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Mastering the AS/400: A Practical Hands-On Guide, Third Edition

Jerry Fottral

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

An excellent introduction and useful reference. 5 out of 5 stars.
17 of 17 people found this review helpful.

Each chapter covers a new topic while building upon previous material. Lab exercises that really drive home the material are at the end of each chapter. Very hands-on learning. Topics include query, DDS file creation, programming calling, display files, CL programming, basic operation with commands, command prompting, the all important library list, and much more.

After taking a intro AS/400 class with this book I was well on the way to being an advanced user. I even knew more then some longtime operators.

I've seen and bought other AS/400 books, but I still keep coming back to this one, and have never seen a better intro book.

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Fully updated for V4R4 of OS/400, this newest edition of Mastering the AS/400 moves you directly into programming languages, database management, and system operations courses. The book emphasizes comprehensive understanding and skills in the areas of system/user interface, member-object-library relationship, use of CL commands, basic database concepts, and program development utilities.

Beginning Oracle Application Express

Rick Greenwald

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Written by a highly respected Oracle expert and promoted by the Oracle Corporation, this beginner’s guide offers you hands-on, step-by-step guidance while walking you through the complete development process: creating, customizing, and extending an Oracle database application. Topics covered include reporting and charting, themes and templates, security, migrating to and integrating with the Oracle environment, and how to use packaged applications and work with multiple applications.

ACT! 6 for Dummies

Karen S. Fredricks

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent Book for ACT! Users at All Levels 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

As one of the leading ACT! trainers in the United States, I know what it takes to really teach people the program. And this book has it all. It's clear and concise, and the features are laid out in a logical fashion for incremental learning. The graphics are perfect references to the written text, and readers will have no trouble following along as they learn the features of the program. The author uses plain, descriptive language and doesn't get bogged down in "tech talk." If you want to learn ACT! on your own, this is the book for you!

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• ACT! organizes customer information in one place, providing instant access to names, phone numbers, addresses, appointments, call histories, follow-up activities, and more
• Explores ACT!'s features, including a ready-to-use contact database with search capabilities; Internet links; mail, fax, and e-mail merge; synchronization with Palm OS handhelds; integration with Outlook and other popular products; report generation; and a customizable database
• Latest edition of this successful title shows business professionals how to use ACT!'s new e-mail features, new active libraries, and improved Internet services and Outlook integration

Excel Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Your Favorite Spreadsheet (Annoyances)

Curtis Frye

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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It's the solution to almost all of your electronic organization needs. Need to present a detailed expense report? Try an Excel spreadsheet. Keeping track of a complicated budget? Excel to the rescue. Want to keep tabs on your office football pool? You guessed it. Thanks to its incredible versatility and power, Excel has emerged as more than just a mainstream program; it's now one of the most used applications on the planet. Everyone from run-of-the-mill PC users to leading financial analysts count on Excel to make sense of overflowing data. And to keep up with the overwhelming user demand, three different versions of Excel have hit the market since the debut of Excel 97: Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. Naturally, each version offers a new slate of next-generation upgrades--and, of course, operating bugs! At last, Excel users have some relief: Excel Annoyances emerged from the suggestions of numerous Excel users who've struggled with these irritating bugs over the years. Written in the popular Annoyances format, this latest O'Reilly helper addresses all of the quirks, bugs, inconsistencies, and hidden features found in each of the four versions. Chances are if someone, somewhere, found a certain step confusing, then it's addressed in Excel Annoyances. Author Curtis D. Frye breaks down the cavalcade of information into several tip-of-the-finger categories such as Entering Data, Formatting, Charting, Printing, and more. If you're one of the millions of people who use Excel, you're sure to find a goldmine of helpful nuggets that you can use to fix the program's most annoying traits. In the end, Excel Annoyances will help you to truly maximize Excel's seemingly limitless potential.

MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-294): Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server(TM) 2003 Active Directory® Infrastruct (MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit)

Jill Spealman, Kurt Hudson, Melissa Craft

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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Announcing an all-new MCSE TRAINING KIT designed to help maximize your performance on Exam 70-294, a core exam for the new Windows Server 2003 certification. This TRAINING KIT packs the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and a robust testing suite. It also provides real-world scenarios, case studies, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.

