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Access 2000 Developer's Handbook: v. 1 & 2 (Handbook Set)
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Product Description
Expert Instruction. Advanced Coverage. An Unbeatable Price.
This two–volume set gives you the opportunity to buy the two most advanced guides to Access development at a significantly reduced price. Inside, you′ll find unparalleled instruction from three internationally recognized Access experts, organized to reflect the very different requirements and techniques associated with desktop and enterprise Access development. Filled with scores of practical examples illustrating effective, elegant solutions to real–world challenges, these books will foster the skills you need to take your work–and your career–to the next level.
Access 2000 Developer′s Handbook, Volume 1: Desktop Edition
Design, Build, and Refine Access Databases to Meet the Special Needs of Individuals and Small Workgroups
Design Forms and Reports That Meet Users′ Exact Needs
Use Access as an Automation Client or Automation Server
Take Advantage of Shared Microsoft Office Programmability
Access 2000 Developer′s Handbook, Volume 2: Enterprise Edition
Build and Deploy Scalable Enterprise–wide Applications
Develop Multi–User File–Server Applications
Create Web Pages that Connect to Access and SQL Server/MSDE Data
Manage Concurrency using Stored Procedures
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #860826 in Books
- Published on: 2000-01-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 2684 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Expert Instruction. Advanced Coverage. An Unbeatable Price.
This two–volume set gives you the opportunity to buy the two most advanced guides to Access development at a significantly reduced price. Inside, you′ll find unparalleled instruction from three internationally recognized Access experts, organized to reflect the very different requirements and techniques associated with desktop and enterprise Access development. Filled with scores of practical examples illustrating effective, elegant solutions to real–world challenges, these books will foster the skills you need to take your work–and your career–to the next level.
Access 2000 Developer′s Handbook, Volume 1: Desktop Edition
Design, Build, and Refine Access Databases to Meet the Special Needs of Individuals and Small Workgroups
Design Forms and Reports That Meet Users′ Exact Needs
Use Access as an Automation Client or Automation Server
Take Advantage of Shared Microsoft Office Programmability
Access 2000 Developer′s Handbook, Volume 2: Enterprise Edition
Build and Deploy Scalable Enterprise–wide Applications
Develop Multi–User File–Server Applications
Create Web Pages that Connect to Access and SQL Server/MSDE Data
Manage Concurrency using Stored Procedures
About the Author
Paul Litwin, Ken Getz, and Mike Gilbert are co–authors of Access 2, Access 95 and Access 97 Developer′s Handbooks from Sybex. Gilbert and Getz co–authored VBA Developer′s Handbook, also from Sybex. Litwin and Getz are co– and sole authors on related other books from other publishers. All three are MVPs on Microsoft′s Access CompuServe Forum, and frequent contributors to Access, VBA, and Office Advisor Magazines.
Customer Reviews
Pretty Good
I have been using their Access books since 2.0. They are certainly not perfect, and not the way for a starter to get started, but of the nearly dozen Access books I have bought or referred to over the years, this series comes by far the closest to providing the kind of documentation you need to develop serious applications in MS Access.
They could add a chapter on how to develop help files & documentation, and it would be really valuable if they could provide more information on how to use controls in Reports to manipulate subtotals, etc.
Still head & shoulders above the rest, though.
The definitive reference manuals on Access
I never thought a better reference book on Access would ever be written after the Access 97 Developer's Handbook. Well, I was wrong.
As a professional developer who has been using Access since version 2, this is the best reference available apart from the help files themselves. And it is better organised than meets the eye!
A serious developer should not let their shelf stand empty of this set. It is certainly not for the Access beginner, though, covering many technical aspects of Access that will be daunting to users just starting out with it. What many people don't realise is that MS-Access is an immensely complex and intriguing piece of software, with practically limitless possibilities. These books are a real help in leveraging these possibilities.
Nuff said, go and buy the damn thing!
Indespensible for serious development
Definitely not a book for users without either existing understanding of Access or VBA, but indispensible for those undertaking serious development. I found it particularly useful on using Access to link to SQL Server and to disentangle ADO and DAO. Exposition was clear for the audience addressed... I suspect that the reviewer who had problems with dveloper's handbook will find himself returning to these volumes once he is more comfortable with the product.
