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More Access

Some simple security measures

Reports

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Open the Movie database in Notepad and find some readable text (plaintext)

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Start Access but do not open a database

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Go to Tools/Security/Encode/Decode Database …

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Use the Encode/Decode dialog box to select the database to encrypt

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Choose a name for the encrypted database

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Open the encrypted database in Notepad and look for anything readable

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Open the encoded database in Access which knows how to decode it.

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Close the database, then open it “exclusively.”

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Go to Tools/Security/Set Database Password …

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Enter a password and repeat it in the Verify textbox. Click OK.

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Close database and re-open it. You should be prompted for a password.

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Add Movie poster field

• Perform the necessary steps to add the movie release poster to the database. You can find an image at http://www.imdb.com/ or http://movies.yahoo.com/

• You remember OLE Object field, use Paint to save image as bmp, etc.

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Create a Movie form like the one below.

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Go to the Report object and click on Create report by using wizard

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Select the table or query for the report and then select the desired fields.

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Proceed through the wizard questions

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Proceed through the wizard questions

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Proceed through the wizard questions

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Proceed through the wizard questions

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Proceed through the wizard questions

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Result so far

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Go to Design View.

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Change the size, position and text and the

labels to make a better looking report.

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Remove the MovieRunTime textbox.

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Place two textboxes on the report.

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Delete the labels that come with the textboxes.

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Enter the text =([MovieRunTime] \ 60) & “ hr ” in the first textbox

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Enter the text =([MovieRunTime] Mod 60) & “ min”

in the first textbox

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In Layout View

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Make more room for title

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Right click on the MovieReleaseTimne Textbox and choose Properties

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Under Format/ Text Align select Left.

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In Layout View

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Another Report

• Create a billing field in the appropriate table. – By billing we mean whether an actor or an

actress is the lead, second lead, etc. It determines the order in which the actors will be listed.

• Then create a query that lists the artists associated with the movies and make a report from that.

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Go to the Sorting and Grouping button and add the Billing field to the fields used for sorting.