Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft Access 2002 Desktop Development

Chapter 13. Exploiting the Power of Class Modules

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• Exploring the Benefits of Class Modules 548

• Object Orientation—An Introduction 548

• Creating and Using a Class Module 549

• Creating Multiple Class Instances 553

• The Initialize and Terminate Events 554

• Working with Enumerated Types 555

• Building Hierarchies of Classes 556

• Adding a Parent Property to Classes 557

• The Implements Keyword 558

• Working with Custom Collections 559

• Adding Your Own Events 562

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Exploring the Benefits of Class Modules

Access 2002 offers two types of modules: Standard modules and Class modules. Access 95 introduced Class modules for forms and reports, but Access 97 was the first version of Access to offer the capability to create standalone ...