Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office XP

Creating Access Applications

An Access database can also include code modules, written in the programming language known as Visual Basic for Applications. Although you won't learn how to write code in the chapters ahead, you might be interested in exploring some of the locations where code can be of use in a database application.

→ For a thorough introduction to VBA as used throughout Office, see "VBA Basics".

Note

For a more comprehensive look at creating your own code modules, see Chapter 40, "Building Basic Applications," in Platinum Edition Using Microsoft Office 2000. If your needs are more advanced, we suggest picking up a copy of Special Edition Using Microsoft Access 2002.

In general, a programmer writes code modules to simplify the ...