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Summary: Regarding downloading & installing the companion content
Review: I initially had program with downloading & installing the companion content, too. I contacted the author and he directed me to the MS Press support team. The latter replied that nothing was wrong with either the download link or the book instruction and suggested that I should empty my Temporary Internet file and then try to download again. So I did, and for many times, it failed again and again. But finally, and I don't know why, it WORKED. I would agree that a simple companion CD with the book would be much preferred.
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Summary: Where is the Example Code
Review: I spent over an hour and 4 phone calls only to find Microsoft confirms that the books website is wrong and there is no companion CD for the book (no CD came with my book). The example is not available for download on the web as stated inside and on the books cover. Rick Dobson, the author, returned my email and said that he would send it on to MS Press. The book covers Access Projects and SQL Server in depth. This book is excellent for building a solid SQL Server front end application. But, I still would like to get the example code as promised in the book!
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Summary: One of the few good books
Review: Let's make this simple - I am a 20+ year developer. This is my first time to work with Access/VB. This book made it very simple to find what I needed to know fast.
The book is well organized, the writing straight forward, the code examples highlight the concepts and make it easy to understand those concepts quickly. I *like* that!
The extremely low cost of ~$50 got me there *fast* and saved me hours of digging around the internet for the info I needed.
Spend the $$ and get the work done.
This book worth every penny.
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Summary: A great book for Access developers
Review: Microsoft Press and Rick Dobson did a great job in publishing a book that covers all the essentials for developing solutions with Access 2003. Having used several earlier versions of Access, I was happy to discover that many of the code samples and examples apply to earlier versions, such as Access 2000 and Access 2002.As a developer, my clients expect me to be able to make things happen automatically. Access readily permits you to automate all aspects of it with VBA, and this book is chuck full of VBA code samples that I can readily use for my clients. The explanations of the samples are easy for me to follow. Without burying me in trivial details or useless facts, this book empowers me to create solutions. It is just 842 pages. Big enough to cover lots of valuable content, but not so heavy that I can't conveniently carry it with me to a client's site. I especially liked that I could download from the author's web site content on extra topics, such as an intro to VBA and a whole chapter on class, form, and report modules. In fact, I am discovering that the author's web site (http://www.programmingmsaccess.com) is a real valuable resource for me all on its own.
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Summary: A great book for Access developers
Review: Microsoft Press and Rick Dobson did a great job in publishing a book that covers all the essentials for developing solutions with Access 2003. Having used several earlier versions of Access, I was happy to discover that many of the code samples and examples apply to earlier versions, such as Access 2000 and Access 2002. As a developer, my clients expect me to be able to make things happen automatically. Access readily permits you to automate all aspects of it with VBA, and this book is chuck full of VBA code samples that I can readily use for my clients. The explanations of the samples are easy for me to follow. Without burying me in trivial details or useless facts, this book empowers me to create solutions. It is just 842 pages. Big enough to cover lots of valuable content, but not so heavy that I can't conveniently carry it with me to a client's site. I especially liked that I could download from the author's web site content on extra topics, such as an intro to VBA and a whole chapter on class, form, and report modules. In fact, I am discovering that the author's web site (http://www.programmingmsaccess.com) is a real valuable resource for me all on its own.
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