From: The Boston Access User's Group Subject: Access Day - Wednesday 12/21/05 Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 00:51:26 This is a reminder that Microsoft Access Day is this Wednesday 12/21/05. Location: Microsoft Corporation, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, MA 02451 (781) 487-6400 For directions and Map: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/newengland/waltham.mspx For additional information visit the Access Day web site: http://www.BostonAccessDay.com/ Here is the Agenda for Access Day: INTRODUCTION TO ACCESS ***************************************************************** Introduction To Access -- 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Presented by: Dean Serrentino of Paradigm Information Systems, Inc. Get started building powerful database applications. See how to quickly and easily build Access forms and reports using built-in Wizards. We'll develop a comprehensive contact management application in just two and a half hours. INTERMEDIATE ACCESS ***************************************************************** Intro. To VBA, Part 3 of 5 - Controlling Program Flow -- 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Presented by: Dean Serrentino of Paradigm Information Systems, Inc. Controlling program execution is a key concept for the developer. In this session, Dean will cover the use of control structures for making logical decisions within code, or for repeating a piece of code any given number of times. A laptop computer (not supplied) is needed to participate, but all are welcome to attend. ***************************************************************** Access Trauma Center -- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Presented by: John Giuliano of Stone-Crowne Associates We'll spend three hours helping to debug, add enhancements, or make design recommendations. The audience is encouraged to bring in real world developer problems that need solving now. Bring your applications on floppy, CD, or Zip Disk. ACCESS DEVELOPER ***************************************************************** More Tools for the Access Developer -- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Presented by: Rick Lunetta of Luna Systems Rick will show different applications and widgets that he has found on the Internet and other places that he finds useful. Most of these can be downloaded for little or no money, or solve a problem worth the money they cost. All of these solve those pesky problems that you always struggle with and wished you could find a way to fix. ***************************************************************** General Announcements and Forum -- 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Presented by: Dean Serrentino of Paradigm Information Systems, Inc. Share information regarding upcoming events, Access bugs, add-on products, and anything else that affects the world of the Access developer. ***************************************************************** Tips and Tricks -- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Presented by: Rick Lunetta of Luna Systems Rick will present his Tips and Tricks that he has gathered over the years. He will talk about simple solutions to common problems that are not always obvious. He presents different solutions involving Forms, Reports and Code that he keeps in his Coding Toolbox and uses in most of his solutions. Some are very simple and some are not, but all are easy to implement once you know how. ***************************************************************** The Filemaker Hype -- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Presented by: Teresa DeLuca of The Fay School In March, 2004, PC Magazine rated Filemaker Pro 7 Editors' Choice. But how does it really compare to Access and would a developer really want to switch camps? Take a look at the latest release, Filemaker Pro 8, and decide for yourself. News and Announcements... Recently, a configuration problem with the user group web site was causing any email set via the site to group members to fail silently. We appologize to anyone who sent mail, and didn't get a reply. The problem has been resolved, and the email system is once again functioning properly. Slides from Russ Ganz's presentation last month on "Tools for Access Developers" has been posted to the web site, and can be downloaded at: http://bostonaccessday.com/downld/AccessTools.zip