www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info PROFESSIONAL Access® 2013 Programming www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info PROFESSIONAL Access 2013 Programming ® Teresa Hennig Ben Clothier George Hepworth Dagi (Doug) Yudovich www.it-ebooks.info Professional Access® 2013 Programming Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-1-118-53083-2 ISBN: 978-1-118-53082-5 (ebk) ISBN: 978-1-118-78961-2 (ebk) Manufactured in the United States of America 10 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600 Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher and the author make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this work and specifically disclaim all warranties, including without limitation warranties of fitness for a particular purpose No warranty may be created or extended by sales or promotional materials The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for every situation This work is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional services If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought Neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising herefrom The fact that an organization or Web site is referred to in this work as a citation and/or a potential source of further information does not mean that the author or the publisher endorses the information the organization or Web site may provide or recommendations it may make Further, readers should be aware that Internet Web sites listed in this work may have changed or disappeared between when this work was written and when it is read For general information on our other products and services please contact our Customer Care Department within the United States at (877) 762-2974, outside the United States at (317) 572-3993 or fax (317) 572-4002 Wiley publishes in a variety of print and electronic formats and by print-on-demand Some material included with standard print versions of this book may not be included in e-books or in print-on-demand If this book refers to media such as a CD or DVD that is not included in the version you purchased, you may download this material at http://booksupport.wiley.com For more information about Wiley products, visit www.wiley.com Library of Congress Control Number: 2013907974 Trademarks: Wiley, Wrox, the Wrox logo, Programmer to Programmer, and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc and/or its affi liates, in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission Access is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book www.it-ebooks.info To my family and my dearest friends — you are my inspirations, role models and mentors Whatever I am facing, I can find strength and guidance by thinking of what my Mom, Papa, Dad, or brother might say or Every day I have reasons to say thank you for teaching us to work, to accept responsibility for our actions, to the right thing, and to help others You taught us to what we enjoy and to our best What a great formula to be happy, energized, and resilient, and to appreciate all that we have! You set the foundation for me to embrace the thrills, lessons, and adventures in life And, throughout life, to be compassionate and to give generously — especially laughter and smiles, a hug or a helping hand —Teresa Hennig To Suzanne and Harry, for being just plain awesome I couldn’t have done it without you two! —Ben Clothier I want to dedicate my part in this book to my mother and father, who not only brought me into the world, but showed me how to live properly once I got here Family comes first, but that is easy when you have a family like mine To my siblings, JoAnna, Tom, Sam, Jack, Nancy, and Jane: Your encouragement (and unusually high tolerance for bad jokes, lies, and war stories) helps keep me going Thanks I promise I’ll update the family website again soon I also need to make special mention of my daughter, Lyndsey; you give me reason to be proud every day Love ya, sweetie We’ll make up for the missed weekend dinners soon —George Hepworth To my wife, Lisa, who still patiently picks up the slack as I dive head-first into new adventures None of it would have been possible without you I love you —Dagi Yudovich www.it-ebooks.info CREDITS EXECUTIVE EDITOR PRODUCTION MANAGER Robert Elliott Tim Tate PROJECT EDITOR VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE GROUP PUBLISHER Christina Haviland Richard Swadley TECHNICAL EDITORS VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER F Scott Barker Jerry Dennison Jerry Wood Neil Edde ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER PRODUCTION EDITOR Jim Minatel Christine Mugnolo PROJECT COORDINATOR, COVER COPY EDITOR Katie Crocker Nancy Rapoport PROOFREADER EDITORIAL MANAGER Sarah Kaikini, Word One New York Mary Beth Wakefield INDEXER FREELANCER EDITORIAL MANAGER John Sleeva Rosemarie Graham COVER DESIGNER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Wiley David Mayhew COVER IMAGE MARKETING MANAGER © iStockphoto.com/PhekThong Lee Ashley Zurcher BUSINESS MANAGER Amy Knies www.it-ebooks.info ABOUT THE AUTHORS TERESA HENNIG has been an Access developer and business consultant since 1997, when she decided to start her own business on the second day that she used Access Her company’s name, Data Dynamics Northwest, aptly reflects her dynamic personality and her innate ability