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Figure 2.1 The Open dialog box in the Startup window.
Cancel button
Open dialog box
folders on drive C
Figure 2.2 Obtaining help.
help on creating a form
Create a form topic
type form wiz in this text box
Print button
Figure 2.3 Preparing to open a database.
click to open the highlighted database
click to cancel open
highlighted database
Figure 2.4 The Database window.
tables, queries, and other database objects on the Object bar
four tables comprise this database
Database window
Figure 2.5 Icons and cascaded windows.
three cascaded windows
minimized window containing the tblBroker table
menu bar toolbar
Expand buttons
Figure 2.6 Example table containing employee data.
each column holds a different characteristic about the row it describes
this value shows the total number of rows in the table
the primary key column’s values by definition are unique for each row
Figure 2.7 Example query and dynaset.
query design
query dynaset
Figure 2.8 Example form displaying an Employee table row.
text boxes
navigation buttons
Figure 2.9 Example report.
Figure 2.10 Open Database dialog box.
database file
the Look in drop-down list
Figure 2.11 Database window.
list of tables in the database
comments about each table
Figure 2.12 Two views of the same data.
Datasheet view
Form view
Figure 2.13 The Client table (tblClient).
tblClient table among a list of tables
Datasheet view of tblClient
Figure 2.14 Table Datasheet view toolbar.
View
Save
Print Preview
Spelling
Copy
Format Painter
Insert Hyperlink
Sort Descending
Filter By Form
Find
Delete Record
New Object
Cut
Paste
Undo
Sort Ascending
Filter By Selection
Apply Filter
New Record
Database Window
Help
Figure 2.15 Changing a table’s display characteristics.
Figure 2.16 Print dialog box.
selected (network) printer
number of copies to print
designates which pages to print
Figure 2.17 Using Documentor to print out table structure information.
four tables are selected
click other tabs to select additional objects
select all objects in a window
Figure 2.18 A query design and resulting dynaset.
dynaset
query design
table field roster
query grid
Figure 2.19 Show Table dialog box.
Figure 2.20 One-table query, Design view.
selection criteria
QBE grid Show row
Figure 2.21 One-table query dynaset.
only rows with 1015 for ClientID are selected for the dynaset
Figure 2.22 Selection and projection operations with an and operator used in the criteria.
dynaset
query design
selection criteria
Figure 2.23 Comparison operators.
Operator Meaning< Less than> Greater then= Equal to<= Less than or equal to>= Greater than or equal to<> Not equal to
Figure 2.24 Logical operators.
Operator MeaningAnd Conditions on both sides must be true for the statement to be
true. Otherwise, the statement is false.Or The statement is true if a condition on either side is true or if
both conditions are true. Otherwise, the statement is false.Not A unary operator, it negates the logic it precedes.
Figure 2.25 OR query and dynaset.
multiple criteria on two different criteria rows implements an OR between the criteria
Figure 2.26 A query calculating a value with an expression.
dynaset
query design
calculated expression
New Object button
Figure 2.27 Preparing to print a query’s definition.
Figure 2.28 An update query example.
BrokerSalary is replaced by the value of this expression
only rows containing “F” are updated
Figure 2.29 A delete query example.
delete criteria
Figure 2.30 An append query example.
field names need not match
append values from this table to tblEmployee
Figure 2.31 A client form.
the number of records in the tblClient table
current record number
Next Record button
Figure 2.32 Form based on the query, qryStockValue.
no minimize or maximize button is available
record count
Figure 2.33 Broker form.
Figure 2.34 Filter By Form example.
Apply Filter/Remove Filter
ClientID drop-down list
Figure 2.35 Previewing a report.
Figure 2.36 Typical AutoReport-style report.
Figure 2.37 Report design.
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