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Summary: Great info on Access Automation
Review: I am a small business owner who just installed an order entry system written in Access 2000. I wanted to interface with Microsoft Outlook and was having trouble figuring out how. I went looking specifically for a book that addressed Automation with other Microsoft Office products and this book is the best one I found. I own the Access 97 version of this book which I had not found very helpful. This book has a terrific new chapter devoted to integration with Office 2000. I also found the chapter on application optimization very useful.
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Summary: Great info on Access Automation
Review: I am a small business owner who just installed an order entry system written in Access 2000. I wanted to interface with Microsoft Outlook and was having trouble figuring out how. I went looking specifically for a book that addressed Automation with other Microsoft Office products and this book is the best one I found. I own the Access 97 version of this book which I had not found very helpful. This book has a terrific new chapter devoted to integration with Office 2000. I also found the chapter on application optimization very useful.
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Summary: Change the book's name
Review: There is a lot of good stuff - for Oracle, Ms-Office integration and automation and some detail on ADO - But mainly the book is an overview. It covers all of the features of Access with low detail. I use it as a quick reference to a concept, but use other Access books for more detail and examples. At the time I bought it, it was the only source of ADO material. If you are looking for a detailed programming book or application development book - look elsewhere.
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Summary: For whom is this book
Review: This book might be of interest for the people using MS Access with Oracle. Otherwise I could not understand for whom is this book written for - a Beginner, Intermediate, an Advanced user, or even for none?
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Summary: 100% Rewritten by three experienced Access developers!
Review: This book started one rainy morning in a London Laundromat with Tom and I cranking out code and an outline. We wanted to give something to the Access developer community that you can use, but something that came from our personal experiences. We then recruited James, who is equally dedicated to that vision. Chances are you are surfing the web, with a million things to do and reading through the table of contents and reviews of Access 2000 books trying to determine if you should add this book to the large collection of developer books you already own. With so many Access books out there, it is hard to make the right choice. This book is different from your typical Access books. Some of those reasons are:
1.This book is written by Access developers for Access developers. So many computer books these days are written by professional trainers and writers. The three authors that wrote this book have the same job as you, make Access solutions for their users. Our real world experience and knowledge really show with this book. We focus on the aspects of developing with Access that you will need to use, not list every property of every dialog box. If you've either a professional Access developer, been using Access for a while, if you're coming over from VB or another development environment to connect to databases, or if you're checking out Microsoft Access as a front-end to SQL Server, Oracle or Sybase, this book is for you.
2. This book is the only Access book to have extensive Coverage of Working with Oracle. Other computer books totally forget that Oracle is the leading database server product and totally ignore such a large aspect of Access development in their books. I remember the first time I had to make an Access front end to Oracle, I was totally disappointed to find that there was absolutely no literature on the topic. Sad to say that years later, this was still true: until now. With James' experience with Oracle comes a complete chapter on using Access with Oracle. We did not forget SQL Server, we devoted two whole chapters to SQL Server and have many parts of other chapters focusing on using SQL Server.
3. We have the best coverage of using Access on the Internet. With the Internet changing the face of development, it is surprising that most books still treat the Internet as an afterthought at the end of the book. These chapters treat the Internet as a what it is, the next development platform. I have been working with Access on the Internet since Access 95 and have created many web sites for customers powered by Access. I bring this real world experience to you, mostly so you do not have to make the same stupid mistakes that I did at first! We also brought in a Windows 2000/Windows NT expert to show you how to build a web server from scratch, or develop on Windows 95 with Personal Web Server. Our coverage dives into XML, ASP, DAPs, Office Web Components and all the latest development trends. In addition, we had people from Microsoft review these chapters not only for accuracy, but to make sure that they will be current by the time that you read them.
4. We do not ignore the design, planning, and "human" side of Access development. Most studies show that the coding, table design, maintenance, etc is only about 55% of a software project. So most computer books ignore the other side of development, the design side. Tom Howe is not only an Access Developer, he is also a professional lawyer with his own practice. With this legal and academic background, Tom is in a unique position to talk about the "human" side of software development, the importance of design, writing specifications, project plans.
5. This book has been completely rewritten from the ground up; it is a completely fresh approach to the latest version of the product by experienced developers. Tom, James and I have been working closely with Microsoft and the Access Development team all through the beta development cycle. Few other books can make both those claims. We also have tested all the code examples on the full Release version of Office 2000 that you have, not like some other books that are rushed to the market.
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Summary: Finally Oracle!
Review: This book was the only one I could find at the time I ordered it that had any information on using Access with Oracle. This book is the one for a quick reference to advanced topics. Not to light on the subject, but not verbose and boring either.
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Summary: Finally Oracle!
Review: This book was the only one I could find at the time I ordered it that had any information on using Access with Oracle. This book is the one for a quick reference to advanced topics. Not to light on the subject, but not verbose and boring either.
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Summary: Access 2000 Unleashed fills a void.
Review: This comprehensive treatment of Access 2000 is indispensable for any serious Access developer as a tutorial and solution reference. I was impressed with how well it balanced Access 2000's awesome new features as well as fundamentals to professional Access database programming techniques. In addition, it covers areas of interest like XML, Oracle and project management that I have not seen elsewhere.The CD alone is worth the price of the book. I was pleasantly surprised to see a luxurious easy-to-use interface when I inserted the CD. The authors provide numerous code examples and real world solutions which progress step by step and don't leave any gaps which leave you scratching your head. No simplistic "Hello World" nonsense here! but only disciplined, well-structured and commented examples that come from real world experience. The techniques described demonstrate how to optimize both performance and maintainability and leave you confident that you can tackle virtually any Access challenge that may arise.
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Summary: Great read. Necessary book.
Review: This is a must read for Access developers and DBA's in general. The chapters on Oracle and SQL Server 7.0 are very good. If you want to really know how to work with what is really one of the best, if not the best, database programs around, get this book.
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Summary: Great read. Necessary book.
Review: This is a must read for Access developers and DBA's in general. The chapters on Oracle and SQL Server 7.0 are very good. If you want to really know how to work with what is really one of the best, if not the best, database programs around, get this book.
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