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Old Access Index - 2003 - 300s

Access 301

 

1. Create Order Tables
Create the OrderT table for data on an Order
Create the OrderDetailT for line item data

2. Order Queries
Enter sample order data
Create OrderDetailQ
Calculate Extended Price (Price * Quantity)
Round() Function
Format as Currency
Field for Sales Tax Rate
Calculate Actual Sales Tax Value

3. Order Form
Create a SalesRepID to Track Salesman
TechRepID for Technical Support
Different IDs for the Same Field Type
Design the Order Form
Choose Builder - Code Builder
Learning VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)
On Dbl Click
Event Procedure
Private Sub
End Sub
DoCmd.OpenForm
OpenForm and show a specific record
Where Condition

4. Order Subform
Create the Order Subform from scratch
Continuous Forms
Subform Control
Turn off Navigation Buttons

5. Subform Totals
Showing the Totals in the Subform Footer
More with SUM() Function
Get Line Item SalesTaxRate from Order Form
Create a Button to Show Orders Only for Current Customer
Sales Tax Rate Per Customer, Per Order
Setting a Default Sales Rep for each Customer

 

 

Access 302

 

1. Product Information
Backup Access 301 Database
Create a Product Table
Non Taxable Products
Sales Tax Override
Put ProductID in Order Details table

2. Product Combo Box
Create a Product Combo
Remember the value for later use
Put Combo in OrderDetails Footer
Command Button to Add Product
Get Data from Combo Box Columns
Combo.Column() property

3. Get Data From Combo Box
ProductCombo.Column()
Move to a new record in VB code
DoCmd.GoToRecord
Accessing data from multiple columns

4. DLOOKUP
What is DLOOKUP
When should you use DLOOKUP
DLOOKUP to get values from tables
Me.Refresh
DLOOKUP Order Tax Rate from CustomerT
DIM a variable in VB
Basic Error Handling
On Error Resume Next
 

 

Access 303

 

1. Order List Form
Create a Form to Show All Orders
Deal with adding a product when no order exists
Force user to select a sales rep
Create OrderListQ with LineTotal

2. On Double Click
Double-click on Customer to open Customer record
On Dbl Click Event
Always Use Event Procedures
Command Button to OpenForm Without Wizard
Double Click Event to Open Specific Order

3. Bill To & Ship To Address
Why Store Duplicate Data
Bill To / Ship To Addresses for Customers / Orders
Automatically copy one to the other if blank
Fix tab order

4. Subroutines
DLOOKUP Both Addresses on Order Form
Add New Order Button
acFormAdd
Create Your Own Subroutine
Private v. Public Subroutines
Calling Public Subs from a Different Form

5. Missing Records
DLOOKUP SalesTaxRate for Orders
Fix Joins in OrderListQ
Show All Orders even if Missing a Customer
 

 

Access 304

 

1. Quotation or Invoice
Is this a quote or an invoice?
IsQuote field
Add Browse All Orders button
AfterUpdate Event
Event when a field is updated
Change button color and caption
Access numbered color codes

2. On Current Event
Event when user moves between records
Add IsQuote to Order List
Filter By Selection
Add sum of orders to order list footer

3. Printable Invoice, Part 1
Create a Master Invoice Query
InvoiceQ
Sorting & Grouping Levels
Keep all Order information together
Group By OrderID

4. Printable Invoice, Part 2
Arrange controls in Detail section
Force New Page After Section property
Invoice Footer Totals

5. Printable Invoice, Part 3
File > Page Setup > Margins
Resize invoice layout
Quote or Invoice Label
Dynamically change label in Build Event
Create page header
Add company logo to top of invoice
Stretch, Zoom, and Clip modes for graphics

6. Printable Invoice, Part 4
IsPaid Label
Hiding fields on a report
Can Grow, Can Shrink Properties
Create a Print Button on the Order Form
Printing just a single invoice

 

 

Access 305

 

1. Accounts Receivable Query
Aged Accounts Receivable
Create a Query with OrderTotals
Add OrderDate to tell Age of Order
Use IIF Function to Add Aging
Current
LessThan30
LessThan60
MoreThan60
Add DaysOld Field