Focusing on Windows Server 2003 Active Directory infrastructure, this official study guide covers topics such as planning, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Active Directory infrastructure; planning user, computer, and group strategies; and planning, implementing, and managing Group Policy.

Ace your exam preparation and ramp up quickly on Windows Server 2003 by working at your own pace through the lessons, hands-on exercises, and practice tests. The Readiness Review Suite on CD, featuring advanced technology from MeasureUp, provides 425 challenging questions for in-depth self-assessment and practice. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives or chapters, and get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get a 180-day evaluation version of Windows Server 2003 software and a 15 percent exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

Understanding Active Directory Services (Strategic Technologies)

Daniel Blum

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Good for security and replication info, but VERY redundant 3 out of 5 stars.
42 of 42 people found this review helpful.

To it's credit, this book was helpful to internalize the replication and security principles of AD. And understandably, some people would rather sit down with a book than read online documentation. But like 80% of the books out there, I've read most of Microsoft's white papers on the subject, and unfortunately, I didn't gain much more from this book. While it has many helpful facts, those facts are readily accessible from AD docs. The other problem I have is the fact that certain facts are repeated six, seven, even eight times. The first seven chapters could have been pared down to two. Granted, I'm sure it was a push to get the book done as quickly as possible to keep the info current, but I'm going searching for a better work.

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For managing and navigating networks, directories are absolutely vital and infamously problematic. A dearth of practical standards and virtually no interoperability among most vendors' directory structures creates big headaches for system support people. But Microsoft Windows NT promises to end the pain, thanks to the new Microsoft Windows NT Directory Services (NTDS). "Understanding Active Directory Services" takes readers on a technical grand tour of this new approach. This book is for technically savvy readers, technical managers, network architects, network planners, network administrators, application developers, analysts, and designers.

Microsoft Visual Foxpro 6.0 Programmer's Guide

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

NOT FOR BEGINNERS 3 out of 5 stars.
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As we all know, Microsoft does not write books for beginners; therefore, if you were looking to learn a computer language or how to create databases using tools like Visual FoxPro, a Microsoft 'manual' would not be the book for you. The title should be "Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Intermediate to Advanced Programmer's Guide"

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The MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 6.0 PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE is a comprehensive resource for the beginning to intermediate programmer using the Visual FoxPro 6.0 development tool. It provides a thorough introduction to application development using Visual FoxPro 6.0 design tools and object-oriented programming techniques. Discover the enhanced development environment and master new capabilities, such as powerful ActiveX extensibility, increased performance, and improved connectivity.

MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 6.0 PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE documents the features and the programming interface for the latest version of Microsoft Visual FoxPro. Topics include: Programming fundamentals Introduction to Visual FoxPro 6.0 design tools and object-oriented programming Optimizing and distributing applications

Access 97 for Windows for Dummies

John Kaufeld

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Being a normal human being, you probably have work to do. In fact, you may have lots of work piled precariously around your office or even stretching onto the Internet. Relief is in sight because Access 97 can help you get more done in less time, eliminate the piles, and generally make the safety inspector happy. The good news is that you don't have to know (or even care) about table design, field types, relational databases, or any of that other database stuff to make Access 97 work for you.

Get the help you need with this friendly reference to all the features of Access 97. If you're confused instead of organized, befuddled instead of productive, or just completely lost on the whole database thing, Access 97 For Windows For Dummies is the book for you. This guide is for those who need to

• Save time and effort by adapting existing reports and forms for new databases
• Unearth the mysteries of solving problems with Access queries
• Glean enough about macro programming to make people think you're a certified Access guru
• Find hundreds of tips on making Access easier, more understandable, and generally less annoying

Start with an overview of both database concepts in general and Access 97 in particular, and start taking control of your data. Access 97 For Windows For Dummies also covers the following topics and more:

• Dealing with data in need of repair
• Making your table think with formats, masks, and validations
• Finding stuff in your tables
• Comparing AND to OR
• Creating an AutoReport
• Formatting a beautiful report
• Creating forms that look cool and work great

Even after you've mastered the nuts and bolts of database building with Access 97, you'll find plenty of valuable resource material in this guide to keep you coming back for more. Timesaving keyboard shortcuts, warnings for how to avoid common crises, and an introduction to the wider world of advanced Access features are all included for you in this easy-to-use book.

