Microsoft Access VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition (For the Absolute Beginner)

Microsoft Access is often used when teaching beginning database design and programming concepts. "Microsoft Access VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition," is written for beginners of various backgrounds, from students to hobbyists, to professionals, with little to no programming skills who want to learn programming concepts in a non-intimidating manner. The book is a follow-up to the best-selling first edition and features valuable, updated content covering the new enhancements and new technologies of Microsoft Access 2003 including upgrading to Access 2003, Access Essentials, Microsoft Jet SQL, Data Access Pages, and Access Security. Access continues to grow as a leading, inexpensive relational database management system in all industry segments including educational, professional, technical, medical, government, and engineering, because it is an easy and accessible database to learn and implement for home, office, and educational purposes. "Microsoft Access VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition," covers all aspects of beginning programming concepts including variables, conditions, loops, arrays, procedures, and functions, with a special emphasis on object-based programming, the event-driven paradigm and database concepts such as relational database design, beginning SQL concepts, reports, and database programming using Microsoft's ADO and ADOX database-programming models. Each chapter contains workable programs and concepts are taught using a simple, games-based approach. The book teaches fundamental programming concepts that can be applied to many programming languages and will help new programmers build their programming skill set.

If you are new to programming with Microsoft Access VBA and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science professors, books in the for the absolute beginner series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. Covering Access 2003, "Microsoft Access VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner" provides you with the skills that you need for more practical Access VBA programming applications and shows you how to put these skills to use in realworld scenarios. Best of all, by the time you finish this book, you will be able to apply the basic principles you've learned to the next programming language you tackle.

Accompanying CD-ROM has graphics and additional resources for the book chapters, the sample games and database code from the work sessions, and links to Internet resources