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在线考试网站系统英文翻译
在线考试网站系统英文翻译
Onceuponatime,inafar-offcornerofalandrenownedforitswizardsandinventors,therelivedaGreatWizard.Likeothergreatwizardsbeforehim(thenamesofEliWhitney,OrvilleandWilburWright,andThomasEdisonstillringthroughouttheland),thisGreatWizarddevotedhislifetoinventingproductsthatwouldimprovethelivesofpeoplethroughouttheknownworld.
Onebeautifulspringdayunderblueskieslacedwithwispyclouds(andtherewasgreatrejoicingthroughouttherealm,forsuchfinedaysarerareinthisfar-northland),theGreatWizarddeclaredtoallhiswizardassistants:
“We
shouldcreateanewinventionthatwillhelpallpeoplestoreandmanageinformationmoreeasily.Inhonorofthisfineday,InamethenewinventionCirrus.”Andsoitcametopassthatthewizardassistants,toiling
ever-diligentlyovertheirkeyboards,createdthenewinvention.Whenthenewinventionwasalmostfinished,theGreatWizarddeclared:
“Wemustfullytest
thisnewinventionbeforewecansenditouttocompetewithproductsfromtherealmsofBorlandorAshton-Tate.Callforthpeoplefromaroundtheworld,and
Thebetatestersmarveledatthecapabilitiesweshalldubthembetatesters.”
ofthenewinvention.Theyexclaimed:
“Wecanassemblenewapplicationstomanage
ourdatainrecordtime!
Wecanstoreourinformationintables,askquestionswithqueries,editthedatawithforms,summarizetheinformationwithreports,andautomatetheentireprocesswithmacrosandBasic.Wecanevenaccessinformationwealreadyhavestoredintextfiles,spreadsheets,orevenotherdatastoragesystems!
”
TheGreatWizardstudiedtheinformationprovidedbythebetatesterswithgreatcareanddeclared,“Ithinkournewinventionisreadytoenterworld
competition,butweneedtogiveitanewname:
ACCESS!
Weshouldalsomakeiteasyforeveryonetoacquireanduseourgreatinvention,sowewillaskonlyforthesmallsumof$99toobtainthefruitsofourwizardry.”
Andsothenewinventionwassentoutintotheworld,anditimmediatelybecameagreatsuccess.Butthewizardswerenotfinishedwiththeirwork.Inthemanyyearshence(andayearisalongtimeintheworldofsuchinventions),thewizardstoiledonandproducednotonebutsevennewversionsoftheiroriginalinvention.Theymadequeriesfasterandformsandreportsmorepowerful.TheyenhancedtheoriginalAccessBasiclanguage(renamingitVisualBasicforApplications)andmadeitcompatiblewithotherinventionsinthegroupofproductstheycametocallOffice.Theycreatedawaytodirectlylinkthepowerfulforms,reports,andVisualBasiccapabilitiesofAccesstoanotherinventionofthewizards:
MicrosoftSQLServer.
Meanwhile,anothergreatinvention—theInternet(orWorldWideWeb)—was
takingtheworldbystorm.Althoughthisnewinventionwasnotdirectlytheworkofthesewizardsofthenorth,theGreatWizardquicklyrealizeditsvalueanddeclaredthatallnewinventionsorenhancementstooldinventionsmustworkwiththeInternet.Inresponse,thewizardsworkingonAccesscreatednewtoolstomakeiteasytodesignWebpagesthatcandisplayorupdateinformationstoredinanAccessorSQLServerdatabase.TheymadeitpossibleforAccessapplicationsto
exchangeinformationwithWebserversbyaddingtheabilityforAccesstounderstandthenewdatastoragelanguageoftheWeb—ExtensibleMarkup
Language(XML).AndinthelatestversiontheyhavemadeitpossibleforAccess
datastoredonaWebserver.queries,forms,andreportstoworkdirectlywith
Ignoringthemanbehindthecurtain(pleasepardonthemixedmetaphor),wenowreturntotherealworldtocontinueourstory.
MicrosoftAccessToday
AccessisjustonepartofMicrosoft’soveralldatamanagementproductstrategy.
Likeallgoodrelationaldatabases,itallowsyoutolinkrelatedinformationeasily—forexample,customerandorderdatathatyouenter.ButAccessalsocomplementsotherdatabaseproductsbecauseithasseveralpowerfulconnectivityfeatures.Asitsnameimplies,Accesscanworkdirectlywithdatafromothersources,includingmanypopularPCdatabaseprograms(suchasdBASEandParadox);withmanySQL(structuredquerylanguage)databasesonthedesktop,onservers,onminicomputers,oronmainframes;andwithdatastoredonInternetorintranetWebservers.AccessalsofullysupportsMicrosoft’sActiveXtechnology,soan
AccessapplicationcanbeeitheraclientoraserverforalltheotherOfficeapplications,includingMicrosoftWord,Excel,PowerPoint,Outlook,FrontPage,Publisher,andthenewMicrosoftOneNote.
AccessprovidesaverysophisticatedapplicationdevelopmentsystemfortheMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystem.Thishelpsyoubuildapplicationsquickly,whateverthedatasource.Infact,youcanbuildsimpleapplicationsbydefiningformsandreportsbasedonyourdataandlinkingthemwithafewVisualBasicstatements;there’snoneedtowritecomplexcodeintheclassicprogrammingsense.BecauseAccessusesVisualBasic,youcanusethesamesetofskillswithotherapplicationsinMicrosoftOfficeorwithMicrosoftVisualBasic.