to quickly grasp a situation, formulate and implement a solution, and motivate others With a strong background in business and project management, Teresa focuses on providing intuitive, cost-effective solutions that support all levels of an organization One of her favorite aspects of being a consultant is working with an endless variety of businesses across many industries and in numerous locations As a self-taught developer, Teresa quickly became involved with the Seattle Access Group and has been the President since 1999 It wasn’t long before she was asked to help run, and then became President of, the Pacific Northwest Access Developer Group Her fi rst book Access 2003 Programmer’s Reference (Wiley, 2003) opened the door to new opportunities to help fellow developers share their passion and expertise with the community Over the past 10 years, Teresa has helped dozens of colleagues to become authors, editors and contributors This is her sixth book, and she already has requests to more Teresa has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP continuously since 2006, and has twice earned INETA’s National Community Champion award Teresa thrives on challenges, project management, and creating cost-effective solutions Her skills for motivating and helping others are reflected in her contributions to the developer community and support of numerous non-profit organizations She is expanding her reach by doing presentations and offering customized training, mentoring, and consulting for database development as well as business and project management You can contact Teresa at Teresa@DataDynamicsNW.com to learn more about any of these services You can also read about some of her adventures and charitable endeavors by visiting her website, www.DataDynamicsNW.com BEN CLOTHIER is a Lead Developer with IT Impact, Inc., a premier Access and SQL Server development shop based in Chicago, Illinois He has worked as a freelance consultant with notable shops including J Street Technology and Advisicon, and has worked on Access projects from small, one-man solutions to company-wide lineof-business applications Notable projects include job tracking and inventory for a cement company, a Medicare insurance plan generator for an insurance provider, and order management for an international shipping company Ben is an administrator at UtterAccess and was a coauthor, with Tim Runcie and George Hepworth, on Microsoft Access in a SharePoint World (Advisicon, 2011), and a contributing author for Access 2010 Programmer’s Reference (Wiley, 2010) He is a certified MySQL 5.0 Developer and a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist for SharePoint 2010 configurations He has been a Microsoft MVP since 2009 Ben lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife, Suzanne, and his son, Harry www.it-ebooks.info GEORGE HEPWORTH began his Access career by creating tools to track sales and exam results for his business, which created and sold training and exam materials Realizing that Access databases were more interesting and rewarding than writing training materials, he soon transitioned to full-time Access development and started his company, Grover Park Consulting (www.GPCData.com), specializing in resuscitating “owner-built” Access databases for small- and medium-sized organizations As a self-taught developer, George believes that any day on which he doesn’t learn at least one new thing is a day wasted George is a database developer for Data and Domains, a development organization near Bellevue, Washington, creating Access and Access/SQL Server solutions for clients in the Puget Sound region George is part of the administrator team, and a regular contributor, at UtterAccess, the most popular Access support site on the Internet He is the author or contributor to several books on Access, and a presenter at the Pacific Northwest Access Developer Group and Seattle Access Group George holds a BS in English and an MA in TESL from Utah State University And now, George’s daughter and his money go to Seattle University DAGI (DOUG) YUDOVICH is the Assistant Director of Departmental Computing for the University of Washington School of Medicine One of the department’s primary BI responsibilities is developing database solutions using Access and SQL Server Doug is an Administrator on UtterAccess forums and the UtterAccess wiki Doug was a contributing author to Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions and the Access 2010 Programmer’s Reference Additionally, Doug is an active member of the Pacific Northwest Access Developers Group (PNWADG) and a presenter in the Seattle Access Group (SAG) Doug has been awarded the Access MVP award since 2009 www.it-ebooks.info ...www.it-ebooks.info PROFESSIONAL Access 2013 Programming www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info PROFESSIONAL Access 2013 Programming ® Teresa Hennig Ben Clothier George... greater your rewards WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Professional Access 2013 Programming is a complete guide to the latest tools and techniques for building Access 2013 applications for both the web and the... using Access and SQL Server Doug is an Administrator on UtterAccess forums and the UtterAccess wiki Doug was a contributing author to Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions and the Access