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

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.