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Microsoft® Access 2000 Developer's Guide

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I've been trying to make the jump from hotshot user to developer since my job has me developing applications for other users, and I've tried a couple of Access books that just didn't cover all the bases for turning a fairly advanced user into a developer. I liked this one because I thought it did an understandable job of doing this.

I've bought other IDG books and have been TOTALLY impressed so I tried this book. I've also bought several developer books for previous Access versions by other authors/publishers. I haven't spent a lot of time in this book, but some basic things like a discussion of MSDE vs Jet seem to be missing (or at least not in the index). MSDE (SQL 7 Lite) seems to be an important new "developer" development and is completely missing from the book. Even the Que "Using Access 2000" covered this topic. Buy something else.

Absolute waste of money. Syntax is not discussed. Examples are poorer than those given in Help function that comes with the software. Some of the examples do not work, even if used exactly as they are quoted in the book.

I recently bought 3 MS Access 2000 Developer books as tech references--one of which is by Edward Jones. I found this book very straightforward in an easy-to-understand manner. To produce excellent applications, VBA is a requirement. To fully appreciate the power of MSAccess and VBA,this book gives the necessary foundation. Thumbs up!