From: The Boston Access User's Group Subject: Access Day - Wednesday 4/19/06 Date: Friday, April 14, 2006 17:05:53 This is a reminder that Microsoft Access Day is this Wednesday 4/19/06. 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 ***************************************************************** A Case Study in Application Development -- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Presented by: Dean Serrentino of Paradigm Information Systems, Inc. Over the next few months, we will architect and build a functioning Access application to perform a very specific task. Last month we began designing tables for our shellfish tracking application. In this second session, we'll continue developing a design specification for our project by establishing a set of business rules. ***************************************************************** Access Trauma Center -- 3:00 PM - 6:00 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 ***************************************************************** General Announcements and Forum -- 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Presented by: John Giuliano of Stone-Crowne Associates Share information regarding upcoming events, Access bugs, add-on products, and anything else that affects the world of the Access developer. ***************************************************************** Introduction To Using The MsysObjects Table -- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Presented by: John Giuliano of Stone-Crowne Associates As a developer you are probably aware that Access stores database information in hidden system tables. Are you using the primary system table to your advantage? In this session we look at how the MsysObjects table can be used to make the whole development process easier. We will examine how to create lists of objects by their type. This facilitates creating processes to iterate through database objects to check and change properties. ***************************************************************** Methods For Updating Access Applications -- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Presented by: John Giuliano of Stone-Crowne Associates What happens when you enhance an Access application that resides in a multi-user environment? How do you make sure all users will benefit from the upgrade? Access allows for a number of ways to update application files. In this discussion we will look at different methods for accomplishing this. We will also consider the advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches.