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& (concatenation) operator, 129/ (integer division) operator, 129 ^ (power) operator, 1301NF (fi rst normal form), 566–567, 5682NF (second normal form), 567, 5692013Team.accdb fi le, 6983NF (third normal form), 567, 569–57032-bit Offi ce versions, 611–6134NF (fourth normal form), 5685NF (fi fth normal form), 56864-bit Offi ce versions, 611–613

A

Abs() function, 141.accdb fi les, 5, 6

converting .mdb fi les to, 768–769linking fi les to, 572–576

Access 2013vs. Access 2010, 11deprecated components, 4–11new components, 12–13

Access apps. See also web appsdeploying, 772–777maintaining, 786–791user-level security, 764–772

Access clientconnecting to web apps, 401–412controls without web app counterparts, 109security, 482, 509–513templates

linking to, 467

storing in document libraries, 450–462Access Data Projects, 5Access SQL, 581–582Access Template Library, 449Account page, backstage, 58–59ACE database engine, 566, 572, 578ACM Server, 13Action Bar, 93–96

custom action button properties, 93–94default action buttons, 94–95

action buttonscustom, 95–96default, 94–95

Action Catalog, Macro Designer, 150, 151, 153, 162

action queries, 125Active Directory (AD), 766Adhoc environment, 779–780.adp fi les, 5After Delete table event, 158After Insert table event, 158After Update table event, 158, 169, 283agent-based security, 482–483aggregate queries, 126AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML),

309, 311, 348Allow Zero Length property, 10anonymous access, 492–494ANSI specifi cations, 130Any type, 624API.txt Create and Manage an Explorer

Window fi le, 613–617API.txt Tip_Nulls fi le, 622API.txt Tip_SustainablePointer fi le, 624


824

API32-64.txt Private Sub VBA7 fi le – Boyce Codd Normal Form (BCNF)

API32-64.txt Private Sub VBA7 fi le, 612–613

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), 608–609

declaring functions, 617–619documentation, 609Explorer window example, 613–617handers, 611mapping data types, 609–610pointers, 611

App Catalogs, 16–18, 450–451app packages

customizing, 463–467inter-site portability, 551linking to Access template fi les, 467

app stores, 14app web, 15app web sandbox, 15appdb.xml fi le, 545–547, 551Append query, 576, 580appendTo() function, 356application layer security, 484–485Application Programming Interfaces. See APIsappmanifest.xml fi le, 545–547, 551apps

Access apps. See Access appsApps for Offi ce, 14–15Apps for SharePoint, 14, 15–16web apps, See web apps

Apps for Offi ce, 14–15Apps for SharePoint, 14, 15–16Asynchronous JavaScript And XML (AJAX), 309,

311, 348Attachment control, 109, 656AU (auto-updater) tool, 775–776Audit and Control Management Server. See ACM

Serveraudit tables, 301–303audit trails, 769–772

data macros and, 627–628vs. differential backups, 478–479

authentication, 18–19auto-updater (AU) tool, 775–776AutoComplete control, 104–105automation, 719–720

declaring/instantiating variables, 721–722early vs. late binding, 722–724Offi ce applications

Excel, 725–737Outlook, 749–759PowerPoint, 744–749Word, 737–744

PKZip, 759–762AutoNumber data type, 33–36, 38availability, 798–799

B

back enddata refresh cycles, 780–781deploying fi le changes, 776–777environments, switching between, 781–784SQL Server as, 807–820

Catalog Views, 817SSMS, 807–814stored procedures, 815–816triggers, 817troubleshooting, 817–820user-defi ned functions, 816–817views, 814–815

backstage, 55–59backups

database solutions, 786–789differential (See differential backups)managing, 560–561SQL Server databases, 810–811

batch fi les, auto-updating front-end fi les, 776BCNF (Boyce Codd Normal Form), 568BE. See back end BeforeUpdate event, 193binding reports to passthrough queries, 409bit data type, 38, 188Blank view, 54

default buttons, 94–95resizing, 91

blank web apps, creating, 26–27block macro actions, 160bootstrapper, 10Bound Object Frame control, 655Boyce Codd Normal Form (BCNF), 568


825

breadcrumb navigation – controls

breadcrumb navigation, 50breakpoints, 596–597buffered strings, 623bulk operations, 125Button control, 99ByRef, 623Byte data type, 182ByVal, 623

C

Cmapping data types, 609–610passing nulls, 622structs, 610–611

C++handlers, 611mapping data types, 609–610passing nulls, 622pointers, 611structs, 610–611

Calculated data type, 38, 190–191, 197–200calculated fi elds

functions/expresssions, 146–147to support indexing, 628–631

Call Level Interface (CLI), 573callback function, 619camelCase, 353CancelRecordChange macro action, 161carriage returns, 39Cartesian product joins, 602–603cascade deletes, 296CAST() data types, 582Cast() function, 132–133Catalog Views, 817cboAddress object, GeoName class, 391CDate() function, 578Ceiling() function, 129, 142certencoded() function, 535certprivatekey() function, 535ChangeView macro action, 167, 169–170, 171CharIndex() function, 136Chart API, 363–371Chart control, 109check-constraint violations, 625Checkbox control, 99–100

checksum, 777CLI (Call Level Interface), 573click event handlers, creating for query by views,

261–263client database connections, 401–412

best practices, 409–412VBA code to relink, 406–409security, 509–513

cloning records, 270–278Close page, backstage, 58ClosePopup macro action, 167closing databases, 58Cloud App Model, 3. See also appsCoalesce() function, 134Code Playground, 366–367Collect Data via Email feature, 8combined navigation, 51combo boxes

Combobox control, 98–99in forms, 656–657

command buttons, 649Comment macro action, 161, 162, 164, 167comments, adding to macros, 162complex queries, 600–601Concat() function, 129, 136, 191, 197–198concatenation, 190, 197–200concatenation (&) operator, 129confi dentiality statements, 711confi guration tables, 199–200connecting to web apps

using Excel, 412–430using SSMS, 430–446

adding linked servers, 433–437getting connection details, 401managing, 399–400, 430–433querying data in linked servers,

437–442using linked server objects, 442–446

using the Access client, 401–412constants, 131–132consuming web services

using web browser control, 362–371ZIP code lookups, 371–394

controls, 96AutoComplete, 104–105Button, 99


826

copying and pasting macro actions – database solutions

client controls not available in Access web apps, 109

Combobox, 98–99common properties, 108–109Image, 101Label, 96–97placement, manipulating, 88–92Related Items, 105–107Subview, 102Textbox, 97–98, 647–648Web Browser, 102–103, 110–114

copying and pasting macro actions, 155–156correlated queries, 602crashes, 622Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) view, 205CreateRecord macro action, 161, 166, 275–277,

288–289, 292–293, 637–638CRUD (create, read, update and delete)

operations, 266CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) view, 205Currency constant, 131Currency data type, 38, 187–188custom action buttons

adding, 94customizing, 96properties, 93–94

Customize Quick Access Toolbar pane, 6Customize the Ribbon pane, 6–7

D

Data Connection Wizard, 412–415data macros, 157, 624–625. See also freestanding

macros; UI macrosAction Catalog, 162adding actions, 162architecture, 158–159block macro actions, 160changes since Access 2010, 159client vs. web macros, 625–626context, 158–159creating, 628–640DeleteRecord, 161, 166, 167, 626EditRecord, 161, 166, 167, 626, 637, 641

fi lter tables, clearing selections, 249ForEachRecord, 161, 165–166, 267, 626,

629, 633, 636–639LookupRecord161, 165parameters, 172–173passing parameters, 155standalone, 157, 158–159, 162, 172tracing, 154–155use cases, 626–628using with UI macros, 172–175VBA, accessing, 640–641when to use, 266–267

data sourcesACE database engine, 566, 572, 578creating tables from, 31–36DSN-less linking, 514–515normalization, 566–570ODBC linking, 573–576primary key fi elds, 570–571SharePoint lists as, 41–42

data types. See also specifi c typesAutoNumber, 33–36, 38Calculated, 38, 190–191, 197–200changes from previous versions, 38–40constants, 131–132Currency, 38, 187–188Date/Time, 38, 40, 183–187Hyperlink, 38, 39, 188–189Image, 38, 40, 189–190Long Text, 38–39, 178–182Lookup, 40, 191–193mapping, 609–610Short Text, 38–39, 178–182SQL Server types, 812–814Yes/No, 38, 188

Database Compare, 12–13database diagrams, 811database solutions

debugging, 596–597deploying, 772–777intellectual property rights, 791–792maintaining, 786

automating maintenance, 789–791backups, 786–789


827

databases – design patterns, navigation

different environments, 778–786shutting down solutions, 791

trial solutions, 792–794user-level security, 764–772

databasesclosing, 58deploying solutions, 772–777Maid To Order. See Maid To Order appopening, 57–58saving, 58

Datasheet view, 37, 54, 230–236controls supported, 76default buttons, 94–95fi lter limitations, 232–236fi ltered lists in drop-downs, 231–232search forms, creating, 657–660

DataSources.txt Access SQL fi le, 581DataSources.txt Append Query fi le, 580DataSources.txt Convert T-SQL data to

Access date fi le, 578DataSources.txt Convert T-SQL date to

Access date II fi le, 579DataSources.txt Convert T-SQL to Access

date in T-SQL fi le, 579DataSources.txt Delete Object fi le, 580DataSources.txt Delete query fi le, 580DataSources.txt Import spec in VBA fi le,

577DataSources.txt Make Table Query fi le, 579DataSources.txt Saved Import Export in

VBA fi le, 577DataTable() function, 366date and time functions, 139–141Date constant, 131date data type, 38date limits, 805–806Date/Time data type, 38, 40, 183–187DateAdd() function, 139–140, 284–285DateDiff() function, 140, 285DateFromParts() function, 135DatePart() function, 140, 261–262datetime2 data type, 38DateWithTime constant, 131DateWithTimeFromParts() function, 135

Day constant, 132, 139Day() function, 139, 140–141DayOfYear constant, 132dBASE fi les, deprecation of, 7debugging database solutions, 596–597Decimal data type, 182, 187–188decimal data type, 38default action buttons, 94–95Delete table event, 296DeleteRecord action, 161, 166, 167, 626delimiters, 129Deploy_Maintain.txt Batch file to

Copy FE fi le, 776Deploy_Maintain.txt Call Audit

Trail fi le, 771Deploy_Maintain.txt Call MDA fi le, 790Deploy_Maintain.txt CaptureAuditTrail

fi le, 770–771Deploy_Maintain.txt Change Textbox

BackColor based on Textbox value fi le, 782–783

Deploy_Maintain.txt Copy Compact Repair fi le, 787–788

Deploy_Maintain.txt pf_FindFolder fi le, 783–784

Deploy_Maintain.txt pf_FindName fi le, 784Deploy_Maintain.txt pf_FindPath fi le, 783Deploy_Maintain.txt Remote Query fi le, 772Deploy_Maintain.txt Trial - Number of

records fi le, 793Deploy_Maintain.txt Trial – Timed fi le,

793deploying database solutions, 772–773

auto-updating front-end fi les, 775–776deploying back-end changes, 776–777deploying front-end fi les, 773–775

deploying web apps, 540app catalogs, 540–541on-premises SharePoint server, 541–551upgrading and maintaining apps, 559–561versioning apps, 551–561

design patterns, navigationbreadcrumb, 50combined, 51


828

DEV (Development) environment – ETL (extract, transform, load)

drop-down menus, 51faceted searches, 51fl y-out menus, 51footer, 51navigation bars, 47–48search, 48–50tabbed, 50tag clouds, 50

DEV (Development) environment, 778Dev Ashish, 782Developer Subscription, 558Development (DEV) environment, 778dialog forms, 652differential backups, 468–471

vs. audit trails, 478–479insert and update queries, 471–477using transactions, 478VBA module for running, 477–478

distributed query transactions, 445–446distributing web apps, 16–18document libraries

confi guring version control, 460–462creating custom content types, 452–455creating libraries, 450–452customizing libraries, 456–457customizing ribbon, 458–460importing image fi les, 455–456

Double data type, 182, 183dragging and dropping macro actions, 155–156drawChart() function, 365–366drilling down reports, 698–699drop-down lists, 231–232drop-down menus, 51DSN-less connections, 406–407, 514–515Duplicate View, 92–93duplicating views, 92–93

E

e-commerce, PayPal buttons, adding, 333adding the HTML, 339–340allowing framing of custom page, 338–339authoring custom pages, 336–338getting the HTML, 333–336showing buttons on web apps, 340–341

e-mail, collecting data via, 8early binding, 722–724EditRecord macro block, 161, 166, 167,

626, 637, 641Else If macro block, 164embedded

data macros, 157, 159queries, 119–120UI macros, 157, 159

encryption, 515–516administrator tasks, 531–532creating SharePoint lists, 516–524storing passwords in SharePoint lists,

524–531enterprise environments

app packages, customizing, 463–467document libraries

confi guring version control, 460–462

creating, 450–452creating custom content types,

452–455customizing libraries, 456–457customizing library ribbon, 458–460importing image fi les, 455–456

synchronizing data between app databases, 468–479

template fi les, linking to, 467EnumChildWindows function, 617, 618, 619, 620,

620suenvironments, 778–786EOMonth() function, 141Eqv operator, 130Err object, 623error handling, 591–596

and data macros, 267ErrorHandling.txt Private Sub

cmdFoo_Click 2 fi le, 593ErrorHandling.txt Private Sub



cmFoo_Click 1 fi le, 592ETL (extract, transform, load), 576


829

Excel – forms

Excelautomation, 725–737importing data from, 31–36object library, 728object model, 721–722, 728ODC connections

creating connections, 412–415creating PivotCharts, 416–420creating PivotTables, 420–421creating tables, 415–416managing, 421–424sharing workbooks, 425–430

Exists operator, 130Exists() function, 634Exists() subquery, 601–602ExitForEachRecord macro action, 161Exp() function, 142explicit trust, 19Explorer window, creating, 613–617Expression Builder, 153–154expressions

availability by context, 146–147constants, 131–132delimiters, 129Expression Builder, 153–154functions. See functionsoperators, 129–131sargability and, 226

external data sources. See data sourcesExternalReader users, 484, 509, 513, 533ExternalWriter users, 484, 509, 512–513,

524–525, 533extract, transform, load (ETL), 576

F

faceted seaches, 51False constant, 131FE. See front-end (FE) environmentsField List, 79–84fi eld-level validation rules, 193–195fi elds. See also data types

FK (foreign key), 566, 567, 569PK (primary key), 566, 567, 570–571properties, 40–41

fi fth normal form (5NF), 568fi le-based security, 482Filter by Form, 659fi ltering

Datasheet views, 230–236query by views, 237

building click event handlers, 261–263

cascading parameters, 242–243clearing selections, 249creating, 249–252creating fi lter tables, 244, 248–249creating fi ltering queries, 252–257design requirements, 246–248displaying fi lter results, 260–261enabling/disabling parameters,

241–242handling large numbers of parameters,

244–246making parameters optional, 241optional joins, 242populating fi lter tables, 257–260SQL construction, 237–241

fi rst normal form (1NF), 566–567, 568fi xed-point numbers, 38, 183FK (foreign key) fi elds, 566, 567, 569fl ags, 624Float constant, 131float data type, 38, 183fl oating-point numbers, 38, 183Floor() function, 129, 142fl y-out menus, 51footer navigation, 51ForEachRecord macro block, 161, 165–166, 267,

626, 629, 633, 636–639foreign key (FK) fi elds, 566, 567, 569Format() function, 134–135, 185–187forms

adding web browser controls, 410–412creating, 644–645

attachment fi elds, 656combo boxes, 656–657command buttons, 649datasheet search forms, 657–660dialog forms, 652


830

fourth normal form (4NF) – Hyperlink data type

labels, 648–649layout considerations, 645lists, 656–657modal forms, 652pop-up forms, 652split forms, 650–651Tag property, 653–654textboxes, 647–648user considerations, 645–647

frmDemo forms, 653–656images, displaying, 654–656index forms, 208–209, 219

Datasheet view, 230–237List view, 219–223Summary view, 223–230

multiple instances, opening, 660–663MVFs (multi-value fi elds), 663–668PDF forms, fi lling out, 712–715query by forms, 209–210Report Runner, 668–685split forms, 650–651switchboards, 206–208

fourth normal form (4NF), 568freestanding macros, 270

cloning records, 270–278deleting records, 294–296generating a set of records with variable

parameters, 278–290generating records in different tables,

290–294updating records, 294–296

frmAutomation form, 724frmDemoComboBox form, 656frmDemoImage form, 655frmDemoTagReadOnly form, 653–654frmDemoTagRequiredData form,

653–654frmSource object, GeoName class, 391front-end (FE) environments

auto-updating fi les, 775–776deploying fi les, 773–775user access, 767

frustrated joins, 599–600functions. See also specifi c functions

availability by context, 146–147

constants, 131–132data type inspection/conversion functions,

132–135date and time, 139–141incompatible with T-SQL, 806-807math, 141–145optional arguments, 586program fl ow, 145SQL aggregate, 145string, 135–139table-valued, 117–118user-defi ned, 586–591, 816–817

G

GeoName class, 373–394GetClassName function, 619–620GetDesktopWindow function, 617–618GetLastError function, 623GetWindowPlacement function, 621Google

Chart API, 363–371Code Playground, 366–367Drive, 787

google.load() function, 365GoToControl macro action, 167GoToRecord macro action, 167Group macro action, 161, 164–165, 167grouping

report data, 700–701, 702tiles, 213

guided searches, 51

H

handers, 611hash sum, 777hiding tiles, 77history of change, 301–303horizontal navigation bars, 47–48hosting web apps, 15–16Hour constant, 132Hyperlink control, 100–101Hyperlink data type, 38, 39, 188–189


831

If macro action – list pane

I

If macro action, 161, 162–164, 167If...Then macro block, 155, 160If...Then...Else macro block, 162–164If/Then macro action, 274, 276–278, 284–285iframes, web browser control security, 113–114IIf() function, 191, 197–198Image control, 101, 655–656Image data type, 38, 40, 189–190Immediate window, VBE, 596Imp operator, 130In operator, 130In() function, 130, 634index forms, 219


Info Backstage, 398–399enabling/disabling connections, 400getting connection details, 401managing connections, 399–400resetting passwords, 401

Info page, backstage, 56–57initializing local variables, 269–270inlining web apps, 322–333Inno Setup, 10InstallShield, 10instantiation, 721–722int data type, 38, 182Integer constant, 131Integer data type, 182integer division (/) operator, 129integrated solutions, 306–307

security considerations, 307–310web services, 310–311

Location Mapper app, 311–322using APIs with a web browser control,

362–371ZIP code lookup, 371–394

intellectual property rights (IPR), 791–792internal-facing apps, distributing, 16–18interoperability, 717–718IPR (intellectual property rights), 791–792ISO_Week constant, 132

J–K

J Street Technology, 782JavaScript

building pages to handle, 363–366vs. VBA, 350–352

Jet 3.x fi les, deprecation, 7Jet Replication, 6joins

Cartesian product, 602–603frustrated, 599optional, 242

jQueryadding image elements, 353-357installing to team site, 348-350

KPI (Key Performance Indicators)Google’s Chart API, 363–371

L

Label control, 96–97Label Text property, 41Label Wizard, 694–696Language page, backstage, 59late binding, 722–724layout. See also navigation; UI; views

mobile devices, 60–65new approach to, 51–54

Left() function, 136–137Len() function, 137licensing, 558–559Like operator, 130Line control, 109links

linked views, 213managing linked objects, 576–579mapping, 213–214ODBC, 573–576SharePoint lists, 41–42template fi les, 467

list paneList view, 53search navigation, 49Summary view, 54


832

List view – macros

List view, 37, 53default buttons, 94–95Design tab, ribbon, 75–76search fi eld, designing, 222

Listbox control, 109lists, SharePoint

linking, 41–42setting up, 516–524storing passwords in, 524–531

lngOrdinalPositions() array, 376local differential backups. See differential backupslocal variables, initializing, 269–270Locals window, VBE, 597Location Mapper app, 311

adding to websites, 312–315confi guring, 315–322selecting, 311–312

Location Mapper Plus, 312, 322–326Log() function, 142–143Log10() function, 142–143LogEvent macro action, 638logins, Offi ce 365, 27–29Long Integer data type, 182Long Text data type, 38–39

in client forms, 178–179in client tables, 179Enter key behavior, 39, 178–179, 181lengths, 39, 179in web app tables, 179–181in web forms, 181–182

LongText constant, 131Lookup data type, 40, 191–193lookup data type, 40Lookup Wizard, 191–193LookupRecord data block, 161, 165LookupRecord macro action, 267, 274, 275,

299–301, 629–630, 639–640Lower() function, 137LTrim() function, 137

M

Macro Designer, 152–157Action Catalog, 150, 151, 153, 162

data macro tracing, 154–155expressions, 153–154interacting with, 155–157macro links, 155Parameters box, 155

macroscopying and pasting, 155–156data macros, 157. See also specifi c macros

Action Catalog, 162adding actions, 162architecture, 158–159block macro actions, 160changes since Access 2010, 159client vs. web macros, 625–626context, 158–159creating, 628–640fi lter tables, clearing selections, 249parameters, 172–173passing parameters, 155standalone, 157, 158–159, 162, 172tracing, 154–155use cases, 266–267, 626–628using with UI macros, 172–175VBA, accessing, 640–641

dragging and dropping, 155–156freestanding macros

cloning records, 270–278deleting records, 294–296generating records in different tables,

290–294generating records with variable

parameters, 278–290updating records, 294–296

need for web-compatible language, 150–151UI macros, 157, 166–168. See also specifi c

macrosand validating data, 197architecture, 159–160block macro actions, 160data entry operations, 172return values, 174–175standalone, 157, 159–160using with data macros, 172–175when to use, 268–269


833

Maid To Order app – New page, backstage

Maid To Order app, 24Access template fi le, linking to, 467adding to app catalog, 543–545, 547–551app catalog, 450app package, customizing, 463–467charts, rendering, 363–371document library, creating, 450–462fi eld-level validation, 193–195inter-site portability, 551linking web apps, 311–322mobile devices support, 61–65PayPal button, adding, 333–341record-level validation, 195records

cloning, 270–278deleting, 294–296generating in different tables, 290–294generating with variable parameters,

