Exploring the audit invoices macros

In the following sections, you’ll explore one of the more complicated embedded macros used in the Back Office Software System sample web app (BOSS.app). I’ll show you a complex macro that interacts with the data layer by calling named data macros and using return variables to display values returned back from the data layer to the users of the app. You’ll also learn about the powerful SetProperty macro action and how to use it to dynamically change view control properties on your views while they are displayed in your web browser.

Switch back to Access, close any objects you might have open, and then open the viewAuditInvoices view in Design view from the Navigation pane. This view, shown in Figure 8-46, allows ...

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