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Here's our site's review of Microsoft Officexp Developer.
MODxp is a great edition of Officexp for professional Access developers and those who want to grow into becoming professionals. Microsoft took all the features that made Access 2000 a landmark version and made them even better in Access 2002. For example, ADO offers improved data access for more data resources, data access pages make it easier to create web solutions, Officexp Web Components offer exciting new analysis and charting capabilities for distributed, decision-support applications. My personal favorite strength about Access 2002 is its improved interoperability with SQL Server 2000. This capability equips Access developers to create SQL Server solutions more easily and rapidly than ever before. In addition, SQL Server DBAs now have a RAD tool that lets them respond to more requests for creating reports, forms, and web pages with any version of SQL Server.
The resources that MODxp delivers especially target professional developers. This edition of Officexp comes with developer versions of SQL Server 2000 and Exchange Server 2000. In addition, MODxp
contains the Access run-time version and a license to redistribute Microsoft
Desktop Engine that is SQL Server 2000 compatible (MSDE 2000). CDs that ship with MODxp provide more valuable software,
including the a developer edition of SQL Server 2000, and automatic updates to Windows as well.
Finally, MODxp also includes the Microsoft Officexp Developer's Guide. This book drills down on the many innovations with the product since the Access 2000 release. For example, there is extensive coverage of how to build workflow solutions for SQL Server databases. The book also provides guidance on how to create digital dashboards. The book closes with a collection of charts for all the object models that ship with Officexp. Microsoft made this book's content more accessible than ever by giving it a Books Online style UI. Now, Officexp developers can readily search for topics by keywords as well as by an index and a table of contents. They can also save their favorite resource
pages.
Developers and DBAs can purchase MODxp in either regular or upgrade editions.
