Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft Access 2002 Desktop Development

Chapter 29. Documenting Your Application

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• Preparing Your Application to Be Self-Documenting 1122

• Using the Database Documenter 1128

• Writing Code to Create Your Own Documentation 1133

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Why This Chapter Is Important

Back in the days of mainframes and very formal centralized management information systems (MIS) departments, documentation was a mandatory requirement for the completion of an application. Today, it seems as though all types of people are developing applications: administrative assistants, CEOs, sales managers, MIS professionals, and so on. To make matters worse, many of us who consider ourselves MIS professionals never received any formal systems training. Finally, the demand to get an application ...