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Contents

Creating simple product properties .........................................................................975

Creating methods ....................................................................................................976

Using the product object .........................................................................................978

Creating bulletproof property procedures ...............................................................980

Recognizing the Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming ...............................................981

Encapsulating functionality .....................................................................................982

Simplifying programming tasks ...............................................................................982

Managing a class’s interface .....................................................................................983

Using Property Procedures ................................................................................................986

Looking at the types of property procedures ...........................................................986

Exploring property-value persistence ......................................................................989

Heeding property procedure rules ...........................................................................990

Modifying the Product Class .............................................................................................991

Retrieving product details........................................................................................992

Looking at the new ProductID property ..................................................................993

Adding a new property to provide extra information ...............................................994

Adding a new method to the product class ..............................................................995

Learning about Class Events ..............................................................................................997

The Class_Initialize event procedure .......................................................................997

The Class_Terminate event procedure .....................................................................998

Adding Events to Class Modules .......................................................................................999

Learning about events in Access ............................................................................1000

Recognizing the need for events ............................................................................1000

Creating custom events .........................................................................................1001

Raising events........................................................................................................1002

Trapping custom events ........................................................................................1003

Passing data through events ..................................................................................1004

Exploiting Access class module events ...................................................................1005

Summary ........................................................................................................................1008

Chapter 29: Customizing Access Ribbons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009

Why Replace Toolbars and Menus? .................................................................................1009

New controls for Access ribbons ...........................................................................1013

SplitButton ............................................................................................................1013

DropDown ............................................................................................................1014

Gallery ..................................................................................................................1014

SuperTips ..............................................................................................................1015

Working with the Access Ribbon ....................................................................................1015

Tabs ......................................................................................................................1016

Groups ..................................................................................................................1016

Controls ................................................................................................................1017

Managing the ribbon .............................................................................................1017

Working with the Quick Access Toolbar .........................................................................1018

Editing the Default Access Ribbon ..................................................................................1020

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