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How can i get started with access, perferable for little or no money? I
would like to set up a data base for dallas, tx. Fields would be zip code, street, street number (i.e. a street address) and the result would be the mapsco grid number. I have asked mapsco if something like this exists, and got no reply. So, I assume it does not exist, so, I would like to build my own. I'm fair to good with excell, and the old Dbase III. Can someone suggest some free litualture on access to get me started? All I think I should say here is I am doing this for free, for a non-profit charity, and I think I should omit specific names. Can anyone recommend some good tutorial books? |
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Here are a couple of good FREE Access tutorials:
http://www.accessmvp.com/strive4peace/ http://www.functionx.com/access/index.htm -- Bob Larson Free MS Access Tutorials and Samples at http://www.btabdevelopment.com __________________________________ "awsmitty" wrote: How can i get started with access, perferable for little or no money? I would like to set up a data base for dallas, tx. Fields would be zip code, street, street number (i.e. a street address) and the result would be the mapsco grid number. I have asked mapsco if something like this exists, and got no reply. So, I assume it does not exist, so, I would like to build my own. I'm fair to good with excell, and the old Dbase III. Can someone suggest some free litualture on access to get me started? All I think I should say here is I am doing this for free, for a non-profit charity, and I think I should omit specific names. Can anyone recommend some good tutorial books? |
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:16:00 -0800, awsmitty
wrote: How can i get started with access, perferable for little or no money? I would like to set up a data base for dallas, tx. Fields would be zip code, street, street number (i.e. a street address) and the result would be the mapsco grid number. I have asked mapsco if something like this exists, and got no reply. So, I assume it does not exist, so, I would like to build my own. I'm fair to good with excell, and the old Dbase III. Can someone suggest some free litualture on access to get me started? All I think I should say here is I am doing this for free, for a non-profit charity, and I think I should omit specific names. Can anyone recommend some good tutorial books? and here are several more resources: Jeff Conrad's resources page: http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/acc...resources.html The Access Web resources page: http://www.mvps.org/access/resources/index.html A free tutorial written by Crystal (MS Access MVP): http://allenbrowne.com/casu-22.html MVP Allen Browne's tutorials: http://allenbrowne.com/links.html#Tutorials I've gotten street lists from city or county property-tax offices; these may be in one of the mapping software programs such as GIS Shapefiles, but these files are actually based on dBase format files which can be read by Access. The taxing authority may well charge you for the data (Ada County in Idaho charged $200 if I recall correctly) and impose restrictions ("not for use as a mailing list, see Idaho Code 9-348"). -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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Hey all,
thanks very much for the info. I will check these out ASAP. I also read teh post just below this one, title "Subject: Best Access 2003 Book". I will keep you posted on the prograss. I foresee this takings several weeks. Allan "John W. Vinson" wrote: On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:16:00 -0800, awsmitty wrote: How can i get started with access, perferable for little or no money? I would like to set up a data base for dallas, tx. Fields would be zip code, street, street number (i.e. a street address) and the result would be the mapsco grid number. I have asked mapsco if something like this exists, and got no reply. So, I assume it does not exist, so, I would like to build my own. I'm fair to good with excell, and the old Dbase III. Can someone suggest some free litualture on access to get me started? All I think I should say here is I am doing this for free, for a non-profit charity, and I think I should omit specific names. Can anyone recommend some good tutorial books? and here are several more resources: Jeff Conrad's resources page: http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/acc...resources.html The Access Web resources page: http://www.mvps.org/access/resources/index.html A free tutorial written by Crystal (MS Access MVP): http://allenbrowne.com/casu-22.html MVP Allen Browne's tutorials: http://allenbrowne.com/links.html#Tutorials I've gotten street lists from city or county property-tax offices; these may be in one of the mapping software programs such as GIS Shapefiles, but these files are actually based on dBase format files which can be read by Access. The taxing authority may well charge you for the data (Ada County in Idaho charged $200 if I recall correctly) and impose restrictions ("not for use as a mailing list, see Idaho Code 9-348"). -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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Take a look at MapPoint to see if it does what you want.
Steve "awsmitty" wrote in message ... How can i get started with access, perferable for little or no money? I would like to set up a data base for dallas, tx. Fields would be zip code, street, street number (i.e. a street address) and the result would be the mapsco grid number. I have asked mapsco if something like this exists, and got no reply. So, I assume it does not exist, so, I would like to build my own. I'm fair to good with excell, and the old Dbase III. Can someone suggest some free litualture on access to get me started? All I think I should say here is I am doing this for free, for a non-profit charity, and I think I should omit specific names. Can anyone recommend some good tutorial books? |
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