reference materials

[James Warburton]

Is anyone able to recommend a book/author/website etc
they have found especially useful for designing advanced
reports? Most books I look at tend to have only one
chapter on the subject. My main interest is in summary-
only, "spreadsheet style" reports.

Thanks in advance

 

[Duane Hookom]

There are some report samples at
http://www.invisibleinc.com/divFiles.cfm?divDivID=4 that quite unique. The
Corp Tech Demos uses code to create graphs. There are four different
crosstab reports as well as calendars that display like a calendar or
Week-at-a-glance.

 

[Stephen]

James,
I have used two books going back about 8 years. My
favorite is by Allison Balter. I have the Access 95
version called Mastering Access95, out by Sams. I think
she continued to update this with the later versions of
Access. The book has 2 chapters specific to reports, but
It goes into vb code a little more than some books. You
will need that foundation for complex reports.

I also have a copy of Running Microsoft Access, again the
95 version. This one is written by John L. Viescas.
Also a good book, but a little less meaty. I use this
one when I want to make something look nice.

 

[Larry Linson]

Visit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads and search on "Access" with keyword
"reports" and you'll find a number of items of information, some of which
are accompanied by sample databases.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP