiting the Power of Class Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

15 What Are ActiveX Data Objects, and Why Are They Important?. . . . . . . . . . 671

Part II What to Do When Things Don’t Go as Planned

16 Debugging: Your Key to Successful Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727

17 Error Handling: Preparing for the Inevitable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755

18 Optimizing Your Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801

Part III Developing Multiuser and Enterprise Applications

19 A Strategy to Developing Access Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835

20 Using External Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847

21 Access 2007 and SharePoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883

22 Developing Multiuser and Enterprise Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909

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Part IV Black Belt Programming

23 Working with and Customizing Ribbons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935

24 Automation: Communicating with Other Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949

25 Exploiting the Power of the Windows API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985

26 Creating Your Own Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011

27 Using Builders and Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027

28 An Introduction to Access and the Internet/Intranet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055

Part V Adding Polish to Your Application

29 Documenting Your Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073

30 Maintaining Your Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1091

31 Database Security Made Easy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103

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Part VI Appendixes

A Naming Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDF:1131

B Table Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents at a Glance
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About the Author
  6. Dedication
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. We Want to Hear from You!
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I: The Basics of Access Development
    1. Chapter 1. Access as a Development Tool
    2. Chapter 2. What Every Developer Needs to Know About Databases and Tables
    3. Chapter 3. Relationships: Your Key to Data Integrity
    4. Chapter 4. What Every Developer Needs to Know About Query Basics
    5. Chapter 5. What Every Developer Needs to Know About Forms
    6. Chapter 6. What Every Developer Needs to Know About Reports
    7. Chapter 7. What Are Macros, and When Do You Need Them?
    8. Chapter 8. VBA: An Introduction
    9. Chapter 9. Objects, Properties, Methods, and Events Explained
    10. Chapter 10. Advanced Form Techniques
    11. Chapter 11. Advanced Report Techniques
    12. Chapter 12. Advanced Query Techniques
    13. Chapter 13. Advanced VBA Techniques
    14. Chapter 14. Exploiting the Power of Class Modules
    15. Chapter 15. What Are ActiveX Data Objects, and Why Are They Important?
  11. Part II: What to Do When Things Don’t Go as Planned
    1. Chapter 16. Debugging: Your Key to Successful Development
    2. Chapter 17. Error Handling: Preparing for the Inevitable
    3. Chapter 18. Optimizing Your Application
  12. Part III: Developing Multiuser and Enterprise Applications
    1. Chapter 19. A Strategy to Developing Access Applications
    2. Chapter 20. Using External Data
    3. Chapter 21. Access 2007 and SharePoint
    4. Chapter 22. Developing Multiuser and Enterprise Applications
  13. Part IV: Black Belt Programming
    1. Chapter 23. Working with and Customizing Ribbons
    2. Chapter 24. Automation: Communicating with Other Applications
    3. Chapter 25. Exploiting the Power of the Windows API
    4. Chapter 26. Creating Your Own Libraries
    5. Chapter 27. Using Builders and Wizards
    6. Chapter 28. An Introduction to Access and the Internet/Intranet
  14. Part V: Adding Polish to Your Application
    1. Chapter 29. Documenting Your Application
    2. Chapter 30. Maintaining Your Application
    3. Chapter 31. Database Security Made Easy
  15. Part VI: Appendixes
    1. Appendix A. Naming Conventions
    2. Appendix B. Table Structures
  16. Index

Product information

  • Title: Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft® Office Access 2007 Development
  • Author(s): Alison Balter
  • Release date: May 2007
  • Publisher(s): Sams
  • ISBN: 9780672329326