Question 1: Looking for an Access guide that doesn't speak in computer jargon

[not a code fan]

This is the first of three threads i am posting.
I'd say i'm pretty average at using access and have overcome most problems but i always struggle when it comes to getting over all the jargon that Access uses. I have looked through some of the Acess guide books but i have not found anything yet that 1. that speaks in English and 2. that doesn't cover two chapters to tell you how to do a simple task.

Any suggestions for good guides books or websites etc?

 

[WayneRyan]

nacf,

Here's some links ...

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=76527&highlight=access+books

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=74520&highlight=access+books

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=70201&highlight=access+books

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=66062&highlight=access+books

You can also look at the FAQ and sample database forums here.

Wayne

 

[calouste]

I found this...

Hello notacodefan... I'm not a coder, either.

I ordered this book from Amazon last night after reading a bit of it while I was at work. Its style is much more my speed than any of the other books I've read. I'm a social science geek and I just don't think like a programmer, myself.

Check it out:

Grover Park George On Access
http://tinyurl.com/7ydan

 

[not a code fan]

Thanks for your suggestions everyone

 

[Oldsoftboss]

All Access I have learnt is from trial and error or from the great help from this forum. My suggestion is to study the code that the wizard creates. After a while things will start to become repetative like:

Docmd.Openform "FormName"

Docmd.RunCommand accmdSaveRecord

Me.FieldName.Setfocus

Me.FieldName.Enabled = True / False

The first Db I created was with ALL Macros ! Now I never use macros as VBA code is much easier to manage.

Once you master code basics it will become clearer.

Dave

 

[Mile-O]

All Access I have learnt is from trial and error or from the great help from this forum.

Same here. Although, admittedly, I had a head start from knowing BASIC.

 

[Rich]

I had a head start from knowing BASIC.

...maths,english, history? go on give us a clue

 

[GPGeorge]

Thanks!

Wow, thanks for the good words about my book. It really is aimed at new users who don't have a programming background, but who need to use a tool like Access to get their REAL job done. So, in a way, it's the book I looked for, and couldn't find, when I started working with MS Access myself. Everything that frustrated me in the first three or four years of my db work is in there.

It's really gratifying to hear that someone did find it useful.

George "Grover Park George" Hepworth

Hello notacodefan... I'm not a coder, either.

I ordered this book from Amazon last night after reading a bit of it while I was at work. Its style is much more my speed than any of the other books I've read. I'm a social science geek and I just don't think like a programmer, myself.

Check it out:

Grover Park George On Access
http://tinyurl.com/7ydan

 

[Mile-O]

Nice to see you here George.