What's New in Access 2000 p. 1 A Brief Access History p. 2 Access the Best Access Ever p. 5 Microsoft Office Developer Features p.

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1 Foreword p. xxxiii About the Authors p. xxxvi Introduction p. xxxviii What's New in Access 2000 p. 1 A Brief Access History p. 2 Access the Best Access Ever p. 5 Microsoft Office Developer Features p. 9 The Access Event Model p. 13 So Many Events, So Little Time p. 14 Hooking In p. 15 Form Events p. 18 Cancelable Events p. 23 The Sequence of Events p. 24 Using VBA Class Modules p. 43 Why Use Class Modules? p. 44 How Class Modules Work p. 48 A Simple Example: A Text File Class p. 49 Using Property Procedures p. 59 A Simple Database Example p. 63 Advanced Class Module Techniques p. 67 Database Design p. 93 The Relational Model p. 94 Relational Database Design p. 95 Normalizing a Set of Tables p. 102 Integrity Rules p. 109 A Practical Approach to Database Design p. 113 Normalizing a Database with Existing Data p. 116 Breaking the Rules: When to Denormalize p. 119 Access SQL p. 123 Where Can You Use Access SQL? p. 125 Learning Access SQL p. 127 The SELECT Statement p. 128 Aggregating Data p. 145 Union Queries p. 157 Subqueries p. 161 Parameterized SQL p. 167 Using External Data Sources p. 168 Updating Data with SQL p. 175 Data Definition with SQL p. 180 Creating SQL Pass-Through Queries p. 188 Jet 4 ANSI SQL-92 Extensions p. 191

2 Differences between Access SQL, SQL-92, Jet SQL-92, and T-SQL p. 206 ActiveX Data Objects p. 211 ADO? What About DAO? p. 212 Dueling Object Hierarchies p. 216 ADO, UDA, and OLE DB p. 220 Nuts and Bolts: Syntax Explained p. 221 Using Default Collections p. 234 Enumerating Objects in Collections p. 236 Working with Properties p. 237 Data Definition Using ADOX p. 240 Working with Recordsets p. 253 Meet the Cursors p. 254 Creating a Recordset p. 255 The Supports Method p. 264 Creating Recordset Objects p. 268 Moving through a Recordset p. 269 Sorting Recordsets p. 292 Filtering Recordsets p. 296 Refreshing Recordsets p. 298 Editing Data in a Recordset Object p. 299 Persisting Recordsets p. 304 Using Recordsets in Place of Arrays p. 307 Using Command Objects for Bulk Operations p. 309 Schema Recordsets p. 311 Using the CurrentProject and CurrentData Collections p. 316 Designing frmdbc p. 320 Choosing an Object Type and an Action p. 320 Displaying the Object List p. 321 Filling the Object List p. 321 Controlling Controls p. 333 Controls and Their Uses p. 334 Code Associated with Forms: Class Modules p. 335 Working with Groups of Controls p. 336 Some Standard Control Properties p. 338 Controlling Text Layout p. 349 Using Labels p. 350 Using Text Boxes p. 352 Using Two-State Controls (the Yes/No Crowd) p. 360 Using Option Groups--Controls inside Controls p. 363 Using Controls' Controls Collection p. 370 Using List and Combo Boxes p. 372

