From: The Boston Access User's Group Subject: Access Day - Wednesday 5/21/08 (revised) Date: Monday, May 19, 2008 1:37:52 PM This is a reminder that Microsoft Access Day is this Wednesday 5/21/08. 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/ *** PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PRIOR ANNOUNCEMENT NOTICE THAT YOU RECEIVED, AS THE AGENDA IS INCORRECT ** The evening meeting is our Visual Studio Launch Event. There will some great raffle prizes, including copies of Windows Vista, Visual Studio, and lots more. Here is the Agenda for Access Day: BEGINNER ***************************************************************** Table Design A To Z -- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Presented by: Dean Serrentino of Paradigm Information Systems, Inc. Table design is the first, and most critical step, in the design of any application. An application with poor table structure is doomed to fail before development completes. In this session, Dean will cover the do's, don'ts and how to's of table design; and the underlying principles of data normalization. ***************************************************************** Designing Access Forms Using Normalized Data Tables -- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Presented by: John Giuliano of Stone-Crowne Associates In this session we examine how to build forms that take advantage of normalized table design. As part of our learning experience, we will look at some of the mistakes that novice developers make in designing their database applications that make it impossible for more than three or four concurrent users to efficiently work with such databases. Also considered will be the question: When may we choose to de-normalize certain aspects of our data structure? INTERMEDIATE ***************************************************************** Access Trauma Center -- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Presented by: John Giuliano of Stone-Crowne Associates We'll spend an hour 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 flash drive, CD, or laptop. DEVELOPER ***************************************************************** Introduction To SQL Server -- 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Presented by: Dean Serrentino of Paradigm Information Systems, Inc. In this session, we will work exclusively with SQL Server 2005 and the tools that are available to manage it. The focus of this series is to enable Access developers to design client-server applications using Access as the user interface. ***************************************************************** General Announcements and Forum -- 6:15 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 Visual Studio 2008 -- 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Presented by: Robert Holmes Robert Holmes will present the new, out of the box, Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) functionality in VS 2008 as it relates to Office 2007. The main areas of focus will be for templates, InfoPath, and Workflows for use in SharePoint with Office documents. We will also explore Ribbon customizations. As time allows, or interest may dictate, we may also delve into Add-Ins and Office 2003. News and Announcements... If you are interested in making a presentation at an Access Developer's meeting, please contact our Event Coordinator Teresa DeLuca via the Boston Access Day web site at