Chapter 13 -- Access 2000 Does the Web

Chapter 13

Microsoft Access 2000 continues the dual traditions of innovative Internet technologies and serviceable yet easy ways to develop database solutions for the World Wide Web. Access 2000 offers data access pages, fresh ActiveX controls, improved database connectivity, and enhanced Dynamic HTML (DHTML). These new capabilities mark the passing of the Publish To The Web wizard from Access 97, which packaged an interface for the HTML Layout control. This control was never more than an interim technology awaiting a standards-based DHTML.

This chapter will review traditional Access Web technologies and then cover hyperlink technology, including the Hyperlink object and the Hyperlink data type. The bulk of the chapter is devoted to data access pages, which facilitate reporting on and interacting with databases over the Web. The development environment for data access pages can also serve as a host for Microsoft Office 2000 Web Components.