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  • RE: Access Disdain

    andrew gothard (7/25/2014)


    Access 1.0, yes I remember it well. So shaky that adding an index often slowed down selects. Rumour had it the main reason MS bought Fox...

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    Jim P. (7/24/2014)

    The creation of Microsoft Office 365 seems to indicate they want to make Office a web app as opposed to having the availability of client server.

    No it just...

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    Mile Higher Than Sea Level (7/23/2014)


    It is a real shame that Microsoft has basically dropped Access as a valid development platform.

    I really have to disagree with this. Access continues to...

  • RE: Access Disdain

    Ron,

    I have a tool that will read the user name and password from an mdw file. It was freely distributed. As to it being buggy, I must admit, I'm relating...

  • RE: Access Disdain

    Andy Warren (7/22/2014)


    Also, I'm unclear on the current state of Access development - do you feel the product is moving forward, or is it stalled? Is Lightswitch (or something else)...

  • RE: Access Disdain

    RonKyle (7/22/2014)


    Also, I'm unclear on the current state of Access development - do you feel the product is moving forward

    Although I remain a big fan of Access development if its...

  • RE: Access Disdain

    GoofyGuy (7/21/2014)


    With sincere respect for Patricia and her twenty years Access experience, we're doing our best to eliminate Access 'apps' from the enterprise production business environment.

    I think that is the...

  • RE: Access Disdain

    Pat,

    Extremely well put. A good portion for the disdain that Access has endured is from a lack of understanding of what it actually is; a database application development platform.

    Goofy,

    Yes,...

  • RE: Access Disdain

    GoofyGuy (7/17/2014)

    The problem I have with Access isn't Access itself, but the way in which non-IT types use it building their own data stores and 'apps': without any knowledge of...

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