William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Tue Feb 24 17:45:33 CST 2009
...no jc, lets not ...I've never used tags nor written classes for any of my apps ...I have zero problem in limiting the use to translations ...and for my needs they will work just fine and the user interface is great (Drew obviously has not seen max's zip). ...now if I ever become a class addict and can read your code half as easily as I can read max's, then I may well revisit the translations ...but for today, max's simple dao and tags work best for me ...if that makes me a nubee in your eyes, so be it :) William ...nubee extraordinaire! -------------------------------------------------- From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:20 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 > 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. >>>> >>> -- >>> AccessD mailing list >>> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >> > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >