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Access 97 Power Programming (3rd Edition)

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The code in this book and that supplied on the CD was marvelous at helping me solve some serious problems and questions I had in a major database last year. I found it easy to understand and it was real life! Not something simple that no one can use.

I also emailed the author with a comment and received a reply within 2 days! I was impressed to say the least.

I teach VB And Access classes and tell all my advanced Access students (and those in VB that use Access) to get this book.

I have read and used the book, and it is what it claims to be- Power Programming. It is definetely not for the beginners and also not for new "intermediates". The author takes the reader from the day-to-day realities of this world into an immense ocean of real programming and shows how an application be finalized. Some information (such as moving to client/server mode) is presented in a very elegant way. My thanks go to both the author and the publishers.

I really like this book because it's so right down to the point, very effective and accurate, and easy to read. There are too many Access books out there are either too big or spend too much time to cover as much various level of audience as they can. This book is not very comprehensive in that sense and it does not cover a lot of basic (but necessary) materials for beginners. But for what it covers, it covers so well. I would not recommend it as your first (and only) Access book (for above reason). But for those who want to reach out beyond the basics, it's an excellent book to own.

This book jumps right in to Access VBA does not waste space on Access fundamentals.It covers just about everything you can use in Access VBA. It gives you all of the sample code, some good API calls and ActiveX control information. A little light on WEB development but that's not the purpose of this book

This is my favorite Access book - and I have them all. Mr. Barker begins with THE BEST! review of VB syntax and constructs required for Access and the Access DAO hierarchy. Next, he presents data manipulation techniques, especially using SQL, as it relates to Access. The rest of the book is chock full of tips and tricks on developing "Professional" Access applications. I especially like Chapter VI, "The Finishing Touches." Here, he includes lots of code every Access application should have. Leverage it! As an Access instructor for three years, I recommend this book to all my students because of its introduction of VB, Access code, and DAO. It's the best review. As President and Professional Developer, I mandate this book (and others) to my employees and consultants as a reference on how to DO IT RIGHT, and for its wealth of resources (i.e., Chapter VI).

As a programming instructor, I am always on the lookout for books that go from beginning to intermediate (if not advanced) and yet stay simple. I find that this book works for all levels of my students and I have recommended it to all my classes!

Access 97 Power Programming will take you to places you've only previously imagined. For the person who has a moderate handle on Visual Basic, this book will bring a new dimension into his/her bag of tricks. Although many of the techniques in the book achieve the same results that you might through other means, this book provided many simple, well documented/easy to understand examples. Simple, yet very elegant was ways to accomplish daily database tasks. This is a must have for the Access buff or professional. Excellent!

I gave up on this book after going through the first 6 chapters. The writing style is terrible. The book is not designed to teach rather dumps out information in a disorganized fashion.You could go through this book, cover to cover, and still be unable to handle a simple Access project. It's a waste of money.

Excellent resource for actual emergencies. I like the chapter on Enhancing your Reports. Dyanamic Column headings for crosstabs was a huge tip on how to do things. It is a must have for anyone programming in Access.

Although new to Access I have a lot of experience in other programming languages. This book allowed me to get into the detail and produce results very quickly. I would recommend it to anyone with some programming knowledge who wants to be able to use the full power of Access. It gave me a lot of ideas!