Microsoft Access
Uses of macros exercise
Average difficulty

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Exercise: Pet Type Criteria Form

A full answer to this exercise is provided as part of the training course!

1) Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-350.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2) Create a form called criteriaPetType which allows the user to select a pet type, e.g.
Exercise screen-shot 949 The drop list only shows ASSIGNED types
3) When the button is clicked get a second form called ShowPetsOfType to appear, listing all pets of the selected type.  For example:
Exercise screen-shot 950 Use expressions to generate the summary information
Training exercise hint To help you, the expression for the total number of pets is:   ="Total: " & Count([PetType])
4) Save and close your forms.

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