How Many Legs? An Exercise in Classes and Objects

So I ran across a puzzle about cats on a bus. It's here. As you'll see if you follow the link there are seven girls, each with seven backpacks, each with seven large cats, etc. The question is how: many legs in total?

As I looked at it it struck me as an interesting problem for objects and properties. If I created an Access database with a Backpack class and a Cat class and so on I could just instantiate a Bus object and then interrogate its Legs property.

Well it worked. It's not elegant, and there aren't a lot of comments, but it's an interesting exercise on classes and objects. You can download the database here.

More calendars (date pickers)

Here's another couple of links with calendars you can add to your forms.
An ActiveX-free pop-up calendar posted in the code archives at UtterAccess.com.
Another one from the code archive at UtterAccess.com, this one also ActiveX-free, with a large and small calendar you can incorporate into your forms.
And lastly a pop-up calendar from Allen Browne. Like the others, it's non-ActiveX ad can be easily imported into your database. Allen's page includes links to a couple of others if those are not enough.
See all my calendar form posts.


**Links cleaned up 2011-09-05**

Sample Access Databases From Office Online

I find that looking at a demonstration or sample database is a great way to learn more about Access. Microsoft has some great samples databases here on Micorsoft Office Online. that demonstrate some really neat techniques for forms, reports, and queries.

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Appointment Calendar From the UtterAccess Code Archive

A lot of questions a posted on discussion boards about building forms with embedded calendars. Some are just to select a date, some are to show information on a calendar. This post in the code archive at UtterAccess.com is a neat working example of an appointment calendar, with both a monthly view showing all appointments in a month and a daily view showing appointments in time slots. All accomplished without ActiveX controls!
See all my calendar form posts.