278–290updating, 294–296

site mailbox, adding, 341–362synchronizing data between web app

databases, 468–479version control, 545–547versioning, 551–561ZIP code lookup web services, 371–394

Make Table query, 579–580Marketplace, 16math functions, 141–145.mdb fi les, 5, 6, 7

converting to .accdb fi les, 768–769Members SharePoint group, 484, 491, 501, 502menus

deprecation of, 6drop-down, 51fl y-out, 51

MessageBox macro action, 167, 174–175Microsoft SkyDrive, 787Microsoft Source Code Control

Interface (MSSCCI), 9–10Millisecond constant, 132Minute constant, 132mobile devices, layout, 60–65modal forms, 652

monetizing web apps, 557–559Month constant, 132, 140–141Month() function, 140–141MSSCCI (Microsoft Source Code

Control Interface), 9–10multi-value fi elds. See MVFsMVDemo.accdb fi le, 664MVFs (multi-value fi elds), 664–668

appending attachments, 665–668appending MVFs, 664–665

MZ-Tools, 596

N

namingfreestanding UI macros, 287tiles, 77–78, 212, 213web apps, 204

navigation bars, 47–48Navigation Control control, 109navigation list

creating from web app tiles, 212–213design logic, 213organizing, 211–212

navigation, web apps, 46, 206breadcrumb navigation, 50combined navigation, 51drop-down menus, 51faceted seaches, 51fl y-out menus, 51footer navigation, 51index forms, 208–209, 219


layout, new approach to, 51–54navigation bars, 47–48query by forms, 209–211search navigation, 48–50switchboards, 206–208tabbed navigation, 50tag clouds, 50

.NET Framework, 800New page, backstage, 57


834

NewRecord macro action – Owners SharePoint group

NewRecord macro action, 167No constant, 131normalization, 566–570Northwind database reports

calling criteria form, 706for comparing values, 706–708with fl exible groupings, 702–706grouping data, 700–701with simple criteria, 701–702with simple groupings, 702

Nouns, 25attributes, 30–31creating tables using, 29–31

Now() function, 141Null constant, 131null-terminated strings, 623Number data type, 39–40, 182–183nvarchar data type, 38, 39, 179, 181

O

OAuth, 19Object Explorer, SSMS, 808, 812object libraries

Excel, 728Outlook, 751PowerPoint, 745Word, 737

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) objects, displaying, 655

object models, 719–722Excel, 721–722, 728Outlook, 751PowerPoint, 745Word, 738

ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) connections, 573–576. See also connecting to web apps

enabling/disabling, 399–400getting connecting information, 398–399, 401importing data from, 31–36resetting passwords, 401

ODC (Offi ce Data Connection) connections, 412–430

creating connections, 412–415

creating Excel PivotCharts, 416–420creating Excel PivotTables, 420–421creating Excel tables, 415–416managing connections, 421–424sharing Excel workbooks, 425–430

Offi ce 365logins, 27–29managing accounts, 58–59publishing apps, 554–556setting up trial accounts, 21–23

Offi ce applications32-bit vs. 64-bit, 611–613automating, 724–725

Excel integration, 725–737Outlook integration, 749–759PowerPoint integration, 744–749Word integration, 737–744

Offi ce Data Connection. See ODCOffi ce Store, 16, 557–559OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) objects,

displaying, 655OLE/ActiveX Control control, 109On Start macro, 269–270on-premises SharePoint server deployments,

541–551app catalog, 542–545, 547–551inter-site portability, 551tenancy, 541–542version control, 545–547

Open Database Connectivity. See ODBCOpen page, backstage, 57–58OpenPopup macro action, 167, 169–171, 271,

280–218, 295operators, 129–131Option Group control, 109optional joins, 242Options dialog, backstage, 59Outlook

automation, 749–759integration, 749–759object library, 751object model, 751

Owners SharePoint group, 484, 501, 502


835

Package Solution – queries

P

Package Solution, 775Packaging Wizard, 10parameterized queries, 117–118, 125–126parameters, data macros, 155, 172–173Parse() function, 133PascalCase, 353passthrough queries, 409passwords

resetting, 401storing in SharePoint lists, 524–531

PayPal button, adding to web apps, 333adding the HTML, 339–340allowing framing of custom pages, 338–339authoring custom pages, 336–338getting the HTML, 333–336showing the button, 340–341

PDF forms, fi lling out, 712–715PDFDemo.accdb fi le, 712PDFDemo.mdb fi le, 712performance

SQL Server, 819table events, 297

Pi() function, 143PivotCharts, 8, 416–420PivotTables, 8, 420–421PK (primary key) fi elds, 566–567, 570–571PKZip, automating, 759–762POC (Proof of Concept) environment, 780pointers, 611pop-up forms, 652popup button properties, 84–88popup views, 215–216

for Datasheet views, 233to display fi lter results, 260–261for Summary views, 228–230

power (^) operator, 130Power() function, 143PowerPoint

automation, 744–749integration, 744–749object library, 745object model, 745

primary key (PK) fi elds, 570–571Production (PROD) environment, 779program fl ow functions, 145Proof of Concept environment, 780properties

controlsAutoComplete, 104–105Button, 99Checkbox, 100Combobox, 98–99common properties, 108–109Hyperlink, 100–101Image, 101Label, 96–97Multiline Textbox, 103–104Related Items, 107Subview, 102Textbox, 97–98Web Browser, 102–103

custom action buttons, 93–94fi eld properties, 40–41popup button properties, 84–88query properties, 127–128report properties, 689–691

pseudo-random numbers, 143public web app distribution, 16

Q

QA (Quality Assurance) environment, 779QBF (Query by Form), 209–210, 604–606Quality Assurance (QA) environment, 779Quarter constant, 132queries

action, 125aggregate, 126architecture, 116–118complex, 600–601copying manually, 121–123correlated, 602creating, 119–120, 606–608distributed query transactions, 445–446effective, 579–582embedded, 119–120


