F. Scott Barker's Microsoft Access 2002 Power Programming (Paperback)

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Product Description

F. Scott Barker's Access 2002 Power Programming gives many practical techniques for the corporate and independent developer.

The main topics covered are:

• The Root of Power Programming;
• Manipulating and Presenting Data;
• Extending Access with Interoperability;
• Adding the Professional Look and Distributing Applications;
• Managing Databases;
• Adding Finishing Touches.

New features of Access 2002 will be covered thoroughly, including:

• A whole new chapter devoted to Data Pages, which is Microsoft's way of bringing the Web interface into everyday office solutions.
• A new chapter clarifying the confusion over ADP/MDB and DAO/ADO. Including when and where to use each.
• There are a number of new additions to VBA which developers will need good exposure to in order to take advantage of them.
• A number of changes have been implemented in the form design with control features added.

About the Author

F. Scott Barker holds a B.S. in computer science and has worked as a database developer for more than 15 years, first with Clipper and then for the last eight years with Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, and SQL Server.

While working at Microsoft for two years, Scott was on the Microsoft Access and FoxPro teams. He now contracts with Microsoft and the Access team by developing in-house tools used throughout Microsoft. With his company, Applications Plus, Scott also does contract development for companies in the banking, medical, and insurance industries.

Scott has trained for Application Developers Training Company and others all around the United States. He is a frequent speaker at Access conferences throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Through his classes and conferences, Scott has trained thousands of developers.

Scott has written articles for Smart Access (Pinnacle), Data Based Advisor Magazine (Advisor), Access, VB, SQL Advisor (Advisor), Microsoft Office & VBA Developer (Informant Communications), and the German VBA Magazin. Scott is the author of Using Access 97, published by Que Corporation, and of Sams/Que's Access Power Programming books for Access versions 95, 97, and 2000. He has also tech edited/reviewed a number of books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 960 pages
• Publisher: Sams (September 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672321025
• ISBN-13: 978-0672321023
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,696,662 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fills a niche, May 6, 2003

By	Douglas H. Mcdonald "drdoug62" (MS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Basically, this is a very good book that does exactly what it says it will do. Many Access books are aimed either at the basic/beginner level or the enterprise level user. This book fits nicely between the two levels.

No, there is not a CD included. But the files are available on the net, and the book is [less]than most books that come with CDs.

No, the reader will not find a great deal of basic information about tables, queries, forms, etc...there are many other books that address those issues.

Basically, buy the book, you will not regret it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where's the CD?????????, March 13, 2002

By A Customer

Where's the CD? This book does not come with a CD! The book does say that all the examples are on the Web but its just not the same.

I am disappointed that he dropped DAO coverage in this book. In this Access 2000 book he had dual coverage of DAO and ADO. The author even admitts in this Access 2000 book that DAO is easier than ADO. He says the DAO chapters are on the Web. I cann't log on to the web on the train.........

I really like Barker's Access 2000 book and would recommend it over this book. There were a lot of useful examples in his book that help me with my job.

I also donn't see any new examples in this book. One topic I would like he to talk about is "Self-Joins" and how to use "self-joins" to calculate percetange changes....

3.0 out of 5 stars Where's the CD?????????, March 13, 2002

By A Customer

Where's the CD? This book does not come with a CD! The book does say that all the examples are on the Web but its just not the same.

I am disappointed that he dropped DAO coverage in this book. In this Access 2000 book he had dual coverage of DAO and ADO. The author even admitts in this Access 2000 book that DAO is easier than ADO. He says the DAO chapters are on the Web. I cann't log on to the web on the train.........

I really like Barker's Access 2000 book and would recommend it over this book. There were a lot of useful examples in his book that help me with my job.

I also donn't see any new examples in this book. One topic I would like he to talk about is "Self-Joins" and how to use "self-joins" to calculate percetange changes....