Re: Good Design Tutorials

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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:19:04 -0400

WStoreyII, I'll address one of your questions: the database design. Note
that Access itself ships with a database template called "ledger," which
does some of what you describe below. You might want to create a test
database based on that template so you can study the design. It seems to me
that if you add a "categories" piece to it (and you can study the Northwind
sample database for that), you would have most of what you a looking for.

The Ledger template is also available on Microsoft's Web Site, under Office
> Templates > Finance and Accounting.

DDM
"DDM's Microsoft Office Tips and Tricks"
www.ddmcomputing.com

"WStoreyII" <papastoreyii@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1237BFA2-C997-405F-8FAB-6803B9A23FDF@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> Before i begin I wish to give thanks in advance for any help that this
group will supply me with.
>
> I have been racking my mind trying to make a program to manage my
expenses.
> I had originally started with trying to make a ledger program in vb.net
now this is not the problem nor my question
> basically i made the mistake of not planning the project out properly as i
most likely should have.
>
> Now that i have wasted all of my time I am ready to try to plan this
project out.
> so my question is that since i am new and have never done this before if
> A) there are any good plain english tutorial that could help me with the
database side design of this project and
> B) if any one has any suggestions on a desing
>
> see the problem with my origianl idea the ledger was that i want to keep
track of all income and expenses
> and i wish to build a category list of sorts so that every expense
transaction will have a category attached to it that way i can keep track of
what my money is being spent on
>
> now i know what you are thinking i should probably just by ms money or
quicken and leave you folks alone
> however
> a) i do not wish to spend the money on it
> b) i want to learn how to do this sort of stuff and seeing as this is a
project that i need i figured it was a good place to start
> i have the basic mechanics of the programing element down i just need
a solid design plan before i start.
>
> Thanks Again for any help and/or suggestions given
>
> Have a Great Day!!!!
>
> WStoreyII
>
>

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