Microsoft® Access® 2010 Inside Out

Chapter 20. Automating a Client Application Using Macros

• Uses of Macros

• The Macro Design Facility—An Overview

• Defining Multiple Actions

• Working with Submacros

• Understanding Conditional Expressions

• Using Embedded Macros

• Using Temporary Variables

• Trapping Errors in Macros

• Understanding Macro Actions That Are Not Trusted

• Making Your Application Come Alive with Macros

In Chapter 7, you learned about the new data macro feature in Microsoft Access 2010. Data macros are attached to table events or the table itself and interact only at the data layer. In this chapter and the next, you’ll learn about user interface macros. In Access 2010, you can define a user interface macro to execute just about any task you would otherwise initiate with the keyboard or the mouse. ...