[AccessD] Find First in an Array? - The Solution Revisited -Now Tag is the Answer

ROTFLMAO.

Hmm, lets throw THIS thing in the tag too.  OK, that worked so well let's throw THAT thing in the 
tag.  Ohhhh, wait a minute, how 'bout this other thing over there...

Enjoy yourself, I will stick to the tools that Access gave me - like collections, and classes, 
containers for encapsulating code, all of that kind of stuff that programmers have been begging for 
for decades.

Now we have them, let's store the world in the tag property.

Hmmmm...

OK, YOU do that!

;-)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


William Hindman wrote:
> ...loud, long, clamoring applause!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> ...one of these days we're going to learn not to get jc into warmongering 
> mode ...makes a mule look pliable, he does :)
> 
> ...while there are many good things to be said of classes, the bottom line 
> is that both solutions work equally well in my tests.
> 
> ...and I can read max's tag code without twisting my neck all out of shape 
> trying to follow it :)
> 
> ...don't get me wrong, I like classes ...very useful tools ...but for this 
> specific case, I like tags better ...and I fully admit that if I used 
> classes from a framework as jc does, I'd probably see it different ...but I 
> don't..
> 
> ...seems to me I recall way back when in the days of the bound wars, jc 
> preaching the gospel about simplicity and using the tools Access gives you 
> ...made a lot of sense then, makes a lot of sense now :)
> 
> William
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:26 PM
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Find First in an Array? - The Solution Revisited -Now 
> Tag is the Answer
> 
>> So let me get this clear. Your argument is:
>>
>> 1.  I need to store a string value for each control.
>>
>> 2.  Controls has been designed with a property specifically for this 
>> purpose.
>>
>> 3.  I won't use the property in case I need to use it for something else 
>> later on,  instead I will
>> build a complete new system which will allow me to do all sorts of neat 
>> things with controls
>> in case I need to in the future.
>>
>> May I refer you to Shamil's posting last Friday in this thread?
>>
>> <quote>
>> May I warn you about what is known as:
>> "Premature Optimization"
>> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PrematureOptimization
>> and
>> "Premature Generalization"
>> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PrematureGeneralizationIsEvil
>> Have a look:
>> "Death by premature generalization"
>> http://ryanfarley.com/blog/archive/2004/04/30/570.aspx
>> </quote>
>>
>> -- 
>> Stuart
>>
>> On 24 Feb 2009 at 13:27, Drew Wutka wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry to chime in here late...but if you use tags for a system wide
>>> process you completely eliminate the ability to use the tags on the fly
>>> for other purposes.
>>>
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