MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Wed Feb 23 17:26:11 CST 2005
There are a lot of dotnet PCUG's out there, usually monthly or bimonthly meetings http://msdn.microsoft.com/usergroups/find.asp or look through here by state or country http://www.ineta.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=20 My local one is http://www.vicdotnet.org/ dmcafee at pacbell.net wrote: >1. Sites more than forums, Google helps much > >2. BOL/MSDN Online, Various Dummies books: Visual Basic .Net for Dummies, >Visual Basic .Net Database Programming for dummies, ASP.Net for Dummies, C# >for Dummies, C# in 24 hours, several others from Sybex that I haven't >cracked yet. > >3. Crystal 8, 9 & 10. (Trying to get Reporting Services installed) oh and, >Access ;) > > >D >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Steve Erbach >Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:03 PM >To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Making SQL Server NewID() work with a dataset >in.net > > >David, Charlotte, Gustav, Jim D., Jim L., > >This seems to be an appropriate place to ask this question: what .NET >support forums do you subscribe to? What technical publications do you >read for .NET? What development and reporting tools do you use other >than what Visual Studio provides? > >I guess that's three questions. > >Steve Erbach >Neenah, WI > > >On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:20:20 -0800, dmcafee at pacbell.net ><dmcafee at pacbell.net> wrote: > > >>Exactly. I'm in the same boat as you and JC (IIRC). I'm now working with >>.Net (C# & VB mainly). >> >>The company I work for would like to move all mdb/ADPs to .NET some day. I >>have started converting some of my sample databases as a learning project. >>Some things a neat, others are not. >> >>My boss asked if I could create a VB or C# program that would allow a user >>to enter some information, connect to SQL and retrieve some more data, >> >> >then > > >>talk to some barcode label software so barcodes can be printed out. >> >>I created an ADP and designed my own UPC-A/EAN13 barcodes on the fly in >> >> >VBA > > >>and used the Free 3of 9 font and had a working copy in 3 days (creating >> >> >the > > >>dynamic barcaode was the hardest part). At our meeting to see how long it >>would take me to complete the task, I already had a working copy. They >> >> >were > > >>amazed when they found out that it was create in Access. One program, >> >> >enter > > >>the info and it prints out the barcode, all in one step. >> >>I've always felt VB was great for creating DLLs or non DB use, which is >> >> >why > > >>I am probably having such a hard time with .Net and their return to flat >>file-ism. >> >>David >> >> > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada