From: "Donna Rae" To: "Donna Rae" Subject: *CAL* Access Day - 3/21/01 Date: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:21 AM Hello Everyone and welcome Spring! Our next session of "MS ACCESS DAY" will be this Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at Microsoft in Waltham, MA. Here are the session details and topics that will be discussed. All events are free and do not require pre-registration. Seating is based on a first come basis... so it pays to be early! Door prizes will be available! Our next ACCESS DAY is scheduled for Wednesday, April 18, 2001, please mark your calendars! We are in search of User Tips! If you have a USER TIP you would like to share please send it to me at the following address: DonnaR@lunasystems.com and who knows it may just show up on a future announcement! The agenda for Wednesday's "ACCESS DAY" is as follows: ************************************ INTRODUCTION TO ACCESS 9:30 AM to 12:00 NOON ************************************ "INTRODUCING THE BEGINNING USER TO ACCESS", "Macros and Modules" Part V of a multi-part series. Presented by: Dean Serrentino, (d.serrentino@ai-host.net) Dean will explore the differences between these seemingly similar Access components. Learn when and where to use each; and more importantly, when not to. ************************************** MICROSOFT ACCESS 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM ************************************** "Intermediate Programming in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA):" "Working with operators" Presented by: Dean Serrentino, (d.serrentino@ai-host.net) Operators are an essential component of VBA code. Operators provide a means for comparing data , performing mathematical operations and joining strings in code. Dean will demonstrate the syntax and usage of common the VBA operators. ***************************************** THE ACCESS TRAUMA CENTER 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM ***************************************** Presented by: John Giuliano, Stone-Crowne Associates, (Stone-Crowne@msn.com) Does Access depress you at times? Do you bang your head against the wall trying to get Access to do things that are common functions in other applications? Does your blood pressure rise trying to format reports to look just like the boss's old favorites? Does the mere thought of opening the code window give you anxiety attacks? We have just what the doctor ordered. -- "The Access Trauma Center" Each month from 4:30 to 5:30 we will solve (or try to solve) problems posed by the audience. The hour will be broken up into different segments: 'Triage' (5 minutes) -- Here we poll the audience for pressing and perplexing problems to solve. (Please no "nice to know" questions. Our goal will be to help the suffering victims of Access.) ***PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR DISKS FOR TRIAGE*** 'Emergency Surgery' (45 minutes) - Here we diagnose the problems and find working solutions. We will build forms, reports, and code modules that demonstrate methods discussed. No cosmetic surgery will be performed here. Emergency surgery is not pretty. Expect ugly forms and reports. If you have a weak stomach, it may be best to retire to the waiting room. Copies of the working solutions and code will be available for any who request such. 'Is The Patient Still Breathing?' (5 minutes) - Q&A dealing with quick verbal solutions to problems that did not require on-screen demonstrations of solutions. 'Doctor, It Hurts When I Do This...' (5 minutes) - A short session on things to watch out for as you develop applications. Each month we will discuss different topics. Did we mention we are also a research facility? In the event of too few questions, a topic vital to the health and well-being of all intermediate level Access Users will be covered. ************************************ MICROSOFT ACCESS: Evening Session User Group Meeting 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM ************************************ "PRE-GAME SHOW" Bring your Access problems and questions! Bend the ear of an experienced Access developer or power user to get "real-life" answers to your "real-life" database problems! ************************************ MICROSOFT ACCESS 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM ************************************ "OPEN FORUM" Stand Up and be heard... general announcements, suggestions, etc. ************************************ MICROSOFT ACCESS Main Meeting - Session I 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM ************************************ "THE USE OF COLOR IN DEVELOPING ACCESS APPLICATIONS" Presented by Marina Whale, President, MLW Consulting (mlwhall@rcn.com) Marina has long believed that using a color scheme beyond blue, grey, black and white could encourage a new user to embrace an application more quickly. The trouble is that different people like different color schemes. How to please everyone without going crazy yourself? Marina will demonstrate a way to use the current desktop color scheme to manage your application's colors. ************************************ MICROSOFT ACCESS Main Meeting - Session II 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM ************************************ "AN INTRODUCTION TO ADO AND XML USING ACCESS '97" Presented by Dan Lavigueur, Bang(!) Software Solutions Corporation (bang@mediaone.net) Dan will show us all how to wrap ADO queries, XML from those queries, and how to display the XML using the WebBrowser ActiveX control embedded on an Access form. **************************************************************************** ********************************* We are always in search of User Tips to add to the monthly meeting announcement. If you have something of interest and would like to share it....please email your user tip to DonnaR@lunasystems.com. **************************************************************************** ********************************** **************************************************************************** *********************************** ***************************SPECIAL REQUEST********************** Our MS Access User Group is looking for speakers to round out our schedule of presenters for MS Access Day. The audience typically ranges from beginners to advance level people. The speaker will need to be available in the evening on the date they are speaking at Microsoft in Waltham for a presentation. This is your chance to help the user group and get a little personal speaking experience at the same time. . . If you are interested please contact Donna Rae at Luna Systems, DonnaR@lunasystems.com, and let her know when you are available and what subject you would like to cover. Pat, Phil, Rick and John will be available to help you prepare for the session. Please check Luna Systems website: www.lunasystems.com for up to date information on all of the sessions scheduled for "MS ACCESS DAY" and also for any cancellations due to weather conditions and/or unforeseen circumstances. See you in Waltham, Donna Rae Luna Systems Corporation 2 Dundee Park, Suite 103 Andover, MA 01810-3725 DonnaR@lunasystems.com www.lunasystems.com All events take place at: Microsoft 230 Third Avenue Waltham, MA For directions: www.microsoft.com/newengland/waltham.htm If you have a change of email address or wish to be removed from this mailing, please contact me: Email: DonnaR@lunasystems.com Phone: 978-749-9600 **************************************************************************** **************************************** **************************************************************************** ****************************************