About the Author

F. Scott Barker holds a B.S. in computer science and has worked as a database developer for more than 13 years, first with Clipper and then for the last six years with Microsoft Access.

While working at Microsoft for two years, Scott was on the Microsoft Access and FoxPro teams. He now contracts with Microsoft and the Access team by developing in-house tools used throughout Microsoft. With his company, Applications Plus, Scott also does contract development for companies in the banking, medical, and insurance industries.

Scott has trained for Application Developers Training Company and others all around the United States. He is a frequent speaker at Access conferences throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Through his classes and conferences, Scott has trained thousands of developers.

He is a contributing editor for the magazine Access/Visual Basic Advisor. Scott has also written for Smart Access (Pinnacle), Data Based Advisor Magazine (Advisor), and Microsoft Office & VBA Developer (Informant Communications).

Scott is the author of Using Access 97, published by Que Corporation, and he authored Que's Access Power Programming for both Access 95 and 97. He has also tech edited/reviewed a number of books.

Scott lives in Woodinville, Washington, with his wife, Diana, and their four children—Christopher, 11; Kari Anne, 9; Nichole, 6; and David, 4.

Scott can be reached for development, training, and consulting at his Web site, www.AppsPlus.com. You can also see articles he has written and conferences at which he will be speaking.