Forsmallbusinesses(andforconsultantscreatingapplicationsforsmallbusinesses),theAccessdesktopdevelopmentfeaturesareallthat’srequiredto
storeandmanagethedatausedtorunatypicalsmallbusiness.AccesscoupledwithMicrosoftSQLServer—onthedesktoporonaserver—isanidealwayformany
medium-sizecompaniestobuildnewapplicationsforWindowsquicklyandinexpensively.ForlargecorporationswithabiginvestmentinmainframerelationaldatabaseapplicationsaswellasaproliferationofdesktopapplicationsthatrelyonPCdatabases,AccessprovidesthetoolstoeasilylinkmainframeandPCdatainasingleWindows-basedapplication.
MicrosoftAccesscanalsoactasadirectsourceofinformationpublishedonanintranetortheWorldWideWeb.DataaccesspagesletyouquicklycreateanddeployintranetapplicationsusingpagesthatyoucreatedirectlyfromAccessmuchlikeyouwouldcreateanAccessapplicationform.DataaccesspagescanretrieveandupdatedatastoredeitherinanAccessdatabaseorinMicrosoftSQLServer.MicrosoftAccess2003includesnewandenhancedfeaturestoallowyoutoexport
orimportdatainXMLformat(thelinguafrancaofdatastored
ontheWeb)ortodirectlylinktoanXMLdatasourceonaMicrosoftSharePointServicesWebsite.Youcanexportdata(orsubsetsofdata)storedinaMicrosoftAccessorSQLServer
databasetoaSharePointserverandthenlinkthosefilesbackintoyouroriginalapplication.
WhatIsMicrosoftAccess?
Ifyou’reaserioususerofapersonalcomputer,you’veprobablybeenusing
wordprocessingorspreadsheetapplicationstohelpyousolveproblems.Youmighthavestartedalongtime
basedproductsrunningunderMS-DOSbutsubsequentlyupgradedagowithcharacter-
tosoftwarethatrunsundertheMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystem.Youmightalsoownsomedatabasesoftware,eitheraspartofanintegratedpackagesuchasMicrosoftWorksorasaseparateprogram.
Databaseprogramshavebeenavailableforpersonalcomputersforalongtime.Unfortunately,manyoftheseprogramshavebeeneithersimpledatastoragemanagersthataren’tsuitableforbuildingapplicationsorcomplexapplicationdevelopmentsystemsthataredifficulttolearnanduse.Evenmanycomputer-literatepeoplehaveavoidedthemorecomplexdatabasesystemsunlesstheyhavebeenhandedacomplete,custom-builtdatabaseapplication.TheintroductionofMicrosoftAccess,however,representedasignificantturnaroundineaseofuse.Manypeoplearedrawntoittocreatebothsimpledatabasesandsophisticateddatabaseapplications.
NowthatAccessisinitsseventhreleaseandhasbecomeanevenmorerobustproductinthefiftheditiondesignedfor32-bitversionsofWindows,perhapsit’
stimetotakeanotherlookathowyouworkwithyourpersonalcomputertogetthejobdone.Ifyou’vepreviouslyshiedawayfromdatabasesoftwarebecauseyoufeltyouneededprogrammingskillsorbecauseitwouldtakeyoutoomuchtimetobecomeaproficientuser,you’llbepleasantlysurprisedathoweasyitisto
workwithAccess.Buthowdoyoudecidewhetheryou’rereadytomoveuptoadatabase
systemsuchasAccess?
Tohelpyoudecide,let’stakealookattheadvantages
ofusingdatabaseapplicationdevelopmentsoftware.
WhatIsaDatabase?
Inthesimplestsense,adatabaseisacollectionofrecordsandfilesthatareorganizedforaparticularpurpose.Youmightkeepthenamesandaddressesofallyourfriendsorcustomersonyourcomputersystem.Perhapsyoucollectallthelettersyouwriteandorganizethembyrecipient.Youmighthaveanothersetoffilesinwhichyoukeepallyourfinancialdata—accountspayableandaccounts
receivableoryourcheckbookentriesandbalances.Thewordprocessordocumentsthatyouorganizebytopicare,inthebroadestsense,onetypeofdatabase.Thespreadsheetfilesthatyouorganizeaccordingtotheirusesareanothertypeof
database.ShortcutstoallyourprogramsonyourWindowsStartmenuareakindofdatabase.InternetshortcutsorganizedinyourFavoritesfolderareadatabase.
Ifyou’reveryorganized,youcanprobablymanageseveralhundredspreadsheetsorshortcutsbyusingfoldersandsubfolders.Whenyoudothis,you’rethedatabase
manager.Butwhatdoyoudowhentheproblemsyou’retryingtosolvegettoobig?
Howcanyoueasilycollectinformationaboutallcustomersandtheirorderswhenthedatamightbestoredinseveraldocumentandspreadsheetfiles?
Howcanyoumaintainlinksbetweenthefileswhenyouenternewinformation?
Howdoyouensurethatdataisbeingenteredco