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- 1. AccessIntermediate Final Project Your final Access Intermediate project will be to modify an existing database. You will follow the instructions below and submit your database via Blackboard. This assignment is worth a total of 50 points. The Database Griffin and Emma MacElroy own and operate their own agency, GEM Ultimate Vacations, which specializes in locating and booking luxury rental properties in Europe and Africa. To track their guests, properties, and reservations, they created the Vacation database. Griffin and Emma want you to modify their database to make it more effective. Download the Vacation database that can be found in Blackboard. Be sure to save the file in a location where you can locate it later. Open the Vacation.accdb database. Save the database as GEM Vacation to your USB. Create Queries – 15 points 1. Modify the first record in the tblGuest table datasheet by changing the Guest First name and Guest Last Name column values to your first and last names. (1 point) 2. Create a query to find all records in the tblProperty table in which the PropertyName field value starts with the word Chateau. Display all fields except the Description field. Save the query as qryChateauProperties. (4 points) 3. Create a parameter query to select the tblProperty table records for a Country field value that the user specifies. If the user doesn’t enter a Country field value, select all records from the table. Display all fields from the tblProperty table in the query recordset, and sort in ascending order by PropertyName. Save the query as qryCountryParameter. (5 points) Access Intermediate Final Project Page 1 of 4
- 2. Create a Form – 15 points 4. Use the figure below(also available on p. 357 of the textbook) and the following steps to create a custom form named frmGuestsWithReservations based on the tblGuest and tblReservation tables. a. From the tblGuest table add the following fields: GuestID, First, Last, Phone, Address, City, State, Postal, and Country. b. Add the title in the Form Header section (1 point) c. Make sure the form’s Record Source property is set to the tblGuest and then add a combo box in the Form Header section to find GuestID field values. (1 point) d. Add a subform based on the tblReservation table, name the subformfrmGuestsWithReservationsSubform, delete the subform label, and resize the columns in the subform to their best fit, and then resize and position the subform. (3 points) e. Add a calculated control that display the total of the People field displayed in the subform. Set the calculated control’s Tab Stop property to No, and set the calculated control’s Border style property to transparent.(3 points) f. Add a line in the Form Header section, and add a rectangle around the calculated control and its label, setting the line thickness of both to 3 pt. (2 points) g. Use black font color for all controls, including the controls in the subform. h. Use the “Pink, Text 2, Lighter 80%” fill color (row 2, column 4 in the Theme Colors palette) for the sections and the calculated control. (2 points) i. Make sure the table order is top-to-bottom and left-to-right for the main form text boxes. (1 point) Access Intermediate Final Project Page 2 of 4
- 3. Create a Report – 15 points 5. Create a custom report based on the qryPropertyReservations query. The figure below shows a sample page of the completed report. Refer to the figure as you create the report. (11 points) a. Save the report as rptPropertyReservations. b. Use the PropertyName field as a grouping field c. Add a line (3pt) above at the top of the Group Header. d. Add the Country field to the Group Header section. e. Count the “GuestID” field within the group footer and label it “Reservations”. Access Intermediate Final Project Page 3 of 4
- 4. 6. Use the following instructions to create mailing labels. (4 points) a. Use the tblGuest table as the record source for the mailing labels. b. Use Avery C2163 labels, with the default font, size, weight, and color settings. c. For the prototype label, place GuestFirstName, a space, and GuestLastName on the first line; Address on the second line; City, a space, StateProv, a space, and Postal Code on the third line; and Coutnry on the fourth line. d. Sort by PostalCode, then by GuestLastName, and then enter the report name rptGuestLabels. Check over your work to make sure you accurately completed each of the steps for this assignment. Submit these files via Blackboard: GEM Vacation.accdb Access Intermediate Final Project Page 4 of 4