2. Accounts Receivable Report
Create the report
Format as Currency
Hide $0.00 values with VBA Code
The Visible Property
Put SUMs in the Report Footer
Create an AR Total

3. Percent Discount on Orders, Part 1
Discounts as a dollar amount
Percentage Discount
Add PercentDiscount to OrderT
Add PercentDiscount to OrderDetailT
Adjust SalesTax to figure Discount
Link the Discount default to OrderF

4. Percent Discount on Orders, Part 2
Add PercentDiscount to CustomerTable
Add PercentDiscount to CustomerForm
Add to AfterUpdate event CustomerCombo
Update DiscountRate on Line Items if Form Changes
Create an Update Query to change Rate
Create an AfterUpdate event to run Update Query
MsgBox to Get a Response
vbYesNo, vbYes, vbNo
Line Continuation Character in VB Code
Dim variables
Option Explicit

5. BeforeUpdate
The Cancel parameter of BeforeUpdate
OldValue property
vbYesNoCancel

Access 306

Employee Commission Rates based on single rate, based on different rate per employee, based on order amount. Nested IIF Functions.

CommissionLookupT, paying employees commission based on order amount and separate rates for each employee. DMax. Using DMax with DLookup to pull a commission rate based on employee and largest order amount. (Note DMin is same as DMax but looks up the smallest value)

Commission Form. Me.Requery on opening a form (getting no records because underlying query is based on a checkbox on the form).

Commission Report to group commission amounts by employee. Update query to mark all commissions paid and track date paid. Using InputBox to ask for a password when a button is clicked.

Employee PayRateT. Calculating employee pay rates based on employee and dates worked. Another DMax, DLookup example. Calculating regular and overtime hours and total pay rates.

Access 307

Lesson 1. Custom Search Button
Docmd.FindRecord
Docmd.GoToControl
InputBox
Custom Sub with Parameter

Lesson 2. Dynamic Combo Boxes Part 1
Combo boxes that control (filter) other combo boxes
Form_BeforeUpdate
Cancelling BeforeUpdate
Verifying user data before allowing them to leave a record

Lesson 3. Dynamic Combo Boxes Part 2
ComboBox.Requery
Subform Link Master ID

Lesson 4. Simple Database Security
Set Database password
Open Database Exclusive Access
Unset password
Converting a database between versions
Creating an MDE file

Lesson 5. Splitting a Database
Database Splitter Wizard
Linking Tables
Linked Table Manager

Access 308

Lesson 1.
- Working with External Data
- ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity)
- Importing & Exporting Data
- Linking v. Importing
- Examples

Lesson 2.
- Exporting to another Access database
- Creating a Blank Sales Rep database
- Exporting Customer Table
- Exporting to an Excel Spreadsheet file
- Creating a query to limit our data
- Exporting the query data to Excel
- Using the OfficeLink button
- Analyze It with Microsoft Excel
- Publish It with Microsoft Word

Lesson 3.
- Export Text: Comma Delimited
- Export Text: Fixed Width
- Create EXport Specification
- Create a Macro to Export Text
- TransferText Action
- Create a Macro to Export to Excel
- TransferSpreadsheet Action

Lesson 4.
- Import From Another Database
- Appending Records To Existing Table
- Matching Field Names (Append Query)
- Creating Values For Unmatched Fields
- Import From an Excel Spreadsheet
- Import Wizard

Lesson 5.
- Importing Delimited Text File
- Importing Fixed Width Text File
- Fields That Are Directly Adjacent
- Linking To Tables in Another Database
- Linking To A Spreadsheet
- Linking To A Named Range in Excel
- Linking To A Text File

Lesson 6.
- Splitting Single Name Field into Two
- INSTR Function
- LEFT and RIGHT Functions
- LEN Function

Access 309

1. Relationships Review
One to Many
Many to Many
Cross Reference Tables
DriverXVehicleT

2. Cross Reference Table
Creating the Many-To-Many Relationship
Making a Cross Reference Table
Creating a Group Table for our Customers
CustomerXGroupT
CustomerXGroupQ

3. Group Form
Creating the Group Subform
Many To Many Form

4. Converting Numbers into Dates
Got a field with dates like 990105
Convert with an Update Query to 1/5/99
LEFT, RIGHT, MID functions
Update Query
String Concatenation
Calculated Fields

