Automate applications with macros in Access 2007
If you have been using Access in the past, the easiest way to automate the tasks would have been by using the macros. On the other hand, programmers might have realized that writing VBA (visual basic for applications) modules is the best way to automate things in any Access database. Access 2007 makes it very easy to create macros. In previous versions, many macros could not have been created without using VBA code but in Access 2007 new features have been added to eliminate the need of using VBA code.

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Automate applications with macros in Access 2007
In this article you'll learn: Uses of macros and Working with the Macro design window. In Microsoft Office Access 2007, you can define a macro to execute just about any task you would otherwise initiate with the keyboard or the mouse. This article introduces you to the unique power of macros in Office Access 2007 — their ability to automate responses to many types of events without forcing you to learn a programming language. The event might be a change in the data, the opening or closing of a form or a report, or even a change of focus from one control to another.

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Using Macros to Automate Data Entry
As you will have seen in the previous topic, we can use Macros to Require Data Entry and to inform users of any errors made in the data entry routine. We can also use Microsoft Access Macros to speed up the process of data entry. We can use a macro to remove the need for a user to enter the same data over and over for each record, we can use a macro to automate this process. A Microsoft Access macro is a database object that allows us to automate repetative tasks without having to write complex programming routines. In Access, these tasks that the macro performs are know as macro actions.

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How to Execute SQL Stored Procedures from Microsoft Access
The simplicity and popularity of SQL Server means that more and more developers who build applications with Microsoft Access will want to learn how to take advantage of server side processing using SQL Server Stored Procedures. The following article will demonstrate a simple method for executing procs from Access. In addition, we'll cover questions like these: * How to login to SQL Server from Access and refresh object connect properties. * Check for existence of stored procs and add new ones where necessary. * Build dynamic SQL Pass Through query with parameter values. * Display the results of the query output in a listbox.

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Ways to get started if you've used other database or spreadsheet applications
If you are familiar with other database or spreadsheet applications, then you probably know the basics of how these applications work and what databases are used for. Microsoft Access differs from many other database applications by allowing you to create relational databases. Access also provides many options for working with other database programs such as Microsoft SQL Server.

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Access Add-ins
You can build add-ins for Microsoft Access to help users manage and analyze their databases. Access includes several add-ins, which are written in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). For example, the Linked Table Manager is an add-in that handles the updating of linked tables when the database containing the source tables is moved or renamed. The wizards included with Access are also add-ins.

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Introduction to DAO, ADO, ADOX, and SQL
Microsoft Access ships with a language named Visual Basic For Applications, or VBA. This allows you to complement MS Access with code that can perform complex operations. This language is used throughout the Microsoft Visual Office family of applications, including Microsoft Excel, Work, PowerPoint, Visio, etc. This language is also used by applications published by companies other than Microsoft. An example is Autodesk that publishes AutoCAD. To customize the VBA language for our database environment, Microsoft Access includes a library called Microsoft Access Object Library. Topics Microsoft Access Object Library and VBA, Microsoft Data Access Objects, Database Creation With DAO, The Structured Query Language, Introduction to SQL Operators, Unary Operators, Binary Operators, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects, ADOX Fundamentals, The Data Source of an Application and The Connection to a Database.

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Methods for Optimizing Multi-user Microsoft Access Applications
Following on from our previous article on optimizing multi-user applications, we are going to take a further look at other methods of optimizing Microsoft Access application performance. In the previous article we focused on improving the performance of multi-user applications in a networked environment. We will continue on that route because multi-user applications by their very nature need to be in a networked environment. The important question here is the distribution of your Access application. In other words, do you centralize your application so that it is available to everyone at once or do you make it available to each user individually? If you choose to centralize Microsoft Access then it involves putting Access on a central server. This means that users will download Access and all of its associated libraries as well as the Access application itself.

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Importing, exporting, or linking to data programmatically in Access
Depending on the type of data you're working with, you can automate the importing, exporting and linking of data by carrying out the TransferDatabase, TransferSpreadsheet, or TransferText actions in a macro or in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) procedure.

