Courses For Microsoft Access

[tridentt150v]

Anyone know of any courses for microsoft access, I have few cluncky programs and processes at work and I want to get rid of them and set them up using an access platform.

Other platforms considered, but I'm not a computer programmer and am not looking at anything too over the top [played with Dbase and batch files and stuff, but basic small things].

Also has to be by Distance Ed or at the TAFE? Am willing to travel a bit but constrained by my location [country NSW].

[R31Nismoid]

Really depends on what you know, and then just have a look over TAFE options and even MS short courses.

Might mean doing a "basic" or similar to cover all the basic stuff (incase you are missing) and then moving onto a more specific area.

[Deano45]

Anyone know of any courses for microsoft access, I have few cluncky programs and processes at work and I want to get rid of them and set them up using an access platform.

Other platforms considered, but I'm not a computer programmer and am not looking at anything too over the top [played with Dbase and batch files and stuff, but basic small things].

Also has to be by Distance Ed or at the TAFE? Am willing to travel a bit but constrained by my location [country NSW].

I haven't played with MS access for a while but the fancier stuff (buttons, forms, etc) used to be done in Visual Basic in the background.

There are plenty of places that provide online courses which you could look at.

I entered online ms access courses into google search and then made it return pages from australia

results here

[tridentt150v]

Yeah, thanks Nismoid, UNE has one over the web, and some business in Townsville has another option via CD Rom learning. I dfid do a bit of looking around, but my TAFE only offers a limited range [Mechanical, welding, forestry, admin, small business etc etc], so i basically have to look to a distance learning solution.

Just thought 'I'll never know if I don't ask', somebody might have a course they recommend.

And thanks Dean, been there done that, sort of looking to see personal experiences etc

[R31Nismoid]

When i was doing courses year ago i found it was largely dependant on the person running it as much as the material.

If it's noring as fark i simply am unable to pay attention

[DivHunter]

I have a recomendation for Access, run the fuck away.

When it inexplicably removes all the code from your database for the 1000th time you'll get it.

Edited July 2, 2010 by DivHunter

[DivHunter]

I should probably offer an alternative, keeping in mind I work for a place that does this kind of thing. Get some custom software written in .NET connecting to SQL (you can use SQL express so don't go looking at SQL licensing).

[tridentt150v]

Thanks, but I'm not sure I'm quite ready for that yet and I really don't want any custom software. I'm looking to learn, not have it done for me.