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Summary: Yes. They made a book just for me.
Review: Rick Dobson is usually so darn thorough! He takes nothing for granted. And this book is no exception. As a long-time Microsoft Access developer, what I want to learn is not everything about .NET, but about .NET with Access. This book must have been written just for me. Of course, after I have .NET working well with Access, then I would have a head start moving on to .NET with SQL Server and etc. This book covers Windows Forms and Web Forms in .NET. It covers XML. It covers coding techniques. It covers security. What a great head start I now have on .NET! I'm psyhched, and I'm going to redo my website in .NET and Access!
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Summary: Good transition from VBA to VB.NET
Review: The target audience for the book is, quite simply, Access developers who are accustomed to VBA and/or VB 6. This book serves a good purpose, as the .NET materials I have seen to date all refer to SQL Server in their examples; they acknowledge Access, but fail to show its uses. I am not crazy about seeing "old" technology such as ADO used in some of the examples, but for a book of this nature (transitioning between coding languages) I guess that is inevitable that some old/new information would be included at various points. Do not purchase the book if you're intending to use the built-in VBA capabilities of Access or other Office applications -- that's strictly not covered. What you will find, though, is a good sense of how VB.NET operates on its own, and how to create applications that draw upon the data stored in your Access databases. This should be a good base point for someone who's developed in Access, and wants to investigate moving forward; it should be a means to an end, rather than the destination itself. Additional reading on ADO.NET and classes will be helpful, I believe, to continue fleshing out knowledge to be truly effective in your work, but this book does a good job of introducting those concepts.
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Summary: Poor style
Review: The writing style of the author too poor. He explain all the source code of the project and put it (source code) on the next page. It is very difficult to browse it steps, the book also less screen shot. Unlike Visual Basic .Net Programming which author by Harold Davis is writing in a good style. He explain the piece of code one bye one and finally he show the complete procedure. Screen are always show in the page of explaination. Finally the explaination is good but the writing style should improve.
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Summary: For Access Developer transforming to VB.NET Developer
Review: This book is definitely for MS Access developer. All examples use Northwind.mdb. The first part introduces Visual Studio .NET environment using many practical MS Access examples I've used in my application systems. The 2nd part deals primarily with VB.NET capabilities. The 3rd part introduces you to ADO.NET using MS Access with many practical examples like add, change, delete, master/detail. The remaining chapters talk about ASP.NET and XML with MS Access. I've read VB.NET books and taken VB.NET course but don't have the confidence converting my applications. With this book, I'm all set to go. A must have for all MS Access developers ready to move to the .NET world.
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Summary: For Access Developer transforming to VB.NET Developer
Review: This book is definitely for MS Access developer. All examples use Northwind.mdb. The first part introduces Visual Studio .NET environment using many practical MS Access examples I've used in my application systems. The 2nd part deals primarily with VB.NET capabilities. The 3rd part introduces you to ADO.NET using MS Access with many practical examples like add, change, delete, master/detail. The remaining chapters talk about ASP.NET and XML with MS Access. I've read VB.NET books and taken VB.NET course but don't have the confidence converting my applications. With this book, I'm all set to go. A must have for all MS Access developers ready to move to the .NET world.
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Summary: VB.Disappointed
Review: This books stinks. It's just a rehash on vb.net. It hardly touches on MS Access and covers more on SQL. I've been waiting a long time for the book and am really disappointed. Good book if you need basic instuction on VB.net and database programming in general. Guess I need to wait until they come out with an advance version.
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