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D201 WILD CARE

DATABASE

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Right click on text file

Then Save target as. Save this in your

DATABASE folder

Open this file or find the page in the

booklet. You will need this

later.

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Click on FileNew

Click on Blank database

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Save the file in your DATABASE

folder

Use the filename: WILD CARE DATABASE

Click on Create

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Click on New

Click on Import table

Scroll down and select Text Files

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Select the Endangered species

file

Click on Import

Click onNext

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Click onComma

Just click on Next

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Just click on Next

Click onChoose my own

primary keyField 1 should

appear

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Keep this file name

Click on Finish

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Double click to open this file

Click on the blue triangle(Design View)

Click on this square(View)

What is the difference between Design View and View?

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You now need to change the field names….using this document.

(Remember looking at this on page 2?)

So…

Field 1 is Name of species

Field 2 is Group

etc

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For every TEXT field you now need to set an

appropriate field length, one at a time.

How will you decide what an appropriate length is for

each text field?

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Select the STATUS field

In the Validation Rule type in:

Red or Orange or Blue

If someone types in an incorrect colour they might need some

help.In the Validation Text type in a

message that would help someone. (Tell them the choices).

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Select the Threat field

What Validation Rule are you going to use?

What Validation Text are you going to input?

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Select Adoption

Select 2 for the number of decimal

places

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Change the column

widths so that you can read all of the data in

each column

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Click onNew Object:Autoform

You have now created a DATA ENTRY FORM….

…. but it doesn’t look good.

What could be improved?

Click on Design View(Blue Triangle)

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You now need to make this DATA

ENTRY FORM look professional.

You could create a DATA ENTRY FORM

that might look something like this….but produce YOUR version.

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Use your DATA ENTRY FORM to enter the details

for 3 other endangered animals that are not already

on the database.

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You are now ready to present all the evidence of your work.

Use screen shots to show:

You have the correct:

FIELD NAMES

DATA TYPES

LENGTHS (for the text fields)

You have set up the 2 VALIDATION RULES

You have shown the VALIDATION RULES working

You have created a DATA ENTRY FORM

You have used the DATA ENTRY FORM to enter 3 new endangered animals into the database.

Presenting your evidence