5. Addendum on Numbers to Dates
What if you have dates with 5 digits?
Using LEFT and LEN functions
CDate() to convert text to dates

Access 310

0. Introduction - 4:33

1. Conditional Formatting in Forms - 5:05
Changing form field formatting based on data

2. Resizing a Form with VBA - 6:58
Using Visual Basic code to resize forms when they open
Me.InsideHeight, Me.InsideWidth
What are Twips

3. Company Settings Table, Part 1 - 11:23
Moving our company logos from forms/reports into table
Benefits: easily changed, saves space
Creating a company settings table
Locked Property
Inserting a Bound Object Frame in a report
DLOOKUP in a report object control source

4. Company Settings Table, Part 2 - 7:17
Closing one form when another one opens
DoCmd.Close
OnClose Event
When an open record on one form locks another
Using DLOOKUP to get other values from company settings
Changing the form caption property
OnOpen Event for a form
Me.Caption

5. Tracking Payments, Part 1 - 21:31
Payment table and form (PaymentT, PaymentF)
Button on order form to show payments for current order
DoCmd.GoToRecord acNewRec to go to a new record
Using DSUM() to add up all of the payments for an order
How is DSUM different from DLOOKUP
Popup and Modal properties for a form
Refreshing the records on a different form
Forms!OrderF.Refresh and Me.Refresh
Calculating the amount due on an invoice
Accessing a value on a subform
Forms!OrderF!OrderSubform.Form!OrderTotal

6. Tracking Payments, Part 2 - 15:19
Warning users not to make a payment if invoice is PAID
vbExclamation
vbYesNo+vbExclamation
Creating a new value called MyReply in VBA Code
Exit Sub
Option Explicit
Explicitly declaring variables
Using DIM to create your own variables
Adding more logic - don't allow a payment if it's a QUOTE
Using the BeforeUpdate Event
Don't allow a user to change an invoice to a quote if PAID
Cancelling a BeforeUpdate Event
Don't allow a user to mark a QUOTE as PAID
Don't allow a user to put payments on a Quote
Refreshing the form record before printing an invoice
Putting payments and amount due on the Invoice report: DSUM
When [OrderT].[OrderID] doesn't work use [OrderT.OrderID]

7. Tracking Payments, Part 3 - 18:28
Putting payment info on Invoice report
Hiding the payments field and label if there are no payments
OrderT.OrderID Footer Section Build Event
GroupFooter1_Format section
Invalid Use of Null
What to do if there are no payments?
On Error Resume Next
If IsNull(Field) Then
Hiding a line
Creating a "fake" amount due for orders with no payments
Getting rid of empty space for invisible fields
Labels don't have CanGrow or CanShrink properties
Changing labels into text boxes with ChangeTo
Making the label caption into a control source
Hiding the payments and amount due if the invoice is paid
Hiding the amount due if it's a quote

8. Tracking Payments, Part 4 - 12:14
Having the database notify us if enough payments received
Do you want to mark this invoice PAID?
vbQuestion
Notify the user if the customer has overpaid
Fixing our accounts receivable report
Adding the total payments to accounts receivable: DSUM

Access 311

0. Introduction - 2:42

1. Unit Cost on Orders - 13:16
Being able to calculate profit by knowing item costs
Adding UnitCost info to OrderDetailT
Creating an ExtendedCost field (UnitCost * Quantity)
Adding UnitCost and ExtCost to our OrderDetailF
Adding calculated totals to footer
Adding Cost fields to our Product Table
Get the product cost when a product is selected from ComboBox

2. Sales Report - 12:07
Creating a Sales Report with Cost & Profit
Add cost information to OrderListQ
Create the SalesReport Query and Report
Format() function to force numbers to show as currency

3. Sales Report & Form - 13:49
Adding totals to our Sales Report
Remember you can't put SUMs in your Page Footer
Create a Report Footer
Sort our Sales by Date - Sorting & Grouping Level
Group Header & Footer ON
Group On: Month
Format() Function: Format(OrderDate,"yyyy mmmm")
Criteria form to set begin date and end date for sales report
The Between keyword (remember me?)
[Date] is no good. Use Date()

