Extend Microsoft Access Applications to the Cloud

Chapter 7. Programming a web app by using macros

In this chapter:

Macro programming capabilities

Macro editor and standalone user-interface macros

User-interface events for views and controls

User-interface macros

Named data macros and stored procedures

Data macros and triggers

Data macro tracing

On Start macro

Transactions and recursion

Presenting a view for printing

Creating a cross-tabulation of data

Side-loading a web app

On Deploy Macro

Using an alias with a macro action

Summary

In this chapter, we will take an in-depth look at macro programming. At several earlier points in this book, you added a sprinkling of macro code behind view and control events to fit the user interface together. In this chapter, you will dive into a much more ...