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Title: Beginning Access 97 VBA Progr Amming by David Sussman ISBN: 1-86100-086-3 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (53 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Beware of Title
Comment: This is not a true beginners book. The word "Intermediate" should appear somewhere on the cover. I am divided on this book, some chapters are fantastic, while others are terribly written. On the negative: the authors make constant reference to how easy this is, however they are forgetting that the readers of this book do not have the multi-year experience that they possess. Certain chapters are extemely complicated are clearly intended for seasoned professionals. They also spend considerable time on procedures that would likely never be used in the real world. On the positive: there is a great deal of information here, the chapter on recordsets in sensational. The authors and I agree that recordset (note this is a broad subject) manipulation is one of the most crucial issues in Access VBA development. After employing what I learned into my real world applications, it is clear why this subject is so critical. They did a great job of writing the chapters that cover recordsets (and all of its' subsets) as well as program logic (If/Then, Do/Loop, For Each/Next, Arrays, etc.). If you are truly a beginner to VBA then buy "Step by Step" first. I would warn that the reader should not be taken in by the word "Beginner" in the title. Do not buy this book unless you are serious about application development. If you can understand this book, then you are moving into an elite status. I would not recommend this book unless your goal is to be compensated (to at least some degree) for your Access programming skills.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good programming course in VBA
Comment: There does not seem to be a good book on VBA written, but this book is the best of a bad lot. If you have no programming or computer science background at all, then this book would be considered an intermediate text and you may wish to try one of the SAMS learning series books instead. However, if you have any background in programming, this book will help you acquire the nuances of using Visual Basic with Access.
The book takes a very practical approach of walking the reader through the various elements of how a VBA application is structured and developed. The chapters are: Designing Applications, Events, Creating Code, Flow Control, Objects, Recordsets, External Data, Reports, Advanced Techniques, Error Handling, Class Modules, Optimization, Libraries, OLE, Internet interfaces and miscellaneous notes. Using a consistent sample application, the reader is walked through each step in the construction of a VBA application.
I find that the use of single demo, which builds upon itself, to be much more effective that snippets of code and incomplete/unrelated examples. With little effort, many of the techniques in the sample code may be modified to fit your own needs.
Overall, the book is a good text as well as reference for sample code. It is not organized as a reference text (use the online help instead). As a systems integration professional, I have purchased this book for more than one of my junior programmers in order to get them started.
Rating: 3
Summary: The Access VBA book that is hard to swallow
Comment: This book is good, but it contains too much information. The book is overkill on Access VBA. More information than anyone can handle. The code examples can be too long. You can learn, but you have to stay awake and remain alert. If not you will fall asleep. I don't recommend it to beginners at all. For all beginners out there, stay clear of this book. If you don't you might end up hating Access VBA. I thought the book could have been written a lot shorter. I recommend this book to experienced users who want to read a few pages a day.
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Title: Microsoft Access 97 Visual Basic (Step by Step (Microsoft)) by Evan Callahan ISBN: 1572313196 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Access 97 Bible by Cary N. Prague, Michael R. Irwin ISBN: 0764530356 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 20 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Premier Edition, Second Edition (2nd Edition) by Alison Balter ISBN: 0672309998 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 15 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Access 97 Developer's Handbook by Ken Getz, Mike Gilbert, Paul Microsoft Access 95 Developer's Handbook Litwin ISBN: 0782119417 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Access 97 Programming for Windows for Dummies by Rob Krumm ISBN: 1568846967 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 31 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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