Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Access 2007

Roger Jennings is an author and consultant specializing in Windows database applications. He was a technical beta tester for all nine editions of Microsoft Access, SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000, and 2005, every release of Visual Basic since version 2.0, as well as Windows 3.1 and all subsequent Microsoft Windows operating systems. He also was one of the founding members of Microsoft’s former Access Insiders group.   Roger’s books have more than 1.25 million English copies in print and have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the author of Que’s Special Edition Using Microsoft Access titles for Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 95, 97 (first and second editions), 2000, 2002, and 2003, and Platinum Edition Using Access 97. He also wrote Que’s Special Edition Using Windows NT Server 4, Special Edition Using Windows 2000 Server, Unveiling Windows 95, Access Hot Tips, and Discover Windows 3.1 Multimedia. For Pearson Education’s Sams imprint, he has written two editions of Access Developer’s Guide and three editions of Database Developers Guide with Visual Basic. Additionally, he was the series editor for the Roger Jennings’ Database Workshop titles.   Roger is a contributing editor for the Redmond Media Group’s Visual Studio Magazine and a columnist for the group’s .NETInsight newsletter. Roger co-authored with Microsoft’s Greg Nelson “A Client/Server Application: From Concept to Reality,” a Tech*Ed presentation and white paper on Access 2.0 that was featured in the Microsoft Developer Network News. An Access 2007 version of the application described in the white paper is located in the /SEUA12/Chaptr15 folder of the accompanying CD-ROM.   Roger has more than 25 years of computer-related experience, beginning with his work on the Wang 700 desktop calculator/computer. He is a principal of OakLeaf Systems, a Northern California software consulting firm, and is the author of the OakLeaf Systems blog (http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com). His OakLeaf U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) XML Web services demonstration project won the 2001 Microsoft .NET Best Award for horizontal solutions. You can contact Roger at Roger_Jennings@compuserve.com.

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Introduction

I Getting Acquainted with Access 2007

1 Access 2007 for Access 200x Users: What’s New . . . .19

2 Building Simple Tracking Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

3 Navigating the New Access User Interface . . . . . . . . . .115

II Learning the Fundamentals of Access

Databases

4 Exploring Relational Database Theory and Practice . . .175

5 Working with Access Databases and Tables . . . . . . . . .201

6 Entering, Editing, and Validating Access Table Data . . .265

7 Sorting, Finding, and Filtering Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

8 Linking, Importing, and Exporting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

III Transforming Data with Queries and

PivotTables

9 Designing Queries for Access Databases . . . . . . . . . . . .377

10 Understanding Access Operators and Expressions . . . .411

11 Creating Multitable and Crosstab Queries . . . . . . . . . . .449

12 Working with PivotTable and PivotChart Views . . . . .521

13 Creating and Updating Access Tables with Action

Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549

IV Designing Forms and Reports

14 Creating and Using Basic Access Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . .581

15 Designing Custom Multitable Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625

16 Working with Simple Reports and Mailing Labels . . . . .699

17 Preparing Advanced Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .745

18 Adding Graphs, PivotCharts, and PivotTables . . . . . . .769

V Moving to Networked Multiuser Applications

19 Linking Access Front Ends to Access and

Client/Server Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811

20 Exploring Access Data Projects and SQL

Server 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .867

21 Moving from Access Queries to Transact-SQL . . . . . . .913

22 Upsizing Access Applications to Access Data

Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .947

VI Collaborating with Access Data

23 Importing and Exporting Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1005

24 Integrating with XML and InfoPath 2007 . . . . . . . . . .1055

25 Collaborating with Windows SharePoint Services . . .1091

VII Programming and Converting Access

Applications

26 Automating Access Applications with Macros 2007 . .1147

27 Learning Visual Basic for Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1171

28 Handling Events with VBA and Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . .1211

29 Programming Combo and List Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1249

30 Understanding Data Access Objects, OLE DB,

and ADO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1279

31 Upgrading 200X Applications to Access 2007 . . . . .1333

VIII Appendix

A Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1357

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1397