Integrating Excel and Access
Integrating Excel and Access By Michael Schmalz
November 2005
Pages: 232

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Chapter | Colophon

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Introduction to Access/Excel Integration

    1. Communications Between Excel and Access

    2. Automation Objects

    3. ADO and DAO

    4. Tackling Projects

    5. Designing Applications

    6. Next Steps

  2. Chapter 2 Using the Excel User Interface

    1. Using External Data

    2. Using Database Queries

    3. Returning a PivotTable to Excel

    4. Using Microsoft QueryMicrosoft Query to Gather Data

    5. Keeping the Query Updated with VBA

    6. Next Steps

  3. Chapter 3 Data Access from Excel VBA

    1. Writing a Reusable Module for Data Access

    2. Choosing Between ADO and DAO

    3. CopyFromRecordset Versus Looping

    4. Formatting Techniques

    5. Formatting Techniques Example

    6. Summary

  4. Chapter 4 Integration from the Access Interface

    1. Importing Excel Data

    2. Linking Excel Data

    3. Using Export and Analyzing It with Microsoft Office Excel

    4. Using Raw Exported Access Data in Excel

    5. Exporting an Access Report to Excel

    6. Next Steps

  5. Chapter 5 Using Access VBA to Automate Excel

    1. High-Level Excel Objects

    2. Other Excel Objects

    3. Writing and Using Queries in VBA

    4. Referencing Sheets, Ranges, and Cells

    5. Writing Excel Worksheet Functions from Access VBA

    6. Chapter Summary and Next Steps

  6. Chapter 6 Using Excel Charts and Pivot Tables with Access Data

    1. Automating Pivot Tables

    2. Building a Regular Chart

    3. Using an Array Formula

    4. Graphing Variables in a Model

  7. Chapter 7 Leveraging SQL Server Data with Microsoft Office

    1. Pass-Through Queries Versus Linked Tables

    2. Creating a Connection Using VBA

    3. Building the Connection in Access

    4. Pulling Data in with Excel Alone

    5. Using DTS to Automate Excel

    6. Crosstab Queries on SQL Server

    7. SQL Server Summary

  8. Chapter 8 Advanced Excel Reporting Techniques

    1. Writing Flexible Formulas

    2. Changing Data in an Existing Report

    3. Creating a Report from Scratch

    4. Using an Access Table for Reporting

    5. Putting It Together

  9. Chapter 9 Using Access and Excel Data in Other Applications

    1. Automating Microsoft Word

    2. Getting Information from Microsoft Word

    3. Automating PowerPoint

    4. Using Data in MapPoint

    5. Summary

  10. Chapter 10 Creating Form Functionality in Excel

    1. Working with the UserForm

    2. Accepting Parameters

    3. Other Useful Items

    4. Next Steps

  11. Chapter 11 Building Graphical User Interfaces

    1. Setting Up a Form

    2. Using Events

    3. Using Data

    4. Adding Buttons

    5. Tab Order

    6. Next Steps

  12. Chapter 12 Tackling an Integration Project

    1. The Project Description

    2. Main Menu

    3. Customer Information

    4. Billing and Payment Information

    5. Contact History

    6. Services and Charges

    7. Expense Entry

    8. Invoices

    9. Letters

    10. Income Statements

    11. Project Summary

  1. Appendix A Excel Object Model

    1. Application Object

    2. Workbook and Worksheet Objects

    3. Excel Object Model Summary

  2. Appendix B VBA Basics

    1. Dim and Set Statements

    2. Loops

    3. With Statement

    4. Goto Statement

    5. Select Case Statement

    6. If Statements

    7. VBA Summary

  3. Colophon

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