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Microsoft Access or Something Else?, I don't know which to use...
I'm a web tech, but my boss asked me to build what he calls a "database" for him. So basically I need a customer database and I have NO CLUE what I'm doing... I'm just tinkering with all kinds of programs and completely lost. What program am I supposed to be using to build this database... I have microsoft access, but I couldn't figure it out. I downloaded Python and pHpMyAdmin, although now that I have, I don't know why.... Could some one please give me a sense of direction??? Just let me know what I need to use, and where I can learn to use it!

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Types of Macros in Microsoft Access
A macro is an object like other objects available in Microsoft Access (tables, queries, reports etc.), except that you create the macro to automate a particular task or series of tasks. Typically, macros on Microsoft Access forms can be grouped into categories depending on the function that they perform; the macros in each category contain unique instructions that enable them to perform the indicated tasks.

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Introduction to Data Import/Export
Importing data allows you to get information from an external source and insert it in your database. Microsoft Access can accept data from various applications, and with a little trick, you can import even from unfriendly applications. Before importing data, you must make sure that it is in a format Microsoft Access can read; even if that data is coming from another application of the Microsoft Office suite.

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Customize the Ribbon in Microsoft Access 2007
The Ribbon is a new element of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface. It's new in Microsoft Office 2007 and is a strip across the top of the program containing the commands. It replaced the old menu in the earlier versions of Microsoft Office. As you work with Access 2007 and begin to build applications that are more advanced, you might want to start customizing the ribbon in order to make your work easier. You can hide some commands, create new tabs containing only the commands you want to use. In Microsoft Office Access 2007, the ribbon can be customized by creating customization XML and then adding code or setting database properties that instruct Access to use that XML when it creates the Ribbon. XML can be used to hide or create new tabs, commands or command groups. This tutorial shows the user how to add commands that are built-in to Access (i.e.: Find, Sort, Save) and how to add commands that run Access macros that the users wrote themselves.

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Macros Help
Microsoft Access macros are sets of instructions that can automate database tasks. Macros are a kind of 'halfway house' between using the Microsoft Access visual tools and becoming a fully-fledged Access programmer! Fear not, however, because even someone who has never seen a line of program code can become a proficient user of macros. And if you are interested in learning how to program using Access, then understanding macros is an excellent place to start.

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Migrating to Access 2007
Microsoft Office Access 2007 provides a powerful set of tools that help you to quickly start tracking, reporting, and sharing information in a manageable environment. With its new, interactive design capabilities, prebuilt library of tracking application templates, and the ability to work with many data sources, including Microsoft SQL Server, Office Access 2007 allows you to rapidly create attractive and functional tracking applications without requiring deep database knowledge. You can quickly create and adapt applications and reports to fit your changing business needs, and with its enhanced deep integration with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Office Access 2007 helps you share, manage, audit, and back up information. * Migrating from Microsoft Office Access 2003, Access 2002, or Access 2000 * Migrating from Access 97 * Migrating from Access 95 * Migrating from Access 2.0

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Deciding when to use Visual Basic for Applications
In a Microsoft Access database application, code runs only in the context of an object and its associated event, such as changing data in a field or clicking the mouse on an object. Visual Basic for Applications code has no purpose until you build objects in the database. You may find that in your database application you are not required to write any code, or that you only need to write the minimal amount of code.

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Automate Microsoft Office Access 2003 from Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
Automating Microsoft Office Access 2003 from another application provides an easy and efficient way to take advantage of the features and capabilities of the Access object model. In this article, you will learn some of the common tasks that you can accomplish by automating Access. (32 printed pages). Automation enables one application to control another. The controlling application interacts with the controlled application, in this example, Access, by manipulating its exposed properties, methods, and responding to its events. In this article, we learned how to open a database in Access, print or preview an Access report, show and edit an Access form, and other common tasks. Using automation, you have a simple way to make Access more extensible.

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What's new in Microsoft Office Access 2007
Microsoft Office Access 2007 provides a powerful set of tools that help you to quickly start tracking, reporting, and sharing information. You can rapidly create attractive and functional tracking applications by customizing one of several predefined templates, converting an existing database, or creating a new database, and you can do so without deep database knowledge. By using Office Access 2007, it is easy to adapt database applications and reports to changing business needs. The enhanced support for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in Office Access 2007 helps you to share, manage, audit, and back up your data.

