Access 2000: Application Development

Code:

CT11-313

Series:

Desktop Applications

Duration:

1 day

Designing an application
Examining an application
Planning an application

Automating forms
Working with dialog boxes
Working with macro groups
Automating navigation across forms

Working with Switchboard and Splash Screen forms
Working with Switchboard forms
Working with Splash Screen forms
Automating Splash Screen forms

Creating custom toolbars and menu bars
Working with toolbars
Creating custom and shortcut menus
Working with VBA code
Visual Basic for Applications programming elements
Working with modules
Creating procedures

Advanced VBA programming
Using control structures
Handling events
Resolving errors
Displaying a Web site

Managing databases
Working with database utilities to optimize resources
Securing data by database replication
Encrypting and decrypting databases

Access 2000: Application Development

Course specifications
Course number: 011 313
Software version number: 9.0
Course length: 1 day


Course description

Overview:
Students will learn how to develop an application and tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using macros and Visual Basic for Applications code.

Prerequisites:

Access 2000: Introduction, Intermediate & Advanced, or equivalent knowledge.

Delivery method:

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Benefits:

Students will learn how to build an application by designing and creating the database objects and a graphical user interface.

Target student:

Students enrolling in this course should understand table, query, form, report, and macro design and function, as well as data normalization and table relationships.

What's next:

This is the last course in this series.


Access 2000: Application Development

Performance-based objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Identify components of and plan an application.
  • Automate the application interface, automate dialog boxes, use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code elements, and automate navigation across forms.
  • Create Switchboard forms, and create and automate Splash Screen forms.
  • Create macro groups, custom toolbars, menu bars, shortcut menus, and set the startup properties for toolbars and menus.
  • Use different VBA programming elements, work with modules, and create procedures in modules.
  • Use control and loop structures in VBA code, handle events by automating controls on forms, trap and resolve errors in code, and add Web browser controls to forms.
  • Work with database utilities to optimize resources, secure data, and encrypt and decrypt databases.