836

Queries.txt Cartesian fi le – Report Runner

Exists() subquery, 601–602joins

Cartesian product, 602–603frustrated, 599

parameterized, 117–118, 125–126passthrough, 580, 582

binding reports to, 409performance, and data macros, 627previewing results, 123–124properties, 127–128sargable, 597–598saving, 119–120sorting, 116–117standalone, 120

Queries.txt Cartesian fi le, 602–603Queries.txt CascadeBoxes 2 fi le, 606Queries.txt CascadeBoxes fi le, 605Queries.txt Complex1 fi le, 600Queries.txt Complex2 fi le, 600–601Queries.txt Complex3 fi le, 601Queries.txt Exists fi le, 599–600Queries.txt Exists1 fi le, 602Queries.txt ExistsNot fi le, 602Queries.txt FrustratedJoin fi le, 599Queries.txt OuterJoin fi le, 599Queries.txt QueriesOnTheFly fi le, 607Queries.txt Sargable fi le, 598Queries.txt Upsert 1 fi le, 603Queries.txt Upsert 2 fi le, 603–604Queries.txt Upsert3 fi le, 604Query by Form (QBF), 209–210, 604–606query by views, 237

click event handlers, 261–263creating, 249–252data macros

to clear selections, 249to populate fi lter tables, 257–260

design requirements, 246–248displaying fi lter results, 260–261fi lter tables, creating, 248–249fi ltering queries, creating, 252–257fi ltering techniques, 241–246SQL construction, 237–241

Query Designer, changes in, 119–128query string parameters, 112

R

Radio Button control, 109RaiseError macro action, 161, 289, 298, 639–640Rand() function, 143RDBMS (relational database management systems)

FK (foreign key) fi elds, 566, 567, 569normalization, 566–570PK (primary key) fi elds, 566–567, 570–571

read-only access, 484, 493–494. See also ExternalReader users

read-write access, 484. See also ExternalWriter users

record limited previews, 793record-level validation rules, 195records

cloning, 270–278deleting, 166, 294–296editing, 166generating

in different tables, 290–294with variable parameters, 278–290

lookups, 165looping through, 165–166preventing deletions, 298–300requerying, 171supplemental, 628, 631–640updating, 294–296

recordsourcesavailable for views, 77–78queries as, 629, 638–640

Rectangle control, 109Reddick VBA convention, 204referential integrity, 192–193refresh cycles, 780–781Related Items control, 105–107relational database management systems. See

RDBMSreliability, 798–799Replace() function, 138replace() function, 354–355Replicate() function, 138Replication ID data type, 182Report Runner, 668

creating foundation, 668–669


837

Report Wizard – security

running reports, 673–684setting up criteria fi elds, 669–673

Report Wizard, 694ReportExamples.accdb fi le, 700,

706, 707ReportExamplesNW.accdb fi le, 700reports, 688–689

binding to passthrough queries, 409calling criteria forms from, 706confi dentiality statements, 711creating

calculated fi elds, 692–693drilling down, 698–700Label Wizard, 694–696layout view, 691–692properties, 689–691Report Wizard, 694subreports, 696–698

date, 711for comparing values, 706–708with fl exible groupings, 702–706for grouping data, 700–701headers and footers

properties, 691repeating criteria, 709–710showing group headers and footers,

702-703name, 711page numbers, 711PDF forms, fi lling out, 712with simple criteria, 701–702with simple groupings, 702temporary tables, 711work tables, 711

RequeryRecords macro action, 167, 171restoring SQL Server databases, 808–810reversion control, 785–786revoking permissions, 492ribbon, 55–59

backstage, 55–59view design surface, 75–76

Right() function, 136–137Round() function, 129, 143–144rowversion data type, 11RTrim() function, 137

RunDataMacro macro action, 161, 167, 173–174, 268, 278, 281, 626, 630

RunMacro macro action, 167, 175

S

Sagekey, 775sargability, and expressions, 226sargable queries, 597–598Save As page, backstage, 58Save page, backstage, 58SaveRecord macro action, 167saving

queries, 119–120records, 167web apps, 58

searchfaceted, 51guided, 51navigation, 48–50

Second constant, 132second normal form (2NF), 567, 569security, 18–19

agent-based, 482–483in the application layer, 484–485client databases, 509–513client solutions, 509–513fi le-based, 482front-end .accde fi le, 513–514

DSN-less connections, 514–515linked servers, 532–536password storage, 515–532

Offi ce 365 trial accounts, setting up, 21–23SharePoint security, 485–486

access types, 484adding users, 487–489anonymous access, 492–494deleting users, 490editing users, 490extending permissions, 490–491external connections, 484external user accounts, 491–492personal storage, 486securable objects, 485–486team sites, 486


838

SetField macro action – SQL Server

user groups, 483–484SharePoint sites, setting up, 20–21user-level, 764–772Web Browser control, 113–114

SetField macro action, 161, 166, 275–276, 288, 292–293, 641

SetLocalVar macro action, 161, 163–164, 173SetProperty macro action, 167, 168–169SetReturnVar macro action, 161, 174setup.exe fi le, 10SetVariable macro action, 167, 174, 269–270SetWindowPlacement function, 621SharePoint

