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... to remove some hardcoded product names and to bring the help
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Kudos to Celia and Olivier

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<helpdocument version="1.0">
<meta>
<topic id="textsbasicsharedA2B001xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Access2Base</title>
<filename>/text/sbasic/guide/access2base.xhp</filename>
</topic>
<history>
<created date="2013-11-01T00:00:00">Access2Base topic first insertion, by Jean-Pierre Ledure</created>
</history>
</meta>
<body>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_idA2B001">
<bookmark_value>Access2Base</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Microsoft Access; Access2Base</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Access databases; run in Base</bookmark_value>
</bookmark>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_idA2B002" xml-lang="en-US" level="1">Access2Base</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_idA2B003" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">What is Access2Base?</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idA2B004" xml-lang="en-US">Access2Base is a %PRODUCTNAME BASIC library of macros for (business or personal) application developers and advanced users. It is one of the libraries stored in "Application macros and dialogs".</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idA2B005" xml-lang="en-US">The functionalities provided by the implemented macros are all directly inspired by Microsoft Access. The macros are callable mainly from a %PRODUCTNAME <emph>Base</emph> application, but also from <emph>any</emph> %PRODUCTNAME document (Writer, Calc, ...) where access to data stored in a database makes sense.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idA2B006" xml-lang="en-US">The API provided by Access2Base is intended to be more concise, intuitive and easy to learn than the standard UNO API (API = Application Programming Interface).</paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" id="par_idA2B007" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>The library is documented online on </emph><link href="http://www.access2base.com" name="http://www.access2base.com"><emph>http://www.access2base.com</emph></link>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_idA2B008" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">The implemented macros include:</paragraph>
<list type="ordered" format="1">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idA2B009" xml-lang="en-US">a simplified and extensible API for <emph>forms</emph>, <emph>dialogs</emph> and <emph>controls</emph> manipulations similar with the Microsoft Access object model,</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idA2B010" xml-lang="en-US">an API for database access with the <emph>table</emph>, <emph>query</emph>, <emph>recordset</emph> and <emph>field</emph> objects,</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idA2B011" xml-lang="en-US">a number of <emph>actions</emph> with a syntax identical to their corresponding Microsoft Access macros/actions,</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idA2B012" xml-lang="en-US">the <emph>DLookup</emph>, <emph>DSum</emph>, ... database functions,</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idA2B013" xml-lang="en-US">the support of the shortcut notations like <item type="literal">Forms!myForm!myControl</item></paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idA2B014" xml-lang="en-US">in addition</paragraph>
<list type="ordered" format="1" startwith="6">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idA2B015" xml-lang="en-US">a consistent errors and exceptions handler,</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idA2B016" xml-lang="en-US">facilities for programming form, dialog and control <emph>events</emph> and</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idA2B017" xml-lang="en-US">the support of both embedded forms and standalone (Writer) forms.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_idA2B018" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Compare Access2Base with Microsoft Access VBA</paragraph>
<bascode>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B019" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">REM Open a form ... </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B020" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> OpenForm("myForm") </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B021" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">REM Move a form to new left-top coordinates ... </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B022" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> Dim ofForm As Object ' In VBA => Dim ofForm As Form </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B023" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> Set ofForm = Forms("myForm") </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B024" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> ofForm.Move(100, 200) </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B025" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">REM Get the value of a control ... </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B026" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> Dim ocControl As Object </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B027" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> ocControl = ofForm.Controls("myControl") </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B028" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> MsgBox ocControl.Value </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B029" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">REM Hide a control ... </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B030" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> ocControl.Visible = False </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B031" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">REM ... or alternatively ... </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B032" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> setValue("Forms!myForm!myControl.Visible", False) ' Shortcut notation </paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="hd_idA2B033" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> ' In VBA => Forms!myForm!myControl.Visible = False </paragraph>
</bascode>
</body>
</helpdocument>