Changes in Access Documentation

[mcescher]

Hello All,

I am attempting to write my very first add-in for Access 2002 (SP3). I
have the excellent Litwin, Getz, Gilbert book "Access 97 Developer's
Handbook" My question is: Will this book be sufficient for version
2002? Are there any major differences between the process for A97 and
2002?

Thank you all for your consideration,

mcescher

 

[Allen Browne]

Almost everything in your book will still apply, provided you include a
reference to the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Library (and dereference the Microsoft
ActiveX library if you don't need it.)

If you are familiar with Access 97, you might appreciate:
Converting from Access 97 to Access 2000 and later
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-48.html

If you want to know more about References:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html

Not sure exactly what you mean by an add-in. If this is a COM control, you
may need to be aware that Access 2000 and later uses Unicode strings rather
than the single-byte characters of earlier versions.

 

[Alex Dybenko]

Hi,
to add to Allen post:
"Access 97 Developer's Handbook" is not covered aspect of building com
addins, in this case you can refer to MSDN.microsoft.com, where you can find
several samples

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Best regards,
___________
Alex Dybenko (MVP)
http://alexdyb.blogspot.com
http://www.PointLtd.com

 

[mcescher]

Thank you both. This has been quite the learning expirience, and loads
of fun.

Thanks again,
mcescher