- Published 1/22/2015
- 1st Edition
Build new Access cloud web apps and migrate desktop databases to the cloud
This is your complete, practical guide to creating Microsoft Access web apps and migrating existing databases to the cloud. Access MVP Andrew Couch guides you through the entire web app life cycle, from design through deployment and upgrades. After introducing Microsoft Office 365 and the web app development environment, he reviews key issues associated with moving data into a web app or creating cloud apps with new data. Next, he drills down into app construction, from table design to integration. You’ll learn how to extend Access with Microsoft Azure SQL, PowerPivot, Visual Studio 2013, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and Apps for Office, and master important new enhancements in Office 365 SP1.
Learn best practices and techniques to:
- Capitalize on key Office 365 features in your Access web apps
- Design and integrate all the features of Access web apps
- Make your desktop databases compatible with web app table structures
- Implement and test business rules by using the Macro Programming Tools
- Understand how your app design translates to objects in the cloud-based Azure SQL Database
- Use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to connect with and manage web apps
- Improve reporting with PowerPivot, Visual Studio 2013, and SSRS
- Extend Access web apps with Apps for Office features
- Capitalize on Office 365 SP1 improvements in change deployment, intellectual property protection, and integration
Get all code samples, including complete apps, at: http://aka.ms/AccessApps/files
About This Book- For experienced Access developers who want a deep understanding of web app design and implementation
- For new web app developers who want to develop Access web apps with Office 365
Table of Contents
Introduction i
Chapter 1 Finding your way around Office 365 1
Office 365 subscriptions 2
Office products in a browser 5
Getting started with Office 365 5
Team site, personal site, and public site 7
Installing Office Professional 10
OneDrive and OneDrive For Business 2013 13
Creating a web app using a template 19
Opening a web app with Access 23
Saving a web app as a package 24
Uploading a web app package 26
Editing a web app package 30
Displaying a web app in a browser 32
Sharing a web app with external users 32
Creating sites and subsites 36
Creating site collections (Enterprise subscription) 39
Applying a theme 45
Document storage and libraries 47
Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Office 365, and Access 51
App Catalog 53
Summary 55
Chapter 2 Finding your way around Access 2013 57
A new way of building applications 57
Create a custom web app 61
Importing data from Access 62
Using the navigation pane 64
Working with tables, lookups, and relationships 65
Displaying data in a browser 68
Working with different views 71
Controls available in a view 73
Autocomplete control 74
Related items control 75
Subview control 76
Action bar 77
List control 77
Hyperlink control 78
Multiline Text Box control 79
Web Browser control 79
Overview of macro programming and data macros 80
Upgrading and deploying a web app 82
Side-loading a web app 96
Designing and commissioning with existing data 96
Summary 98
Chapter 3 Converting a desktop database to a web app 99
Tables and primary key fields 99
Relationships and lookups 102
Table and field properties 108
Boolean data 112
Value-based lookups 112
Multi-value data 113
Importing different data types 113
Long Text (memo data) 115
Calculated fields 115
Image data type 115
Attachments and OLE objects 115
Reporting 116
References 119
Quick conversion to external writer 120
Attachment and OLE data 121
Uploading multiple files 122
Extracting attachment files 123
Uploading image files 125
Summary 132
Chapter 4 Creating a blank web app and using templates 133
Creating a blank web app 133
Adding template tables 134
Creating a new t