4. Dynamic SQL Form 1 - 10:10
Clean up Customer List Form
Added Browse Customers and Add New Customer Buttons
DoCmd.GoToRecord acNewRec
Clean up Order List
Create an OrderList2Q so we can make more calculations
Add AmountDue information to OrderList form
Discuss what the Dynamic SQL Form is going to do

5. Dynamic SQL Form 2 - 14:44
Create a combo box with a list of options:
 - Show Invoices & Quotes
 - Show Quotes Only
 - Show Invoices Only
 - Show Paid Invoices Only
 - Show Unpaid Invoices Only
These are the options we want to see in our Order List Form
Set the default value for the combo box
Create an unbound text box to hold our SQL statement
Review of SQL Statements
SELECT Fields FROM Table WHERE Criteria ORDER BY Field
Create the BuildSQLStatement sub
Creating your own Private Sub
Set the form RecordSource equal to our SQL statement
Me.RecordSource = MySQL
Using VBA Code to build the SQL statement based on selection
Using a SELECT CASE statement instead of IF THEN statements
Creating another combo box for sorting:
 - Sort by Order Date
 - Sort by Company Name
 - Sort by Last Name
 - Sort by Order Total
 - Sort by Amount Due
Add another SELECT CASE to handle the ORDER BY clause

6. Dynamic SQL Form 3 - 17:07
Checking our Sort Combo Filter
Put a call to BuildSQLStatement in the SortCombo build event
Put a call to BuildSQLStatement in the form OnOpen event
DEFINITION - right click on a function or sub name to jump
Create our own Sort A to Z (ascending / descending) button
Capturing an image on the screen with Print-Screen
Drop that capture into Windows Paint
Cut out the buttons you want to "borrow"
Paste the buttons into your form.
Change the border style (raised, sunken)
Change the button names: SortAZ, SortZA
Make SortAZ visible, SortZA not visible
If the SortZA button is visible, add "DESC" to SQL Statement
Make OnClick events for each of these buttons
Change Enabled = YES for these buttons
"You can't hide a control that has the focus"
Shift the focus with DoCmd.GoToControl
Hide your SQL text box
Add buttons to browse orders, add new order
Change SortAZ and SortZA buttons to IMAGES not OLE objects

Access 312

0. Introduction - 5:29

1. Secondary Menu - 18:00
Creating a Secondary Main Menu
Copy Main Menu to Secondary Menu
Issues when copying buttons - code doesn't copy
Creating a Notepad field on the main menu
Saving Notepad data when you leave the field
OnLostFocus, OnGotFocus
Me.Refresh
Dirty Records (Unsaved Data)
Record Cycle: All Records, Current Record, Current Page
Make a button to the Secondary Menu
Make a button for our Accounts Receivable Report
TRIM() Function to remove spaces

2. Resizable Customer Form - 13:11
Get rid of some unnecessary fields on the Customer form
Add some new phone fields (home, cell)
Move fields we don't use a lot way over to the right
Determining the size of your form in Twips
NOTE: A Twip is 1/20 of a point, or 1/1440 of an inch
Me.InsideHeight, Me.InsideWidth
Create a button to resize the form to your specifications
Put code to make the form small in the form OnOpen event

3. Customized MyCompany Fields - 10:14
Add fields to the SettingsT
Creating a Company DefaultTaxRate
Adding InvoiceBottomText
Add to Settings form
Scale of a Decimal - digits to RIGHT of decimal point
Getting a new customer's tax rate using DLOOKUP
Using the BeforeInsert event
InvoiceBottomText on the Invoice - make it a text box
PageFooter Build Event
GroupHeader0_Format
Use DLOOKUP to get text from SettingsT

4. Creating a Service Invoice, Part 1 - 11:32
Creating a different invoice for services (vs. products)
Copy InvoiceR to InvoiceServiceR
Start by moving around the fields you want
Remember to move VB code from section to section if needed
Changing [OrderT].[OrderID] to [OrderT.OrderID]
Add Customer FirstName, LastName fields to OrderT
Change CustomerCombo.AfterUpdate to get Name fields