App Catalogs, 16–18lists

importing data from, 31–36linking to, 41–42setting up, 516-524storing passwords in, 524–531

securityaccess types, 484adding users, 487–489anonymous access, 492–494deleting users, 490editing users, 490extending permissions, 490–491external connections, 484external user accounts, 491–492personal storage, 486securable objects, 485–486team sites, 486user groups, 483–484

workfl ows, deprecation of, 8–9SharePoint Designer

custom content types, creating, 452–455downloading, 326image fi les, importing, 455–456libraries, customizing, 456–458library ribbon, customizing, 458–460

sharing web apps, 69–70Shell function, 613Short Text data type, 38–39

in client forms, 178–179in client tables, 179Enter key behavior, 39, 178–179, 181

lengths, 39, 179in web app tables, 179–181in web forms, 181–182

ShortText constant, 131Sign() function, 145Single data type, 182, 183site mailbox, adding to web apps, 341–342

requirements, 342setting up, 343–347as a shared tool, 347–362

SkyDrive, 787Solutions Mapper

adding, 311–315confi guring, 315–322

sorting queries, 116–117source code control, 9–10splash screens, creating, 216–219split forms, 650–651splitter bar, split forms, 651SQL aggregate functions, 145SQL injection, 237–238SQL Native Client 11.0 driver, 401–402, 407,

413–414SQL Server

as back end, 807–820Catalog Views, 817SSMS, 807–814stored procedures, 815–816triggers, 817troubleshooting, 817–820user-defi ned functions, 816–817views, 814–815

backing up databases, 810–811data types, 38, 812–814database diagrams, 811importing data from, 31–36restoring databases, 808–810tables, 811–812troubleshooting, 817–820upsizing to, 795–807

process, 802–805things to watch for, 805–807when to upsize, 796–802

versions, 799–800views, 116–117, 814–815


839

SQL Server Azure – tables

SQL Server Azure, 800SQL Server Enterprise, 800SQL Server Express (SSE), 799–800SQL Server Management Studio. See SSMSSQL Server Migration Assistant for Access

(SSMA), 10–11Sqrt() function, 145SSE (SQL Server Express), 799–800SSMA (SQL Server Migration Assistant for

Access), 10–11SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio), 807–814

connections to web app databases, 430–433adding linked servers, 433–437getting connection details, 401managing, 399–400querying data in linked servers, 437–442using linked server objects, 442–446

Object Explorer, 808, 812standalone

data macros, 157, 158–159, 162, 172, 266queries, 120UI macros, 157, 159–160

static URLs, confi guring Web Browser control using, 110

StopMacro macro action, 161, 167stored procedures, 815–816StrConv() function, 528string buffers, 623strings

CharIndex() function, 136Concat() function, 129, 136concatenation operator, 129delimiters, 129Left() function, 136–137Len() function, 137Lower() function, 137LTrim() function, 137–138null-terminated, 623Replace() function, 138Right() function, 136–137RTrim() function, 137–138Stuff() function, 138–139Substring() function, 139Upper() function, 137

structs, 610–611

Stuff() function, 138–139subreports, 696–698

Report Wizard, 694SubString() function, 139Subview control, 102Summary view, 54, 223–230

properties, 88supplemental records, 628, 631–640Support environment, 780surveymonkey.com, 8sustainable pointers, 623–624switchboards, 206–208synchronizing data between web apps, 468–479

T

T-SQLvs. Access SQL, 581–582incompatible functions, 806–807

Tab Control control, 109tabbed navigation, 50table events, 296–303

acquiring default values from other tables, 300–301

BeforeUpdate, 193maintaining a history of change, 301–303performance considerations, 297preventing deletions of completed records,

298–300using with default values, 266–267

table-valued functions, 117–118tables

audit tables, 301–303confi guration tables, 199–200creating, 29

Excel tables, 415–416from imported data sources, 31–36using Nouns, 29–31using the traditional method, 36–37

design requirements, 33–36exporting to Excel, 725–727SQL Server tables, 811–812tally tables, 279–280temporary tables, 577–578, 711validation rules, 193–197


840

tag clouds – UI (user interface)

design considerations, 196editing with existing data, 195–196fi eld-level, 193–195record-level, 195

views. See viewstag clouds, 50tally tables, 199–200

creating, 279–280tblCars table, 605–606tblColors table, 605tblCrews table, 165tblCustomers table, 165–166tblJobs table, 173tblNewTable table, 665–667tblOldTable table, 665–667tblOrderDetails table, 630, 639–640tblOrders table, 629–630tblReportCriteria table, 668–672tblReportCriteriaDetail table, 668–669team site, 65–66, 486

creating web apps via, 67–69jQuery, installing, 348–350

templates, Access clientbackstage and, 55–56storing in document libraries, 450–462

temporary tables, 577–578and reports, 711

tenancy, 541–542Test environment, 779

promoting fi les to production, 784–785Text constant, 131text data types, 38–39, 178–182Textbox control, 97–98

in forms, 647–648third normal form (3NF), 567, 569–570third-party apps, integrating, 311

Solutions Mapperadding, 311–315confi guring, 315–322

third-party database fi le maintenance solutions, 791

third-party error-handling tools, 596three-click rule, 211Tile Pane, 50tile-bound views, 78, 215–216

tilescreating navigations lists from, 212–213grouping, 213hiding, 77, 211naming, 76–77, 212, 213selecting views for, 77–78showing, 77

Time constant, 132time limited previews, 793TimeFromParts() function, 135, 259, 261–262timestamp data type, 11Today() function, 141Toggle Bottom control, 109toolbars, deprecation, 6Total Access CodeTools, 596touch screen devices, 60–65tracing data macros, 154–155trial database solutions, 792–794triggers, 817True constant, 131Trust Center page, backstage, 59trusting Web apps, 18–19Try_Cast() function, 133Try_Parse() function, 134TST (Test) environment, 779txtZIP object, GeoName class, 391–394type library, 719

