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Summary: Well Done
Review: After 3 days of use I have already gotten my money's worth out of this excellent reference. Each chapter is close to standalone which means you can look up what you are interested in without getting too bogged down. There are also seem to be lots of good sample databases on the CD, although some of the demo subdirectories are already out of date. This is my thickest reference book yet! ;-}
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Summary: Simply Outstanding
Review: As the word 'Developer' should imply, this book is not for MS Access beginners, but once you qualify yourself as 'intermediate' or better, you will feel right at home. Very little of this book is devoted to boring you with rehashes of stuff in the help file (as most other books seem to do). There is a great deal of depth and insight into areas that apply to everyday usage, complex projects, and solutions to many problems MS tends to ignore version after version. The writing is excellent and they have a web site devoted to updates, errata and such which is very helpful. Chapters 10, 14 and 15 have had an extremely positive impact on the quality and usability of my projects in MS Access as well as VBA and Visual Basic. Many of the code samples are outstanding and written so that you can just drop them in to your projects with no modifications. Many of them are done so well they seem like natural extensions to MS Access (stuff MS 'should' have included in the 1st place). Complaints? None. Well, okay, I do have 1 minor complaint. They devoted almost 30 pages to The Office Assistant. IMHO these pages and the Office Assistant itself are a complete waste. This book and its previous versions are the best money I have ever spent. They continue to save me hundreds of hours while adding reliability and capability to all my projects. Highly recommended!
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Summary: A must have for MsAccess programmers
Review: Daily employed subjects, very good explaineds and an useful INDEX to found what you need. That is aplicable to the whole serie "Access xxx Developer's Handbook". I own all of them!. The best books about MsAccess.
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Summary: Perfect!
Review: Finally a book that doesn't go in and rehash a bunch of database creation stuff and gets right into VB. Amazing! Well written. HUGE. One of the best technical books I've purchased.
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Summary: Waiting for the Second part
Review: For an Access programmer who wants to move past wizards and macros this is the book to buy. Updated with a chapter on ADO (there's still an appendix with DAO info) this gives you the most information in one book. I'm waiting for the second part.
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Summary: Most Complete Information Available!
Review: I bought several Access books on programming. So far, this book is the only one that has the info I needed every single time. The content is in depth and very good at explaining why to program a certain way vs. another. I also like the fact that the code examples are on CD and in the text so that I can learn even if I'm not sitting at the computer right then. If you're looking for a complete well written book on how develop and program an Access application, look no farther because you've found it!
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Summary: This book is so great.
Review: I bought the Access Bible 2000 as a tutorial, however, I still felt not enough, and I proceeded to buy this book. This is great. I'm a intermediate VB coder, but a professional Access developer now. Thank you very much for putting this book on the market. Without it, I'd be an idiot. If you haven't learnt or know little about Access, I'd highly recommend you buy Access 2000 Bible first, then this wonderful treasure.
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Summary: Invaluable Information
Review: I have found the book to be absolutely invaluable. I was in great need of an API call to control the printer. The wizard provided, could not be used since the product was going to be distributed to 1000's of end users in runtime. I searched, begged, pleaded, and could not find the code I needed anywhere. Dan Applemans book was not something I really wanted to tackle unless I had to. Lo an behold, in a user group, linked to Getz. The routines I needed. Where was it. Right in the book I usually use for my main source. (Didn't know if I should shoot myself, or jump for joy) I think it's obvious which I chose.And I think your choice should be this book. Charlie
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Summary: The Getz and Litwin franchise is looking a little tired.
Review: I have the Access 97 version of this book and thought it was time to upgrade - I needn't have bothered. 95% of this book is the same as the earlier edition. Apart from a very basic chapter on ADO there was little to distinguish this book from the 97 developers handbook. In fact a there are parts of the book that talk about "cool new features" that were introduced in Access 95! If you don't have an earlier edition of this book, and you are a hardcore developer, then it's an essential purchase - otherwise try the volume 2 enterprise edition. Maybe it contains all the "cool new features".
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Summary: An Essential Reference
Review: I purchased the Access 97 Developer's Handbook and was very impressed with the content. With it my skills in VB and in Access were greatly boosted. When I purchased Office 2000 I went ahead and purchased Access 2000 Developer's Handbook, not really expecting alot of new content - just updated content, which I felt I needed. This book covers all of the Ins/Outs of Access programming. While it might be a bit much for an absolute beginner who has no prior programming skills, it is a good book for anyone who intends to do a significant amont of work in Access. This book has basic information as well as some rather advanced concepts and techniques. All topics are presented clearly and with good examples. There is even a touch of humor interspersed throughout the text. Be sure to look for the discussion of the evolution of COM. In comparison to the earlier version of book, the same general topics are covered but many of the solutions are even better than they were in the Access 97 Handbook. There are many examples of class modules and collections. The examples themselves are useful (I love the TaggedValues class - I only wish I had thought of it myself)and they provide a good jump off point for someone who wants to build his own class modules. I would definately recommend this book to anyone using Access 2000, whether or not you already have the earlier version.
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