Using Excel as front end to Access database (with VBA)

Question

I am building a small application for a friend and they\'d like to be able to use Excel as the front end. (the UI will basically be userforms in Excel). They have a bunch of dat

Answer 1

Given the ease of use of Access, I don't see a compelling reason to use Excel at all other than to export data for number crunching. Access is designed to easily build data forms and, in my opinion, will be orders of magnitude easier and less time-consuming than using Excel. A few hours to learn the Access object model will pay for itself many times over in terms of time and effort.