5. Creating a Service Invoice, Part 2 - 15:11
More basic field edits
Putting a border around a field that grows / shrinks
Inside margins for text boxes on reports
Left Margin, Top Margin, Right Margin, Bottom Margin
Leaving the Description of Job box there even if empty
Hiding fields that aren't necessary
The problem with vertical lines on reports - they won't grow
Creating our own lines with VBA code
Detail Section Build Event
Detail_Format code
Use the Me.Line command to create our own lines
Switching from Twips to Inches or Pixels with Me.ScaleMode
Creating a diagonal line in code
Changing the width of the line with Me.DrawWidth
Using Me.DrawStyle to create different types of lines
Changing the thickness of a regular line from hairline to 1

6. Customizing The Order Form - 17:06
Adding a Tab Control to the Order Form (BillTo / ShipTo)
Make a new command button to print the service invoice
Fixing the InvoiceR - some of our changes broke it!
What to do with CustomerCombo if there is no company name
Show either the company name OR the LastName, FirstName
Create the CompanyOrName field
If the company is null, show customer's name
Fix the OrderListQ - get customer name data from OrderT
Adding Sums to OrderList form
Changing the default sort of the order list form

Access 313

0. Introduction - 2:56

1. Product Category Master Form, Part 1 - 16:45
Making one subform control another with SQL RecordSource
Create the product category table: ProductCategoryT
Put a Product Category combo box on the Product Form
You can't put a subform in a continuous form
Make a second product list
Add ProductCategoryID to the Product Table
Creating a subform by dragging from the db window
Put two subforms side-by-side: Categories & Products
Filter the products based on the category I've selected
Give good names to each subform
Note that these are UNLINKED subforms - not linked to parent
Change OnCurrent event for Category subform
Set the RecordSource of the Product Subform to SQL
Forms!FormName!SubformName.Form.Property
Showing all records - include "*" record and handle it in VB
Dim a String of characters (variable)
Sorting the Category List

2. Product Category Master Form, Part 2 - 8:48
Lock the product subform
AllowEdits, AllowDeletions, AllowAdditions: set all to NO
Do the same trick and show the product form on the bottom
Set the OnCurrent event for the product list to show product
Adding a ProductCategoryCombo to the product form
Set the combo's default value equal to the current category
Add an "Add Product" button
Adding Refresh buttons

3. Product Category Combo on Order Form - 6:59
Copy the ProductCategoryCombo from ProductF to OrderDetailF
When you pick a category, rewrite the SQL of the ProductCombo
ProductCategoryCombo AfterUpdate Event:
Set the ProductCombo.RowSource = SQL Statement
Deal with the "*" to show all records - special IF/THEN
Automatically open the ProductCombo when a category is picked
ProductCombo.DropDown

4. Auto Zoom to Notes Field - 6:07
Automatically zoom in when focus moves to notes field
OnGotFocus for Notes textbox
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoomBox
Discussion of RunCommand options in macros
Converting Macros to Modules
Create a macro and save it as a module to see VBA code
Editing the tab order, removing tab stops
Move the Zoom feature to the On Dbl Click event

5. Hidden Items on Invoice - 15:18
Items on invoices that you don't want the customer to see
Add ShowOnInvoice field to ProductT, OrderDetailT
Purpose of this to calculate job costs secretly
To hide item on invoice report, CANCEL the build section
Add ShowOnInvoice checkbox to detail section, make invisible
Go into BuildEvent
If Not ShowOnInvoice Then Cancel = 1, Exit the sub
Remember to add the same code to our other invoice report

6. Splitting the Database - 11:12
Compact the database
Split the database in two - covered in Access 307
Where your BACKEND database is located
Creating a new folder for your database - C:\Database
Move both database files to new folder
Open front-end database and it will ask for table locations
Load up the Linked Table Manager and point to Back End
Talk about setup on a network using a mapped drive or UNC path

Access 320

 

1. Recordset Basics
What is a Recordset?
Why use Recordsets?
Example Uses For Recordsets
Turn Off VBA Project Explorer
Tools > References
What is a Library?
Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 Library
DAO vs. ADO, Brief Discussion