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Build a FAQ with ASP and MS Access
Although not ideal for Websites with more than a little traffic, Microsoft Access is a nice database for learning the basics of database-driven Web development with ASP. In this article, I'll demonstrate how to access, retrieve, and update information stored in an Access database by using ASP to build a simple Web database application. The example we shall study will be a Web-based Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list. Through this case study, I'll show not only the immense convenience that comes with using a database to build a Web app like this, but also a few nifty tricks that having a database backend makes possible.

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Designing A Switchboard
To deliver your application and make it more functional, you need to provide a central point for your users to choose and access the right component to do their job. That's the role of a switchboard. There are at least two common ways you can create or build a switchboard. You can use Microsoft Access built-in features to build a switchboard, or you can design one from a form.

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How to Create an Access Database with VBScript
There is no need for a database designer to manually create a Microsoft Access database - they can automate the process using VBScript. Microsoft Access has been the database of choice for many people for many years - and that's not really surprising because it's such an easy database to use, both for the general user and the database developer. Take, for instance, creating a database and tables from scratch - this can be done with just a few lines of VBScript code.

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Microsoft Access vs. Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Access is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that is packaged with the Microsoft suite of office products to run under the Microsoft Windows operating system. Microsoft Access is a Visual Basic (VB) based application that allows Structured Query Language (SQL) statements to be included in associated macros and VB scripts. Microsoft Access includes a Jet database engine, combined with a graphical interface, to provide ease of use in building front-end database applications. Microsoft Access is a structured environment, used by novice programmers, with little or no experience, to handle relatively small database functions. It is also a useful tool, for advanced developers, to provide rapid application development.

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Microsoft Access 2000
Microsoft Access is good for storing large amounts of data and can be used for all kinds of personal and professional applications.

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Microsoft Access Multi-User Applications
Since its creation, Microsoft Access has always been a single user database application, but in recent years more and more businesses and individuals have started to use Microsoft Access databases as a storage medium especially on the web. This inevitably means that the access database will be accessed by more than one user at a time and since Access was not designed to handle this kind of activity, it will bring problems for any user or application.

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Convert Microsoft Access Tables, Forms, and Reports
Several changes introduced by Microsoft Access 2002 might affect the behavior of your version 1.x or 2.0 applications. This tutorial provides more information about those changes.

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Introduction to Microsoft Access 2000 Projects and the MSDE
This article lists the best sources of detailed information about Microsoft Access projects (.adp files), which allow you to develop client/server database applications in Access by using either Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) as the back-end database (3 printed pages).

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Using Visual Basic for Applications
As you work with Access, there may be times when you can't write a macro that's capable of performing the operations you need. In such cases, you can turn to Visual Basic for Applications, a programming language that's built into Access. In short, using Visual Basic for Applications, you specify a list of instructions you want Access to perform. By the time you finish this chapter, you will understand the following key concepts: what Visual Basic for Applications is, how Access uses procedures, functions, and subroutines, the parts of a Visual Basic for Applications program, how to use statements, variables, operators, and functions within your program, how to address database objects in Visual Basic for Applications, how to use the VBA Editor, how to develop a Visual Basic for Applications procedure, how to test your procedures and how to use a procedure from an Access form.

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Macros
A Macro is a set of actions you ask Microsoft Access to perform in order to automate some behavior in your application. A macro can be used to open a table, a form, a report, or a Data Access Page in any view of your choice.

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Entering, Manipulating Data and Table Relationship
It is almost impossible for anyone who had used the Microsoft Office suite not to hear of the application that is used to create, manage, maintain and save databases: Microsoft Access. Compared to other database creation and maintaining software packages available on the market, Microsoft Access has several advantages: it is included in the Office suit, which means that you get more programs when you buy the collection. Similar to all other Microsoft applications, Access has the advantage of being very powerful at its job, yet intuitive and easy to learn.

