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D201 WILD CARE
DATABASE
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Right click on text file
Then Save target as. Save this in your
DATABASE folder
Open this file or find the page in the
booklet. You will need this
later.
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Click on FileNew
Click on Blank database
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Save the file in your DATABASE
folder
Use the filename: WILD CARE DATABASE
Click on Create
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Click on New
Click on Import table
Scroll down and select Text Files
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Select the Endangered species
file
Click on Import
Click onNext
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Click onComma
Just click on Next
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Just click on Next
Click onChoose my own
primary keyField 1 should
appear
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Keep this file name
Click on Finish
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Double click to open this file
Click on the blue triangle(Design View)
Click on this square(View)
What is the difference between Design View and View?
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You now need to change the field names….using this document.
(Remember looking at this on page 2?)
So…
Field 1 is Name of species
Field 2 is Group
etc
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For every TEXT field you now need to set an
appropriate field length, one at a time.
How will you decide what an appropriate length is for
each text field?
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Select the STATUS field
In the Validation Rule type in:
Red or Orange or Blue
If someone types in an incorrect colour they might need some
help.In the Validation Text type in a
message that would help someone. (Tell them the choices).
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Select the Threat field
What Validation Rule are you going to use?
What Validation Text are you going to input?
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Select Adoption
Select 2 for the number of decimal
places
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Change the column
widths so that you can read all of the data in
each column
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Click onNew Object:Autoform
You have now created a DATA ENTRY FORM….
…. but it doesn’t look good.
What could be improved?
Click on Design View(Blue Triangle)
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You now need to make this DATA
ENTRY FORM look professional.
You could create a DATA ENTRY FORM
that might look something like this….but produce YOUR version.
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Use your DATA ENTRY FORM to enter the details
for 3 other endangered animals that are not already
on the database.
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You are now ready to present all the evidence of your work.
Use screen shots to show:
You have the correct:
FIELD NAMES
DATA TYPES
LENGTHS (for the text fields)
You have set up the 2 VALIDATION RULES
You have shown the VALIDATION RULES working
You have created a DATA ENTRY FORM
You have used the DATA ENTRY FORM to enter 3 new endangered animals into the database.
Presenting your evidence