2. Our First Recordset
Create a Database Object
Create a Recordset Object
OpenRecordSet
db.Name, rs.Name
Closing Our Objects
Freeing Memory (Set to Nothing)
Creating a Status Box
Display Field Data: FirstName
When to use ! vs .
Ways to Refer to Fields
rs!Fieldname
rs("Fieldname")
rs(Index)
rs![First Name]
Create Unbound Text Boxes
Store RS Data Into Text Boxes

3. Moving Around, Part 1
MoveNext
MovePrevious
MoveFirst
MoveLast
Move X
EOF End of File
BOF Beginning of File
Endless Loops
Create a Counter
Dim Variables Outside of Subs
Variable Scope
Opening Recordset With Form Opened
Closing Recordset When Form Closed

4. Moving Around, Part 2
Buttons to Move Around Recordset
Dealing with Hitting EOF/BOF
RecordCount Property

5. Finding Records, Part 1
FindFirst
Types of Recordsets
dbOpenTable
dbOpenDynaset
dbOpenSnapshot
dbOpenForwardOnly
NoMatch

6. Finding Records, Part 2
Wildcard Search
Dynamic SQL For FindFirst
Do Loop
FindFirst
FindPrevious
 

 

Access 321

 

1. Customer ListBox, Part 1
Open Recordset with SQL
SQL WHERE Statement
Adding Items to a ListBox
AddItem
Row Source Type: Value List
Access 2000 Users: No AddItem

2. Customer ListBox, Part 2
Add the ID
Column Widths
Clearing Your List Box
ListCount
RemoveItem
Combo of Unique States

3. Edit Records
Editing One Record
rs.Edit
rs.Update
Editing Multiple Records
Loop Through And Edit

4. Multi-Select List Boxes
Simple v. Extended
Loop Through Items With ListCount
.ItemData(x)
.Column(1,Row)
.Selected Property
For Each
Object Collections

5. Adding & Deleting Records
Adding a Record
AddNew
Sorting Our Customer List
Deleting Records
rs.Delete
Always Have an Are You Sure? Prompt

6. Execute
db.Execute
INSERT INTO SQL Command

 

Access 322

 

1. Recordset Tips, Part 1
Recordset Options
- dbAppendOnly
- dbDenyWrite
- dbDenyRead
Record Locking Options
- dbPessimistic
- dbOptimistic
RecordCount Not Working
- dbOpenTable: OK
- dbOpenDynaset SQL: OK
- dbOpenDynaset Table: NOT OK
- dbOpenSnapShot: NOT OK

2. Recordset Tips, Part 2
Seek Method
Must Be Indexed Field
Limitations of Seek
CancelUpdate Method

3. Opening a Different Database
OpenDatabase Method
Reading One Value From Multi-Select Box
OnDoubleClick - Which Is Selected?
Reading Records From A Different Database
OpenDatabase

4. Fields Collection
Displaying All Field Values
Showing Field Properties
Fields Collection
Type of Data
Using the FieldName as a Variable
rs(FieldNameVar)

5. Project: User Logon, Part 1
Why I Don't Like Access User Level Security
Create a User table
Create a Logon form
Password type Input Mask
Recordset to Check Password
Default Command Button

6. Project: User Logon, Part 2
Create a Log table
LogIt function
With, End With
Make LogIt a Global Sub in a Module
Global Variables
Global CurrentUserID, CurrentUsername
Cancel a Form OnOpen Event

 

Access 323

 

1. ADO ActiveX Data Objects, Part 1
Benefits of ADO v. DAO
Create a Database Connection
CurrentProject.Connection
Provider
Recordset Types
- adOpenDynamic
- adOpenForwardOnly
- adOpenKeyset
- adOpenStatic
- adOpenUnspecified
Lock Types
- adLockReadOnly
- adLockPessimistic
- adLockOptimistic

2. ADO ActiveX Data Objects, Part 2
Loop Through Records (EOF)
Editing Records
Default is a READ ONLY Lock Type
AddNew to Add a New Record
Delete to Delete a Record
ADO Connection Strings
Connect to SQL Server
Connect to Oracle
Using Both ADO and DAO Together

