Chapter 9. Interfaces

Let's recap. We modeled the Dog House's order process, both the activities and the data. From the data model, we created a database (DB) in Access. It can hold the data needed to support the business process.

We've made a lot of progress, but we're not there yet. Although the DB could be used to support the ordering process, it would be clumsy as it is now. We need to add a user interface. That's what this chapter is about.

Here are the contents of the chapter:

• What interfaces are for
• Types of interfaces
• Creating forms in Microsoft Access
• The form wizard
• Combo boxes
• Subforms
• Custom programming
• Menus
• Processes + data + interfaces = information systems
• Summary
• Exercises