Access 97 Developer's Handbook (Sybex)

Paul Litwin, Ken Getz, Mike Gilbert

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THE Bible 5 out of 5 stars.
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As a God-fearing Christian (sans Bible-thumping), I generally object to the label "bible" being applied to software books that are either excessively comprehensive or simply weigh a lot. But when you are looking for a comprehensive guide for programming Access applications, the Access Developer's Handbooks are the best place to start. This, the third edition of the series for Access 97, continues the fine reputation that the authors have earned for their work.
Let me say up front that I don't much like programming in Access. I was born and bred with Visual Basic and find that programming in Access is unnecessarily restrictive. (But I'd give up my first-born to have the Access report writer available to VB.) Give me a good database application in VB any day. Nonetheless, I frequently find myself having to create or modify Access applications. When I do and hit a stumbling block, the Handbook is the first reference I reach for. And it rarely lets me down.
With close to 1,500 pages the range of topics, particularly relating to using Office 97 with Access, is impressive. Part 1 gives an overview of Access 97, highlighting the new features, and covering the Access event model and VBA class modules. The next part covers manipulating data; relatively little is new here for database programmers. Part 3 gets into presenting data, covering form and report design, and discussing the use of shared Office components such as the Office Assistant. Part 4 starts getting into the fun stuff: multiuser applications, replication, security, and client-server. The next part covers error handling and application optimization. Part 6 moves your focus to the world outside your application, describing how to use DLLs and the Windows API, using some of the features of the Access wizards that aren't otherwise available in Access (a way cool chapter), and using ActiveX automation. The last part adds some finishing touches: building add-ins, web-enabling your applications, and using the source code control features. Two appendices, absent from the book but included on the CD, cover naming conventions and database startup properties.
My only problem with the books is that it frequently lacks depth. But with the range of topics and the limitations of book binding, that's to be expected. I've rarely found a situation where I didn't find enough in the book about my current problem to at least get me started in the right direction.
The authors are some of the true gurus of Access programming, and I don't use that word lightly. If you program in Access, get this book. And if you ever have the opportunity to hear any of them speak, grab a first row seat. You'll learn a lot.

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Here's the book the Access community relies on! Packed with tips, tricks, secrets, undocumented features, and tons of reusable source code, this indispensable guide is your ticket to developing bulletproof applications. Learn how to build more efficient databases, design better user interfaces, develop client/server applications, and plan for interoperability. The companion CD includes all examples from the book, a library of reusable code, ready-to-use subroutines and user-interface objects, and great freeware and shareware utilities.

Programming Microsoft Access 2000 (Microsoft Programming Series)

Rick Dobson

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A very good book, but not for beginners! 4 out of 5 stars.
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The book is a good guide for people who have some experience with Access, and does an especially good job in introducing the new features in Access 2000, such as the use of ADO. However, do not buy this book expecting to learn the basics of Access from it. It is filled with acronyms and terms which will lose you unless you previously know what they mean, although the author does a good job giving a brief explanation of each one. Otherwise it is a great book and a good guide to VBA for people who have already played around with Access.

Editorial Review:

PROGRAMMING MICROSOFT ACCESS 2000 serves both as a starting point for novice Access developers and as a robust reference to new features and advanced topics for experienced programmers. This task-oriented handbook delivers comprehensive coverage of Access database development-starting with a review of fundamentals and version enhancements, and ramping up to advanced multiuser and multicomputer issues. Coverage is organized into four parts: Access Basics; Data Input to Data Output; Customizing and Extending Applications; and Multiuser, Client/Server, and Web Issues. The CD-ROM features all source code used in the text.