Special Edition Using Microsoft® Access 2000

Chapter 18. Designing Data Access Pages

In this chapter

• Moving to a New Access Form Model

• Understanding Access's Dynamic HTML Implementation

• Getting Acquainted with DAP

• Using the Page Wizard to Create Simple DAP

• Using AutoPage to Create Columnar DAP

• Starting a DAP from Scratch

• Adding Charts to DAP with a PivotTable List

• Generating a Grouped Page

• Troubleshooting

• In the Real World—Are DAP Ready for Prime Time?

Moving to a New Access Form Model

Data Access Pages (DAP) are a radical departure from traditional Access database applications. Unlike other Access objects stored in .mdb files, Access stores DAP in Dynamic HTML (DHTML) files with a standard .htm extension. DAP that appear when you click the Database window's Pages shortcut, such ...