Microsoft Access
Uses of macros exercise
Harder than average exercise

This Microsoft Access USES OF MACROS exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to assess their suitability for the Wise Owl ACCESS INTRODUCTION FOR DEVELOPERS course only, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.

Exercise: PetType Form with Buttons

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

1) Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-353.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2) Create a new form called PetTypeWithButtons based on the PetType table so that is resembles the example below:
Exercise screen-shot 911 Feel free to experiment with differing layouts
3) Add the following functionality:
  • Clicking on the navigation buttons takes you between records;
  • You can click on the Close button to close the form;
  • Clicking on the More/Less buttons increases or decreases the number of limbs, with a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 100.
4) Close the form saving the changes.

Thank you for showing an interest in this Access Introduction for Developers training course! As mentioned above, full answers to this and other exercises are provided on the course. On all Wise Owl scheduled courses delegates can take away these model answers (together with their own efforts!) on a free USB stick.

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