3 How and When to Use Subforms p. 436 Using Command Buttons p. 442 The Tab Control p. 452 Using the Tab Control as a Container p. 464 Using Default Control Properties to Your Advantage p. 465 Creating Controls Programmatically p. 468 What Are These Controls, Anyway? p. 473 Topics in Form Design and Usage p. 479 Introduction to Class Modules in Forms p. 480 Controlled Closing p. 483 Does a Specific Form Exist? p. 486 Is a Specific Form Loaded? p. 488 Creating Pop-up Forms p. 491 Using Pop-up Tools p. 492 Creating User-Defined Properties p. 497 Using Form Procedures as Methods p. 499 Filtering Data p. 501 Ordering Your Rows p. 510 Working with Forms' Data p. 511 Using the Recordset and RecordsetClone Properties p. 517 Conditional Formatting p. 527 Form-Level Error Handling p. 539 Controlling the Pesky Users p. 542 Displaying Multiple Instances of Forms p. 547 Using Subforms in Your Applications p. 557 Windows Handles, Classes, Access Forms, and MDI p. 585 Manipulating Forms p. 588 Automatically Resizing Forms p. 618 Topics in Report Design p. 645 Filtering Your Reports p. 647 Controlling Sorting and Grouping p. 651 Section Design-Time Properties p. 666 Events of Reports and Their Sections p. 675 Report Events p. 675 Section Runtime Properties p. 684 Examples Using Report and Section Events and Properties p. 689 Printing Multiple Labels p. 689 Printing Mailing Labels Starting at a Specific Location p. 692 Inserting Blank Lines p. 698 Handling Odd and Even Pages p. 700 Controlling the Starting Page Number p. 702

4 Numbering Items on a Report p. 703 Some Simple Sample Reports p. 704 The Sales Report p. 704 The Phone Book p. 711 Companies, Contacts, and Hardware p. 717 Altering Your Report's Layout Programmatically p. 724 Creating a Report Based on a Crosstab Query p. 727 Distributing Access Reports p. 733 Controlling Your Printer p. 743 Controlling Print Layout Information p. 767 Introducing the PrtDevNames Property p. 770 Retrieving Printer Capabilities p. 793 How Do I p. 798 Shared Office Programmability p. 817 References Are Everything p. 818 The FileSearch Object Model p. 819 Working with Command Bars p. 833 The Office Assistant p. 882 Is There More? p. 914 Using Access As an Automation Client p. 917 Automation Basics p. 918 Creating Object Instances p. 926 Controlling Other Applications p. 935 Creating Automation Solutions with Microsoft Office p. 939 Example: Word As a Report Writer p. 945 Example: Outlook Time Reporting p. 953 Example: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation p. 961 Example: Populating an Excel Worksheet p. 969 Using ActiveX Controls p. 975 Tapping into Events Using WithEvents p. 983 Access As an Automation Server p. 991 Working with Access As an Automation Server p. 992 A Class for Access Automation p. 996 Running Access Reports Using Automation p Calling User-Defined Functions from an Automation Client p Writing Automation-Friendly Applications p Error Handling and Debugging p Dealing with Syntax Errors p Dealing with Runtime Errors p Dealing with Logic Errors, aka Bugs! p Techniques and Strategies for Debugging p. 1090

5 Application Optimization p Tuning Your Application's Performance p Hardware and Windows Issues p Understanding How the Jet Query Engine Works p Configuring the Jet Engine p Microsoft's Unsupported Jet Optimization Tools p Speeding Up Queries and Recordsets p Speeding Up Forms p Speeding Up Reports p Optimizing VBA's Use of Modules and Compilation p Speeding Up VBA: Testing Hypotheses p Accessing DLLs and the Windows API p Introducing Dynamic Link Libraries p Calling DLL Procedures from VBA p An Example: Reading Data from the Registry p Using Type Libraries with DLL Functions p Creating DLL Function Classes p How to Construct a Declare Statement p More Advanced Details of Calling DLLs p Converting Windows API Calls from 16-bit Windows p Harnessing Wizard Magic p Using the Procedures p File-Handling Functions p Using Windows' Dialog Boxes p Reading and Writing Registry Values p Font-Handling Functions p Object-Handling Functions p Miscellaneous Functions p Building Add-Ins p Libraries and Wizards and Builders, Oh My! p Creating Library Databases p Building Your Own Builders p Developing Custom Wizards p Control Wizards: A Hybrid p Distributing and Installing Add-Ins p Advanced Add-In Topics p COM Add-Ins p Appendices The Reddick VBA Naming Conventions, Version 6 p Startup and Global Options p Data Access Objects p. 1477

6 Index p Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.