Table of Contents

• Credits
• About the Authors
• Introduction

Part I: Data Access

• 1. Designing Your Database Application
• 2. Looking at the Capabilities of the Jet Engine
• 3. Implementing the Database Design
• 4. Manipulating Data with a Program
• 5. Using Visual Basic's Data and Bound Controls
• 6. Understanding Structured Query Language (SQL)
• 7. Creating Multiuser Programs
• 8. Accessing Other Databases with the Jet Engine
• 9. Using ODBC to Access Other Databases
• 10. Linking Databases to Other Programs

Part II: Using OLE

• 11. Linking and Embedding Exposed
• 12.Creating OLE Containers
• 13. Controlling OLE Objects
• 14. OLE Container Programming Techniques
• 15. Designing OLE Container Applications
• 16. Distributing OLE Container Applications

Part III: Creating OLE Objects

• 17. OLE Objects Exposed
• 18. Creating Objects
• 19. Creating Object Collections
• 20. Designing Object Libraries
• 21. Advanced OLE Programming Techniques
• 22. Debugging Applications That Provide Objects
• 23. Building and Distributing OLE Objects
• 24. Creating Add-Ins

Part IV: Integrating with Office Applications

• 25. Understanding VBA and Other Microsoft Basic Languages
• 26. Integration with Microsoft Excel
• 27. Integration with Other OLE Applications
• 28. Integration with Multiple Office Applications
• 29. Distributing Integrated Applications

Part V: Optimization and Techniques

• 30. Advanced Control Techniques
• 31. Advanced Form Techniques
• 32. Advanced Code Techniques
• 33. Accessing the Windows API
• 34. Designing Windows Applications