Acces database with VB GUI

area51_for_psx · 13 May 2009 at 00:24

Hi guys.

Am looking to use VB on a database to set it up to do functions. So a vb GUI so to speak. Is it better using the tool in VB to do this or manually code it?

And would anyone have an example of it so i can see how it all links in together?

Looking to use it for my dvd and games catalog.

RobH · 13 May 2009 at 01:12

Q1: Are you talking about a "Microsoft Access Database" or did you mean database access in general?

Q2: Do you know any VB?

area51_for_psx · 13 May 2009 at 01:53

I mean an Microsoft acces database.

Yeah I know a fair wee bit off Visual basic

~J~ · 13 May 2009 at 08:44

To be honest, if you're looking to 'only' catalogue your collection, then I'm 99.9% positive that most versions of Access from 2003 have a wizard which will create everything you need.

Sure it would be an added bonus to learn something on the way, but, if all you want is a database with as little effort as possible then one of the wizards should do this for you.

Dolph · 13 May 2009 at 09:27

While you could do it all in VB, it would seem that what you're really doing could be done mostly in access with some code to back up the forms etc. You won't find many guides as to how to do it all in VB because it's an unnecessarily long way to do it.