Access 2007 VBA Programming For Dummies [Paperback]

Joseph C. Stockman (Author), Alan Simpson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 20, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0470046538 | ISBN-13: 978-0470046531 | Edition: 1

If you’ve been using Access for a while, you’re probably aware of its power and potential and itching to take advantage of both. Access 2007 VBA Programming For Dummies takes you beyond forms and reports and shows you how to use VBA to create killer Access databases and applications. This gentle introduction to VBA programming covers everything you need to get started, including:

• Basic programming skills and concepts
• Explanations of modules, procedures, objects, and arguments
• Access-unique programming activities, including SQL and recordsets
• How to use the Visual Basic editor
• Creating dialog boxes, lists, drop-down menus, and functions
• Integrating with other Office applications
• Ready-to-use VBA code examples to type in or copy and paste from the Web

Completely revised to reflect all changes found in Microsoft Access 2007, Access 2007 VBA Programming For Dummies gives you access to Access like you’ve never had it before.

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From the Back Cover

Customize combo and list boxes

Go beyond forms and reports and build custom database solutions

Need to know how VBA works in Access 2007? This plain-English guide introduces you to the fundamentals of VBA programming, helping you get the most out of your Access apps and giving you practical code examples for immediate use in your databases. You'll see how to control Access through VBA and apply powerful real-world VBA solutions.

Discover how to

• Create simple VBA programs
• Program Access forms
• Manage Access tables with SQL and recordsets
• Test and debug your code
• Use VBA with multiple databases
• Integrate with other Office apps

About the Author

Joe Stockman is an independent consultant, software designer, and author who has been using Microsoft Access since its initial release. He’s also developed courseware and taught classes in Access and VBA. Joe developed his first application in Access, and then migrated into Visual Basic and VB.NET, where he specializes in creating applications for the Windows Mobile platform. He worked for several software companies before forming his consulting business in 2002, where he deals with all types of clients including healthcare, financial, government, manufacturing, and small business. His ability to turn his customers’ wishes into working applications keeps them satisfied. Joe’s also writing the fundamentals column for the Advisor Guide to Microsoft Access magazine.

Alan Simpson is the author of over 100 computer books on databases, Windows, Web site design and development, programming, and networking. His books are published throughout the world in over a dozen languages and have millions of copies. Alan has also taught introductory and advanced computer programming courses at San Diego State University and the UCSD Extension. He has served as a consultant on high-technology, educationoriented projects for the United States Navy and Air Force. Despite that, Alan has no fancy job title because he has never had a real job.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (February 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470046538
• ISBN-13: 978-0470046531
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Development > VBA
  • #49 in Books > Computers & Technology > Databases > Database Management Systems
  • #53 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Development > Visual Basic

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24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book on Customizing Access, April 2, 2007

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Access 2007 VBA Programming For Dummies (Paperback)

Some years ago Microsoft created a specialized programming language to allow extensions to be made to the normal modes of operation allowed in their Office suite. The language was fairly well thought out to be applicable to applications as different as word processing, spreadsheets or data bases. They called it Visual Basic for Applications shortened to VBA. It has worked remarkable well. Down theough the years there have been relatively few changes to VBA.

This book is on VBA as specifically oriented to the Microsoft Access database program. But if you learn Access VBA, you are not far from knowing how to use VBA on any of the other Office components.

While this is an Access book, it is specifically on VBA, it assumes that you already know about how to build a table, and about rows and columns. It also assumes that you have some familiarty with other Access features such as building queries.

Access goes to a great deal of effort to avoid having to use the underlying SQL language. There are a couple of chapters on SQL for the total beginner. In the long run, you will probably want to know more.

You can't design one book to do everything in about 400 pages. This "dummies" book concentrates on VBA. That's enough for one book. It does a good job on VBA. You may want to fill out your bookshelf with Access for Dummies and SQL for Dummies.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very, Very Valuable, December 19, 2009

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sweetp (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Access 2007 VBA Programming For Dummies (Paperback)

I own several books on Access 2007 VBA programming, as any programmer would. In hindsight this has been the most valuable resource in adding actual, real world functionality to my applications. It is concice and uses lots of how-to examples. I do not normally like the "...for dummies" books, but this one is a keeper, big time.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VBA For Dummies is a Smart choice, May 1, 2009

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Concise, readable, with tongue-in-cheek humor, this tome has been invaluable to my learning to code in VBA.