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Introduction to object-oriented programming

Introduction to object-oriented programming

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Introduction to object-oriented programming

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- [Instructor] Before I dive into the details of Access VBA, I thought I'd give a quick overview of programming languages. And of course, the first question you ask is, what is a programming language? Well, there are a lot of formal definitions, but the one that I'll use is a lot less formal, and that is, a system os statements used to control a computer. We want Microsoft Access to do some things that the program might not be able to do on its own, so we use a systems of statements to control it. There are some specific elements that our programming language should have, and those requirements include the ability to accept input, that could be from the keyboard or perhaps from a file, the ability to store data so it can work with it, to manipulate data, and also to produce output. If all Access ever did was make changes that we could never see, it wouldn't be very useful to us. Specifically, we will be working in the object-oriented programming paradigm. The best way to explain…

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