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Sending E-Mails from a Microsoft Access Form
Often, processes that are performed in Microsoft Access require that others be notified. The automation of E-Mails from a Microsoft Access Database Form is a prime example of this. This is particularly true when assigning individuals to specific duties/tasks, such as managing the relationship with a new customer or processing a helpdesk ticket. Because notification in most organizations means sending an email, the low-tech approach of creating and sending an email outside of your Microsoft Access database, especially if you are dealing with a high volume of notifications, can be incredibly inefficient and means the duplication of workload. Luckily these instances provide a classic opportunity to use technology to improve your productivity and in general make your job less aggravating. This article will demonstrate how to implement vb-code that will automate the sending of emails (via Outlook) from a Microsoft Access database. Because the authors experience with emailing notifications has involved a helpdesk, the objects in this database will have the most relevance for a helpdesk using Microsoft Access. However, once you understand the code and how to implement it, this capability can be adjusted to suit the needs of any Microsoft Access database system.

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Import XML data into an Access database
Sharing data across software applications is inevitable in any business environment. Knowing how to update your Microsoft Access 2007 database with data from various applications will facilitate easy management of data. There will be occasions when you need to exchange information with programs whose data is formatted in a different manner. Transferring data manually is cumbersome, time consuming, and often results in errors. Knowing how to use the Microsoft Access data conversion techniques can eliminate these problems and allow you to handle any conversion situation you encounter.

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Database articles and tutorials
Discover the secrets of Access programming and empower yourself with critical knowledge to build enterprise quality applications. Learn the secrets of MS Access and the Web, MS Access macros, VB coding best practices, OCX components, Menus, Modules, and classes. If you're a VB6 buff, test out MS Access development environment and transfer all your skills into one of the best software packages built, today. The MS Access series will help you make the transit. -Adding a Tree View Control and Filter; -How To Build a Combo Box as a Data Filter; -Building a Query Command Function; -Creating Menus Using Access 2000; -Access 2000 Data Validation; -Access Tree View and List Box Row Source; -Calculating Work Days; -Controlling Report Data.

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Basics for Building Microsoft Office Access 2003 Runtime-Based Solutions
How to use the Microsoft Office Access 2003 Runtime with the Microsoft Access 2003 Developer Extensions so users without Microsoft Access 2003 installed can still use Access-based applications. If you are creating an application that runs in an Access Runtime environment, you must carefully consider how to provide an interface for the user. You must also consider the fact that some users may own the correct version of Access and run the application in a full Access environment. Take care to test your application under both environments to make sure it properly balances usability in the Access Runtime environment with code security in a full Access environment.

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Build forms in Access 2007 using design tools
In this article: * Building a new form with design tools * The Field List. From the perspective of daily use, forms are the most important objects you'll build in your Microsoft Office Access 2007 application because they're what users see and work with every time they run the application. This article explains how to design and build forms in an Office Access 2007 desktop application by using the design tools.

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Modules and VBA Programming
Here you will find articles relating to Microsoft Access Modules and Microsoft Access VBA Programming and Coding. These programming routines will allow you to add customised features to your Microsoft Access database applications.

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Building an Access Database From the Ground Up
In this series of ten Microsoft Access tutorials, we follow the database administrators for Patrick's Widgets as they build a Microsoft Access database from the ground up.

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Optimizing Multi-user Microsoft Access Applications
In this article we will look at how to make multi-user applications perform better by suggesting ways in which they can be made more efficient. A very common and in some cases unavoidable problem that multi-user applications experience, is that they become very slow. This is mainly due to increasing network traffic as more and more users make use of the same resources.

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Get started with Access 2003
There are different ways you can get started with Microsoft Office Access 2003, depending on your experience level. 1)Upgrading from previous versions of Microsoft Access. 2)Already familiar with other database or spreadsheet applications. 3)Using a database for the first time.

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What Are Macros and Why Would You Use Them in a Microsoft Access Database?
Macros are basically Microsoft Access' way of telling the application what it needs to do. It's essentially a small program (or a piece of script) that can tell the application a whole range of things it can do and how to go about doing them. They can sometimes be useful when performing certain tasks during the initial creation of applications.

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MS Access Modules & Macros
For Visual Basic programmers, Modules object under the Objects group provides the coding ability. Its because of this Modules you can automate certain tasks that you have to do manually e.g. if you have Linked tables in your MS Access database pointing to Oracle Database, every time you open the database, the login/password screen pops up. Utilizing the Visual Basic coding environment in MS Access, you can automate the login to Oracle Server (or MS SQL Server).

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