U

UAT (User Acceptance Testing) environment, 779UDF.txt Public Function

ImportInvoice(strRec, strChr) fi le, 589UDF.txt Public Function pfGroup fi le, 588UDFs. See user-defi ned functionsUDTs (user-defi ned types), 610–611UI (user interface)

designCRUD views, 205index forms, 219–237planning, 205popup views, 215–216query by views, 237–263splash screens, 216–219tile-bound views, 215–216


841

UI macros – VBA

web app naming conventions, 204web design principles, 211–215

mobile devices support, 60–65web navigation, 46–47

breadcrumb navigation, 50drop-down menus, 51faceted searches, 51fl y-out menus, 51layout, new approach to, 51–54navigation bars, 47–48ribbon, 55–59search navigation, 48–50tabbed navigation, 50tag clouds, 50

UI macros, 157, 166–168. See also data macros; freestanding macros

architecture, 159–160block macro actions, 160ChangeView, 169–171data entry operations, 171–172OpenPopup, 169–171RequeryRecords, 171return values, 174–175SetProperty, 168–169standalone, 157, 159–160using with data macros, 172–175and validating data, 197when to use, 268–269

ULS (User Level Security), 768–769Unbound Object Frame control, 655UndoRecord macro action, 167upgrading web apps, 559–561Upper() function, 137Upsert operation, 603–604upsizing to SQL Server, 795–807

process, 802–805things to watch for, 805–807when to upsize, 796–802

Upsizing Wizard, 10–11URLEncode() function, 382URLs

binding to table fi elds, 111building dynamically with macro actions,

111–112query string parameters, 112

static, confi guring Web Browser control, 110User Acceptance Testing (UAT) environment, 779user accounts

external, 491–492managing, 486–490

user groups, SharePoint, 483–484user interface. See UIuser interface macros. See UI macrosUser Level Security (ULS), 768–769user-defi ned functions, 586–591. See also specifi c

functionscreating, 587–591SQL Server, 816–817

user-defi ned types (UDTs), 610–611UserDisplayName() function, 244, 268, 494UserEmailAddress() function, 244, 249, 250,

252, 257, 259, 268, 494–496users

SharePoint users, 486adding, 487–489anonymous, 492–494deleting, 490editing, 490extending permissions, 490–491external, 491–492

user-level security, 764–772usys prefi x, 200utility tables, 200Utter Angel, 782UtterAccess Code archive, 782

V

validation rules, 193–197data macros and, 625design considerations, 196editing with existing data, 195–196fi eld-level, 193–195record-level, 195

varbinary data type, 38, 40, 189, 200variables

instantiating, 721–722in UI macros, 159

VBAaccessing from data macros, 640–641


842

VBScript – web browser controls

automation, 719–720declaring/instantiating variables, 721–722early vs. late binding, 722–724Excel, 727–728Outlook, 751–759PowerPoint, 745–749Word, 737–744

debugging database solutions, 596–597error handling, 591–596vs. JavaScript, 350–352procedures, 586user-defi ned functions, 586–591

VBScript, 150–151version control, 545–547, 785–786versioning web apps, 551–561

cautions, 554controlling distribution, 556–557making apps publicly available, 557–559Offi ce 365, 556

vertical navigation bars, 47–48View Selectors, 78–79, 92views, 37, 53–54. See also specifi c views

Action Bar, 93–96controls. See controlsdesign surface, 74–75

control placement, manipulating, 88–92Field List, 79–84linking views, 78–79popup properties, 84–88ribbon, 75–76tiles, 76–78vs. traditional design view, 74–75

duplicating, 92–93recordsources available, 77–78SQL Server views, 814–815tile-bound, 215–216web app vs. SQL Server, 117which to use, 54

Visitors SharePoint group, 484, 501, 502–503Vukovic, Peter, 782

W

Watch window, VBE, 597web apps. See also Access apps

architecture overview, 13–15connecting to

using the Access client, 401–412using Excel, 412–430using SSMS, 399–401, 430–446

creatingblank apps, 26–27via team site, 67–69

deleting, 69deploying, 540

app catalogs, 540–541on-premises SharePoint server, 541–551upgrading and maintaining apps, 559–561versioning apps, 551–561

distributing, 16–18hosting, 15–16inlining, 322–333mobile devices support, 60–65monetizing, 557–559naming conventions, 204opening, 57–58PayPal button, adding, 333–341saving, 58security

agent-based, 482application layer, 484–485linked fi les, 513-536SharePoint security, 485–494terminology, 483–484in the web browser, 494–509

sharing, 69–70site mailbox, adding, 341–362synchronizing data, 468–479templates, 55–56third-party apps, integrating, 311–322trusting, 18–19upgrading, 559–561versioning, 551–561

cautions, 554controlling distribution, 556–557making apps publicly available, 557–559Offi ce 365, 554–556

web browser controls, 102–103, 110–114adding to forms, 410–412binding URLs to table fi elds, 111


843

web services – ZIP code lookup web services

building URLs dynamically with macro actions, 111–112

calling web services, 362–371query string parameters, 112security issues, 113–114static URLs, 110

web services, 310calling

using web browser control, 362–371ZIP code lookups, 371–394

requesting data from, 310returning data from, 310–311

Week constant, 132Weekday constant, 132whole numbers, 38, 182Wix, 10WizHook.SortStringArray() function, 378,

391Word

automation, 737–744

object library, 737object model, 738

work tables, 711workfl ows (SharePoint)

deprecation of, 8–9

X

XML Forms Data Format (XFDF), 713–715XMLHTTPRequest object, 309Xor operator, 130

Y–Z

Year constant, 132, 140–141Year() function, 140–141Yes constant, 131Yes/No data type, 38, 188

ZIP code lookup web services, 371–394


Documents

INDEX [] · Concat() function, 129, 136, 191, 197–198 concatenation, 190, 197–200 concatenation (&) operator, 129 confi dentiality statements, 711 confi guration tables, 199–200