Chapter 19. Creating Custom Forms and Reports

In just 19 hours, you are ready to tie together into a user interface and a program everything you have learned. In some ways, the user interface is one of the most exciting aspects of programming because this is what everyone sees.

Access has built-in support for a graphical user interface. This distinction is worth noting because, just a few years ago, creating a graphical user interface was pretty difficult stuff; creating a Windows user interface was left up to technical gurus who understood C programming and the Windows API in depth.

However, good fortune and timing shine upon us. You will find creating a user interface a comparatively easy task in contrast to writing code that solves business problems. ...

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