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Agenda• Attendance• Homework 5 Hints• HTML intro and practice• Project Work• Reminders
Homework 5 (10 points)• Chapter 7 – Switchboard and Macros– Orders.accdb (database file)– Chapter 7 Guided and Applied Exercises– Chapter 7 Guided Exercise Questions (pg. 82)
• Due: – Tuesday Recitations: November 18, 2014– Friday Recitations: November 21, 2014
Homework 5 Hints• Switchboards– To edit the switchboard:• Database Tools > Switchboard Manager
– Do not delete ANY existing items from the switchboard (labels, images, etc.)• Run the risk of making switchboard inoperable
– If switchboard is acting weird, try: • File > Compact & Repair Database
Homework 5 Hints• Switchboard (main menu)– What final Switchboard should look like
open menu with 4 buttons; 3 to
open forms and 1 to return to main menu of switchboard
Should open menu with 3 buttons; 2 to
open reports 1 to return to main menu
Should open up a help box pop-
up
Should Exit Access
Homework 5 Hints
• Macros– When the “Open Customer Orders Form” button is
clicked on, it should:• Open the Orders Form• Maximize the window• Open up to a new (blank) record• Cursor should be in the Customer ID field
– Demo
Homework 5 Hints
Autoexec Macro: Automatically executes when database is opened–Make sure you name it Autoexec exactly–Action 1: Open Form• Form Name: Switchboard• View: Form• Window Mode: Normal
–Action 2: Message Box• Welcome Message
Helpful HTML Resources
• Posted on my discussion board on UBlearns:– HTML Help Powerpoint - explains how to access
your website on campus and off campus– HTML Code Document - provides code you will
need to achieve minimal requirements
Website Requirements
1. Project Website – GROUP2. Individual Websites – EACH MEMBER
Group Project Website
• Each group member’s name in alphabetical order in an unordered list
• Member’s names should link to their individual websites
• Links for downloading PowerPoint (optional) and database
• Paragraph or two about your project• Background color or image• Title for the page
Individual Website
• Must use your personal UB webpage!• Contains: Name, email address, a few sentences
about yourself• When your email is clicked, it should open a
blank email to that address• Link to PDF version of personal resume• Links to social media accounts (social media
buttons, not text)• Link to your group project website
Getting Started: Activate Your Website
• To check if your website has been activated:– http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~yourUBITusername/
Mine is: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~nicolech/
If you get this, it means that you have not activated your website
Activate your website
• To activate your website:– https://ubfs.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/ubfs_activatepersonalwebsite.cgi
• Click on activate your website
• Test it again!– http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~yourUBITusername/This should now display something like :
What does that mean?
• This is saying that you are using the default page that UB creates for you once you activate it. If you right click the page and press “view page source,” it will show you all the code.
In Order to Edit the Code
• On your desktop, click the UBFS drive, then public_html (this folder will contain all your website files such as: code, pictures, database, etc.)
To Edit Code
• The file “index” is where you will store all your code. It is a text file
• Open your index file using NOTEPAD application– Delete all the default code that you have in there.
• Paste this into the index file: <body bgcolor="#80FF00">
This will change the background color to green– Color codes can be found online: http://html-color-codes.info
/– You can also use pictures as background
Editing Code
• So far we wrote:<body bgcolor="#80FF00">
• Add in: <h1> Anything you write here will be displayed</h1>
• In order to center the text:<center> <h1> I love Microsoft Access!</h1> </center>
Refresh your browser each time you add something new to view the change!
Project ProgressStage 1: Entity Creation/Data
– Tables, relationships, records
Stage 2: Forms/Subforms
Stage 3:Queries and Reports
Stage 4: Switchboard and Macros
Stage 5: Website Creation
Stage 6: Presentation/Write-up
Project Work: Switchboard & Macros
Homework 5 will be very helpful for this section!
• Homework 5 due
• Project Work:– Switchboard and Macros– Website– Presentation– Write-up
Next LabLast recitation before presentations
