| "The Best book out there … I used this book so much I wore out the binding."—Don Dimon, MCSE, MCP+I, Senior Programmer/Analyst If Access 2002 can do it, you can do it too … Client lists. Sales figures. Product inventories. In today's networked, Internet-everywhere world, you need to get a grip on your data — and make sure it's easy to access. With expert advice from Cary Prague and Michael Irwin, you'll quickly discover how to put the Web-savvy database management capabilities of Microsoft Access 2002 to work. Packed with step-by-step instructions and practical examples, this bestselling guide delivers everything you need to organize, present, analyze, and share your data over a corporate network or the Internet. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Access 2002
- Design flexible databases using the proven seven-step method
- Create tables, forms, queries, and reports quickly with Access wizards
- Use expressions to validate data, apply rules, or format numbers
- Import, export, and link data from other Microsoft Office XP programs
- Set relationships between multiple tables to facilitate queries
- Make your data look good with formatting tricks and multimedia elements
- Create SQL Server applications with stored procedures and triggers
- Program custom forms, reports, and menus with VBA
- Create live Web forms using XML and Data Access Pages
Bonus CD-ROM
- Demos of Check Writer, EZ File Manager, EZ Access Developer's Suite, and other tools from Database Creations
- All examples and code from the book
- A searchable e-version of the book
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About the Author Cary N. Prague is an internationally best selling author and lecturer in the database industry. He owns Database Creations, Inc., the world's largest Microsoft Access add-on company. Their products include a line of financial software; Business! for Microsoft Office, a mid-range accounting system, POSitively Business! Point of Sale software, the Inventory Barcode manager for mobile data collection, and the Check Writer and General Ledger. Database Creations also produces a line of developer tools including the appBuilder, an application generator for Microsoft Access, the EZ Access Developer Tools for building great user interfaces, appWatcher for maintaining code bases among several developers, and Surgical Strike, the only Patch Manager for Microsoft Access. Cary also owns Database Creations Consulting, LLC., a successful consulting firm specializing in Microsoft Access and SQL Server applications. |
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