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My New Book

Here’s a brief overview of my latest book, Expert One-on-One Microsoft Access Application Development.

I wrote my latest book (Expert One-on-One Microsoft Access Application Development, Wrox) for experienced Access users, who know how to create tables, queries, forms and other Access objects, and have some familiarity with writing Access VBA code, but need help in making the transition from an experienced and competent Access user who can create databases for personal use, to an Access developer who can make a living developing applications for clients.

You won’t find excruciatingly detailed step-by-step explanations of how to create a table, or lists of all the properties of a textbox – I assume that an experienced Access user either already knows how to do these things, or can look them up in Help or the Object Browser.  But this book isn’t aimed at the advanced developer either, such as those who want to create their own custom objects and controls, use Windows API calls, or delve into the mysteries of the PrtMip property of the Print dialog.

Instead, this book concentrates on writing VBA code to connect the components of a database into a functioning, coherent application, with special attention to the very important but inadequately documented area of Automation code, which is used to communicate with other Office applications, since sometimes the best way to add a requested feature to an Access application is to use a built-in feature of Word or Outlook.

You can order this book from one of the online bookstores at the Woody’s Watch Web site or from our new online store.

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