3. Student Test Taker, Part 1
Question Table
Answer Table
Teacher Q/A Form
Student Table
Response Table

4. Student Test Taker, Part 2
Test Taker Form
Student Combo Box
Question Text Box
Answer List Box
Take Test Button
Disable the Student Combo
Disable the Test Button
Check to Make Sure Student Picked
Auto DropDown the Student Combo
DMin Function to Find Next QuestionID
Nz Function To Return Zero on Null

5. Student Test Taker, Part 3
Load List Box with Answers
RecordSet for Answers
List.AddItem
Button to Save Results
Save With RecordSet to ResponseT
Move To Next Question
Lock the Next Button When Test Done

6. Student Test Taker, Part 4
Query To Show All Student Answers
Different Links Give Different Results
How Multiple Relationships Interact
Report Grouped By Student
Grouping Options Button in Wizard
Summary Options Button
Calculate Student Average
Count of Records
Total Correct
Hiding the Detail Section

 

Access 324

 

1. Loan Calculator, Part 1
Calculating Loan Amortizations
Enter In Data For Loan
Price Of House
Down Payment
Interest Rate
Term of Loan
Calculate Amount Financed
Calculate Monthly Payment
Using the PMT Function
PMT in Excel
Calculate Total Payments
Calculate Interest Paid

2. Loan Calculator, Part 2
Build the Loan Form
Build the Payment Form
Use a RecordSet to Create Payments
DateAdd Function
Me.Requery to See Subform Updates

3. Loan Calculator, Part 3
Payment Total SUM
Label to Filter Payments
Show Current Payments
Show All Payments
Me.Filter
Me.FilterOn
Turning the Filter On and Off
Check For Existing Payments
DLookup Any Existing Payments
Delete Query to Erase Schedule

4. Loan Calculator, Part 4
RecordSet to Add Manual Payments
Change RecordSource Better Than Filter

5. Loan Calculator, Part 5
Fixing the Missing Penny Fraction

6. On Not In List Event, Part 1
Customer Table
State Table - Storing Text
Add Different State - Not In Table
AdSource Table - Storing a Number
Limit To List Property

7. On Not In List Event, Part 2
NotInList Event
NewData Parameter
Response Parameter
acDataErrDisplay
acDataErrContinue
acDataErrAdded
Ask User If They Want To Add Data
Recordset to Add Value To Table
Using InputBox for Additional Fields

 

Access 325

 

1. Compare Two Tables, Part 1
Synchronizing Two Tables
Discuss Replication
Detecting Changed Records
Exit For

2. Compare Two Tables, Part 2
ListBox to See Different Records
Customer SubForms
Change SubForm Data in VBA
Subform.SourceObject
Subform.Form.RecordSource

3. Compare Two Tables, Part 3
Importing Changes
Detecting New Records
Find Unmatched Query Wizard
What Does Unmatched Wizard Do?
Change RowSource of ListBox
Importing New Records

4. Student Attendence, Part 1
Tables to Track Students & Days Absent
Multi-Select Listbox to Pick Students
Recordset to Add Absent Days
Table to Track Days Off (Holidays, etc.)
Aggregate Query to Count Absent Days
Global Module
Public Function DaysInSchoolYear

5. Student Attendence, Part 2
DLOOKUP Start / End of School Year
Loop Through All Days
Count School Days
Exclude Weekends, Days Off
View > Immediate Window
Checking Variables
Testing Function Return Values

6. Student Attendence, Part 3
Count of Absent Days Query
Show Days In Class (Subtract From Total)
Show Percentage
Placing Start / End School Year in Table
Showing Days Attended up to Any Date
Form Cycle: Current Record Only
Saving Data To Table (Refresh) AfterUpdate
Button to Display Student Query

 

Access 326

 

1. Locking Orders When Paid
Pull Databases Back Together
Lock the Order if it's Paid
Me.AllowEdits
Me.AllowDeletions
Me.AllowAdditions
OrderSubform.Form.AllowEdits
OrderSubform.Form.AllowDeletions
OrderSubform.Form.AllowAdditions

2.Refunding an Order
Refund Button
Marking Unpaid in VBA Code
Can't Hide a Control That Has Focus
Pay a Quote Bug
Me.Undo

