Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Access 2000 Programming in 24 Hours

by Paul Kimmel

Sams Teach Yourself Access 2000 Programming in 24 Hours considerably improves the quality of the database applications that you can create with Microsoft Access. Upon completed this book, you will be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672316617
• ISBN13: 9780672316616
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 473 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

This book is really great!

I've been trying to learn programming now for about 7 years. Actually I started trying to learn exactly 20 years ago. I just never could figure it out. Now that I've worked through the first 10 chapters of this great book, I'm doing all sorts of things, I wrote an access basic double line word wrap module, as well as a module that interprets musical signs for input into MUP (a really great program...). I also wrote code to calculate totals for expenses in different categories and currencies as well as mileage calculation, which was impossible to do with the normal report tools. I've also written code for inputting a ms-directory listing (print to file) and outputting a file path and filename, which can then be imported and made into functional links. I've also written code to generate numbers (to print labels of consecutive numbers) and I wrote the code faster than I could have done it for example with excel. I highly recommend this book for anybody who wants to do programming and just can't seem to figure it out. Of course if you do have a knack for programming, you'll learn all sorts of neat tricks, I found this book very inspiring. And even then, I only have Access97, and was still able to adapt it (since it is written for Access2000) and the adapting was very little problem. I'm sure his new book for Access2002 will be just as good!

An excellent introduction, plus programming advice too

I have to be honest and declare a special interest here: I know and have worked with Paul Kimmel. Readers of this review may judge my objectivity in that light - in-depth personal knowledge or old boys network. I profess (and prefer) the former ;)By trade I am not only a Technical Writer but also a VBA programmer with many years hands-on experience in both fields. I'm also a published author. I like to think that I know a good thing when I see one, and this book is definitely in that category.Readers of this book will not only gain knowledge of VBA in ACCESS but also insights into better programming principles and practices. It is therefore a useful resource on two counts.The style is informal, almost conversational (yes, I do remember the name of my second grade teacher - read the book!) and the sentences are short to medium length, rather than complex and convoluted (like mine!), paralleling the author's recommendation of breaking both problems and coded solutions down into smaller, more manageable chunks.Each hourly section comes with a quiz, which is always a useful way to self-test (if you cheat, you really do only cheat yourself - but you'll still learn something), and answers are provided in an appendix.In my professional opinion this is a must-have, not only for those wishing to teach themselves VBA/ACCESS but also for CS students looking for perspectives on what constitute better approaches to programming. If you're also new to the concept of Objects and Object-oriented programming (OOP) then this is as good a primer as I have seen.

Must Buy, must have for beginners!

I am a senior developer and get to review many computer books that come to market. Even though I know Mr. Kimmel personally, I thought this is a very well throughout, well written book for beginner VBA/VB developers.

Great for starters

I was new to Access programming and was faced with some tasks at work, so I picked up this book and well, after a just a little time I was up and running. I highly recommend this title for anyone who is interested in programming Access 2000. A must have for beginners!