CPSC 203 Introduction to Computers Lab 21 By Jie Gao

October 17, 2002CPSC 203 Lab by Jie Gao Forms in Access  A form in Access is used to provide a friendly interface to the user  The user can input data into a table through a form created on that table  The user can also navigate data by using the form

October 17, 2002CPSC 203 Lab by Jie Gao Create a Form  Two methods: Wizard or Design View  Form Wizard is easy to use. You can create a form for a table on the fly!  Design View can provide you more power. You can implement advanced features!

October 17, 2002CPSC 203 Lab by Jie Gao Form Wizard  Select  Which fields will appear in the form You can select fields from multiple tables  Form type  Background  Name  You can click “Finish” when you accept the defaults for the following steps.

October 17, 2002CPSC 203 Lab by Jie Gao Form Design View  You can  Add controls to the form  Drag fields into the form  Adjust the form layout  Add header or footer  Even do something like programming

October 17, 2002CPSC 203 Lab by Jie Gao Queries in Access  A query in Access is used to filter records and fields  Only the fields and records which match the query are returned  The data in a query’s view is from some table

October 17, 2002CPSC 203 Lab by Jie Gao Create a Query  Two ways: Wizard or Design View  Query Wizard can only create simple queries such as select part of the fields to display  Query Design View provides you the powerful interface to create various queries

October 17, 2002CPSC 203 Lab by Jie Gao Query Design View  Select tables which your query is from  Select fields or define new fields to display in the query  Set criteria  Use the expression builder  =, >,, <, …  Like