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Expand the range of your Access proficiency with VBA programming, using this guide designed specifically for Access power users. Learn VBA fundamentals, then discover how to connect Access and VBA through ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and how to extract, manipulate, and retrieve data using SQL queries. Benefit from expert advice on error handling, get the most out of forms, reports, and tables, and save time with VBA coding and debugging tips. From the basics to advanced techniques, this comprehensive treatment provides you with the information you need to produce the exact results you desire.

• Call up forms and reports using VBA
• Build dynamic Data Access Pages
• Program and assign record data sources to forms and reports
• Learn the fundamentals of SQL and how to use it in VBA
• Understand the ADO object model and its components
• Use modules, declare variables, build looping and decision structures, use procedures and functions, and build arrays
• Generate recordsets based on dynamic criteria
• Use Office menus and toolbars to invoke your code
• Develop applications that multiple users can run at the same time

About the Authors

Charles E. Brown has taught VBA programming to many beginner programmers, and has produced VBA code for Swiss Bank Corporation, the US government, NASA, and Price Waterhouse Accounting.

Ron Petrusha is a computer book author and editor with over 25 years of experience in developing computer applications.