[AccessD] Infopath and One Note

There aren't any publishers  interested in it either -- not yet at any rate.
I've seen a few books on it, but in general -- editors don't even want a
proposal on it. And the contents sites aren't biting at topics either. Could
mean that the product simply hasn't found its niche yet, but could also mean
it's a product for a certain audience, but that audience is small enough
that no one's really interested in hitting it.

Susan H.


> To be honest during the beta process thats the impression I got. The
ACcess
> XML list had about 11 posts and similar level of posts in other XML
related
> groups. Appeared to be no interest.
>
> I think its a product looking for a market.
>
> Martin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Infopath and One Note
>
>
> > Hi Martin
> >
> > I agree with Charlotte - he makes it sound like InfoPath is a
> > no-product?
> >
> > And this scares me:
> >
> > > .. If you are not familiar with relational databases and tools like
> > > Access, then InfoPath is a tool to consider if your business is
starting
> > > to adopt XML as a transport mechanism between business processes.
> >
> > I mean, if you are not familiar with relational databases, you don't
> > know about a relational structure and, thus, you should stay away from
> > even thinking of transferring data by any means including XML as you
> > don't have a chance to know what you are doing.
> >
> > Of course, you can move around with a Word document saved as XML but
> > that has little to do with moving data between business processes.
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> > > <quote>
> >
> > > I try to dispel the marketing hype around InfoPath for the Access
> developer.
> > > I've yet to see an InfoPath
> > > scenario that couldn't be solved quicker with Access 2003 and its new
> > > XML features.  If you are not familiar with relational databases and
> tools
> > > like
> > > Access, then InfoPath is a tool to consider if your business is
starting
> > > to adopt XML as a transport mechanism between business processes.
> > >    If you live in a world of ODBC and OLEDB for moving data within
your
> > > organization - and it's working - why mess with a good thing. On the
> > > other hand, if you are struggling with ways to send that data through
> > > your firewall to your business partners/customers, XML works really
> > > well, because text doesn't get hung up in the process. With that said,
> > > Access is an excellent tool for exporting relational data as XML and
> > > importing XML from other sources.
> >
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