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by **pibe** » Fri, 05 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Hello:

I need to develop an application using visual basci 5.0 that will serve
as the front-end for a Microsoft access database. This application should
allow me to update records, search, make queries the whole enchilada. I want
to know if anyone has any idea on how I should start apporaching this
problem. What should I use, I am clueless on how to get started. If anybody
knows where I can get some information, it will be gratly appreciated.

PS. If anybody knows how to link Project Workbench data to an access
database using either OLE or DDE please let me know where I can get more
information.

Thanks,
pibe.

by **Trevor Dento** » Sat, 06 Mar 1999 04:00:00

> Hello:

> I need to develop an application using visual basci 5.0 that will serve
> as the front-end for a Microsoft access database. This application should
> allow me to update records, search, make queries the whole enchilada. I want
> to know if anyone has any idea on how I should start apporaching this
> problem. What should I use, I am clueless on how to get started. If anybody
> knows where I can get some information, it will be gratly appreciated.

> PS. If anybody knows how to link Project Workbench data to an access
> database using either OLE or DDE please let me know where I can get more
> information.

> Thanks,
> pibe.

Hi,

1) This is the extremely basic nuts and bolts of VB. If you dont
understand this then you need to start at page 1 of your manuals and
start reading.

A quick kickstart can be got from looking at example programs (of which
there a quite a few thatcome with VB).

Beyond that work at it for 3-6 months and you will start to become
competant. There really is no other way if you intend to produce a
quality product.

2) I assume you are talking abour Microsoft Project? If so then you
should consider using the Microsoft Project Object Library references in
your project to access data in .mpp files. Project has an export
facility to create access db's from a project. You could automate this
using the project references if need be.

Regards

Trevor

by **Paul Wilso** » Sat, 06 Mar 1999 04:00:00

>Hello:

> I need to develop an application using visual basci 5.0 that will serve
>as the front-end for a Microsoft access database. This application should
>allow me to update records, search, make queries the whole enchilada. I
want
>to know if anyone has any idea on how I should start apporaching this
>problem. What should I use, I am clueless on how to get started. If anybody
>knows where I can get some information, it will be gratly appreciated.

Dunno about VB5, but I got a copy of VB6 a week ago yesterday having no
experience of actually writing VB code (although I did know that it's event
driven, and vaguely how it hangs together). Yesterday I was able to demo the
application to the user - db interrogation (using Access), data input and
amending, on-screen reporting.

Uphill in places, but the VB 6 package is, overall, a very good environment.

BTW, my week-old technical assessment - DataGrids are a PITA !

Paul

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Visual basic application to access microsoft access database

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Visual basic application to access microsoft access database

Visual basic application to access microsoft access database