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* MyAccess 1.3  *
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Hubertus Hiden	<hidden@netway.at>



Overview
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MyAccess is an AddIn for Access 97 / Access 2000 to manage MySQL Databases from within MS Access.
MyAccess has an Access-like database window and allows you to create, modify and view MySQL-tables without any knowledge of SQL.

It connects to MySQL via MyODBC !



Main Functions
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Create/Change/Drop/Open Tables
Connect tables to Access
Extract "Create Table-Scripts' from MySQL
Execute Queries against MySQL (the SQL-Commands can be stored as ASCII-files)
Log Changes
Import/Export from Access to MySQL and vice versa
Show a database documentation report


Installation
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Unzip MyAccess97_1_3.zip or MyAccess2000_1_3.zip into any directory you wish.
Start Access and open any Access database. Select Extras/Add-Ins/Add-In Manager and add MyAccess97.mde or MyAccess2000.mde from the destination where you copied it to. MyAccessXX.mde will now be copied to your ..\OfficeXX\Office directory.
Now you can start MyAccess with Extras/AddIns/MyAccess.
To open a database hit the button in the upper left corner and select a ODBC DSN pointing to a MySQL database.

To create such an ODBC DSN follow these steps:
--> Open the Control Panel on the Windows Machine 
--> Double click the ODBC Data Sources 32 bits icon. 
--> Click the tab User DSN 
--> Click the button Add 
--> Select MySQL in the screen Create New Data Source and click the Finish button. 
--> The MySQL Driver default configuration screen is shown.

Example of how to fill in the ODBC setup

	Windows DSN name:	test 
	Description:		This is my test db 
	MySQL Database:  	test 
	Server:  		194.216.84.21 
	User:  			hubs 
	Password:  		mypwd 
	Port:  




Copyright and distribution
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Softwareentwicklung Hiden
Hubertus Hiden
Wekstrasse 2
A-8670  Krieglach
email: hidden@netway.at
Homepage: http://myaccess.fsn.net



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Improvements to version 1.2
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--> MyAccess now contains a database documentation function.


Improvements to version 1.1
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--> Acc2MySQL doesn't need an append query anymore
--> Acc2MySQL can now transfer several tables with 1 run
--> In some situations MyAccess caused the CPU load to go up to 100% - fixed
--> Tables can be opened by a Double Click now

Improvements to version 1.0.1
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--> Import MySQL tables into Access
--> Export Access tables to MySQL
--> Help files added

Improvements to version 0.90
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-> Each window (except the main window) can be opened several times
-> Multiple field indexes are supportet
-> 'Create Table Scripts' can be extracted from an existing table
-> Now you can see all the commands you sent to the server in a log-table
-> SQL commands can be executed directly from MyAccess
-> mysqladmin flush-tables can be executed automatically befor changing a table.
   Take a look at MyAccess_MySQLWin.reg
-> Version for Access2000


P.S.: If you have any suggestions please mail me