3. Ship Date
Add ShipDate Field
Lock The ShipDate
Show the ShipButton only if needed
ShipOrder Button
Can't Refund a Shipped Order

4. Inventory Levels
Quantity On Hand (QtyOnHand)
Adding Our UserLogon Form To Database
Adding a Log feature
Field.OldValue
Tracking which employee changed inventory level

5. Items Already On Order
Add QtyOnHand to Product Combo on OrderDetailF
Increment Quantity if already on order
Warning if no product picked
Create a recordset to increment quantity
Compile error: ByRef argument type mismatch

6. Shipping The Order, Part 1
OKToShip Function
Check to see if we have enough inventory on hand

7. Shipping The Order, Part 2
Optional Parameters
ChangeInventory function
Actually ship the items

 

Access 327

 

1. Shipped Orders
Add ShipDate to Order List
Show Shipped/Unshipped Orders
Sort by ShipDate
Create a Packing Slip
PackingSlipButton

2. Processing Returns
Processing Cancelled Shipments
Modify OkToShip Function to Handle Adding Inventory

3. Items Not In Product Table
Shipping Orders With Products Not In Database
Notify user of manual item
Add "manual item" to packing slip
Ask user if they want to go into negative inventory

4. Shipping Form
Create ShipHowT for Shipping Methods
Add Shipping Info to OrderT
Create Shipping Form
Modal, Popup Form linked to OrderT

5. Tracking On The Web, Part 1
Figuring Out UPS Tracking Links
How are Hyperlinks Stored in Access Tables
Building a Hyperlink

6. Tracking On The Web, Part 2
Following a Hyperlink in VBA Code
Automatically Launching your Web Browser
US Mail and FedEx Tracking URLs

 

Access 328

 

1. Reorder Levels
Add Fields to Product Table
Reorder Level
Vendor Information
Quantity On Order
Vendor Table
Add To Product Form
Query to show Products Understocked

2. Purchase Orders
Products Understocked Form
Purchase Order Table
Purchase Order Details Table

3. Order More Button
Create Order More Products Sub
InputBox to Ask How Many
Convert string to number: CLng function

4. Make Purchase Order, Part 1
Create the Make Purchase Order Code
Creating a PO with a Recordset
Get the assigned Autonumber for a record
Check if there is a PO for this vendor

5. Make Purchase Order, Part 2
Check if this item is already on a PO
Use recordsets to create the PO and details
Verify table data

6. Purchase Order Form, Part 1
Create Purchase Order Details Subform
Create an unbound ListBox to show all POs
OnClick event to show only items on selected PO
Bind the form to Purchase Order Table
Show Notes

7. Purchase Order Form, Part 2
Check Box to Filter Open/Closed POs
Check Box to Filter Received/Not POs
Tri-State CheckBoxes (Triple State)
QuickLinks to Set the Checkbox Values

 

Access 329

 

1. Purchase Order Report, Part 1
Printable Purchase Order
Grab MyCompany Info from InvoiceR
PO Information
Line Item Information
SUM of Items Quantities
COUNT of Line Items
WhereStr to WhereBox
Print Selected PO

2. Purchase Order Report, Part 2
Print All Listed POs
NoData event if no purchase orders

3. Closing POs, Receiving Parts Part 1
Mark PO as Sent to Vendor
UPDATE Query With Just SQL
UPDATE Table SET Fields WHERE Condition
Mark PO as Parts Received

4. Closing POs, Receiving Parts Part 2
Hiding Unnecessary Buttons in Code
"Sent to Vendor" label on PO

5. Emailing Purchase Orders, Part 1
File > Send To > Mail Recipient as Attachment
HTML Format
Snapshot Format
Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer
Text Format
DoCmd.SendObject
acFormatHTML
acFormatTXT
acFormatSNP
acFormatRTF
acFormatXLS

6. Emailing Purchase Orders, Part 2
PO Report not Formatted Good for Email
Also Sends EVERY PO
Making a Unique PurchaseOrderEmailR

7. Sending Bulk Email to Customers
Add buttons for new forms to our menus
Add IncludeInEmails field to CustomerT
Bulk eMail List
Recordset to Send Bulk Email
acSendNoObject
Microsoft Outlook Email Security "Feature"

 
 
 

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