Building Applications with Microsoft Access for Windows 95 [antikvár]

Introduction Welcome to Building Applications with Microsoft Access for Windows 95, your guide to desigiung and creating Microsoft® Access applications. In this book, you'll find out how to build applications that you and others can use to effectively manage data. In addition, you'll learn how to use Visual Basic® for appUcations—the programming language included in Microsoft Access—to go beyond what you can accomplish using only the Microsoft Access interface, extending and customizing your appUcation to fit your and your users' needs. If you're new to Microsoft Access, look first at Getting Results with Microsoft Access for Windows 95 for information on creating the objects that make up a Microsoft Access database. In addition, consult the Answer Wizard with questions that arise as you leam Microsoft Access. This book has four parts: ¦ Part 1, "Application Basics," shows you how to tie database objects together into a coherent system and introduces Visual Basic, the Microsoft Access programming language. Examples in this part are based on the Orders sample application included with the Microsoft Access sample files. ¦ Part 2, "Visual Basic Programming," describes the elements of Visual Basic in more detail, including an overview of the objects and collections you can work with in Visual Basic and the events you can respond to. In addition, it shows you how to use the Visual Basic debugging tools to test and debug your Visual Basic code, and explains how to respond to errors that occur while your code is running. ¦ Part 3, "Rounding Out Your Application," shows you how to accomphsh complex data management tasks in your application, including manipulating sets of records in code, developing an application for multiple users, communicating with other applications such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word, and using library databases and dynamic-link libraries. In addition. Part 3 explains how to optimize, secure, and dehver your application to users. ¦ Part 4, "Advanced Topics," explores powerful features that address special development needs, such as using custom controls, creating your own wizards and add-ins, and working with external or client/server data.