Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Second Edition

Chapter 2. A Strategy for Developing Access Applications

• Why Strategize?

• Splitting Tables and Other Objects

• Basing Forms and Reports on Queries

• Understanding the Access Runtime Engine

• EXE Versus Access Database: What It Means to You

• The Importance of Securing Your Database

• Using Access as a Front-End

• Applying the Strategy to the Computer Consulting Firm Application

Why Strategize?

You should know about several tricks of the trade that can save you a lot of time in the development process and help make sure your applications are as optimized as possible for performance. This chapter addresses these strategies and also explains several commonly misunderstood aspects of the Jet Engine, Access Runtime Engine, and security. All the topics covered in this chapter ...