Chapter 8 -- Microsoft Office Objects

Chapter 8

As part of Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Access 2000 shares a select group of objects with the other Office applications. These objects let you carry out such tasks as searching for files, manipulating the Office Assistant help feature, modifying standard menus and toolbars, and developing custom menus and toolbars. In addition, your knowledge of how to program these objects in Access will transfer to the other Office applications—Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and even Microsoft FrontPage. Most of the objects work in all of the Office applications.

This chapter starts with an overview of Office objects and then focuses on three specific objects: FileSearch, which you use to programmatically manage file searches; Assistant, which provides a programmatic interface to the Office feature called the Office Assistant; and CommandBars, which you use to create custom menus and toolbars.