[AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL

Gustav Brock gustav at cactus.dk
Thu Apr 3 07:54:01 CST 2003


Hi Susan

Oops, read another post about Access 11 running on Win2000+ only ...
So you don't mean Win 3.1 but Win9x, right?

/gustav


> As far as I know, Access 1.x and 2.0 are the only versions that run on
> Windows 3.1x. So that shock - moving from Win 3.1x to a Win32 platform
> - will only happen for those moving now from Access 2.0 and lower
> (running on Win 3.1x!) to Access 95 or higher.

> How many could that be??
> Is any member of this list running Access 2.0/Win 3.1x exclusively?
> Please step forward.

> /gustav


>> Well, a shock for anyone still using Win 3.1 -- can't. You have to upgrade
>> Windows to use Access 11.

>> Susan H.


>>> Are you sure about Access 11?
>>>
>>> Quoting Mike Gunderloy,
>>> Developer Central #24: Office 2003 First Impressions and more!
>>>
>>> "Access has no significant changes from Access 2002. It's not an exciting
>>> time to be an Access developer. I'm revising one Access book for the new
>>> version, but don't expect to do much other work with it."
>>>
>>> /gustav
>>>
>>>
>>> > And what  if it is? Think about it guys -- although some conversions are
>>> > more work than others, and certainly Access 11 is going to be a shock
>>> > (and Access 12 even more so) for a few still running older
>>> > versions on W 3.1, has
>>> > MS ever really just left you hanging? Well, maybe it has <g>, I probably
>>> > shouldn't ask when I don't really know the answer.



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