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Summary: Not nearly as great as the Excel 97 Programming for Dummies
Review: The Excel 97 Programming for Windows for Dummies by John Walkenbach was a great book for learning VBA for Excel, and it included coverage of some advanced topics. Each chapter kept building your understanding in a logical way until finally advanced topics were explained. Based on my experience with the Excel 97 Programming book, I purchased the Access 97 Programming book by Krumm. However I was quite disappointed with the Access 97 Programming book. It's coverage was spotty with some select in-depth examples. As an example, the coverage of the RunCommand was two example statements: DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdWindowCascade and DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdOptions. The explanation for RunCommands was as short as the two commands. It seemed that virtually every time I was looking for help on a VBA issue, there was nothing relevant in the Access 97 Programming for Windows for Dummies book.
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Summary: Eh- could be better
Review: They sure seem to over estimate the potential of us dummies. I have a fairly strong knowledge of Access, but without any formal Access training, there are some holes in my knowledge base. Not only was the language only quasi-easy to follow, but it did not answer the questions I have nor really fill in the holes. It does cover the basics, but I don't recommend it for those how-do-I-query-'this'? type of problems. Not for problem solving/trouble shooting.
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Summary: Not for Dummies
Review: This book assumes the reader knows VBA. I found it very difficult to follow. There are not the explainations and humor that are normally found in the "For Dummies" books. I would not recommend book.
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Summary: Excellent! Great for moving from dBase/FoxPro to Access97
Review: This book does not really fit into the "for Dummies" classification. I think they may have done it a disservice by giving it that label, as many who would benefit from it, may not recognise its potential. It presumes a previous knowlege of database programming principles and familiarity with using Access97 applications. I am making the transistion from writing dBase/FoxPro code over to playing "find the secret button" with Access97. I know exactly what I want to do and could write out the dBase code in a moment, but finding where to click to cause the "wizard" to create the necessary code has been frustrating. This book takes a totally different approach from any other I have examined and there have been quite a few. The others start at the GUI end, Rob Krumm starts with the code modules and SQL. He also covers the extensive debugging resources of Access97 which other authors hardly mention. GUI is covered along the way in this context.
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Summary: good, but has just enough SQL to get you into trouble
Review: This book is good for getting started in Access 97 programming, but it only scrapes the surface of SQL. There is no mention of the different types of joins in SQL and implementing the action queries.
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Summary: more like VBA for people who know Access 97
Review: This book wasn't very helpful at all. It tells you what the code is and how to write it, but not how to use it in design. It is however a decent VBA book. But I would suggest that if you want to learn VBA buying "Beginning Access 97 VBA" then maybe use this book as a reference guide. I didn't feel that it was a good design book though. Please keep in mind this is only my interpretation of the book.
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Summary: Excellent access book, but definitely not for a dummy
Review: This is among the best computer books i bought. It is a bridge between a beginner access user and a beginner access programmer. It answered a lot of my access VB questions and opened me a window of SQL. Easy to follow, welll organized and excellent CD samples. However, the book required a certain amount of knowledge of VB programming. I could not have enjoyed it without my previous experience in VB. Be carefully, real dummies!
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Summary: There were a lot of errors in this one!
Review: While this book did contain a good deal of useful information and was generally easy to follow, there were a large number of errors and inconsistencies. Many times I entered VBA or SQL code straight from the book only to receive error messages. The install program provided on the CD ROM would not install properly, although it was pretty easy to copy the databases and extra chapters manually to the hard drive. Also, the lack of a GLOSSARY! and a sub-average Index were major liabilities.
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