[AccessD] Add-In Express 2009 for MS Office and .NET -

Shamil

...will do
...your schedule is fine ...I work for a living as well :)
...hope you get your vacation in, I could sure use one myself

William

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From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:17 AM
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Add-In Express 2009 for MS Office and .NET -

> Hi William --
>
> Thank you for your notes. I have added them to the project's Issue 
> Tracker.
> Please feel free next time to add your notes directly there.
>
> In setup folder of add-in there should be \Logs subfolder with a log file,
> which could give me some clues why add-in hangs in some cases.
> Please send it to me privately.
>
> As I noted earlier this release was aimed at testing add-in setup for
> different MS Access and MS Windows versions - and that worked well.
> Add-in also works well with test databases supplied with it.
>
> I hope most/all of the current issues can be solved but please take into
> account that add-in uses undocumented feature, and it may happen that for
> some cases it will not work at all...
>
> It would be helpful if you can make an entry directly on project site (new
> discussion viki) with links to the issues, which you qualify as critical,
> and arranged in the order you wanted to have them fixed.
>
> If I will not leave for short holiday next week then I will try to make
> critical fixes that next week...
> (Planned date for the next release - middle of March (in general I'm
> planning currently one release for every month of this year))
>
> I'm currently working for a customer project which is rather urgent for
> release....
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Shamil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:29 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Add-In Express 2009 for MS Office and .NET -
>
> Shamil
>
> ...found some time last night to play again with the Access.PowerTools
> Add-In against a larger client application.
>
> 1. Export fails on any object with a "/", ")" or "(" in the file name
> ...gives you an  error and then hangs.
>
> 2. Export fails on any linked table that doesn't actually exist ...came as 
> a
>
> surprise to me that the Access Linked Table Manager does not error on 
> these
> but actually confirms that the link exists!
>
> 3. Restore fails repeatedly with an "object extension not found" error
> ...never got a successful Restore on the 15Mb mdb I was working with, even
> with all linked tables removed.
>
> 4. Error msgs are cryptic to say the least ...not complaining, just noting
> that its an area that will have to be worked on at some point :))))
>
> ...don't know how you want to handle these ...I can post them on CodePlex
> from now on if you prefer or continue to post them here ...or both 
> ...which
> ever you prefer.
>
> ...I'm waiting on your next revision before doing any further testing
>
> William
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:53 AM
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Add-In Express 2009 for MS Office and .NET -
>
>> Thank you, Max!
>>
>> I have got published Access.PowerTools project on CodePlex -
>> http://accesspowertools.codeplex.com/.
>> All the issues you noted on are listed in this project Issue Tracker -
>> http://accesspowertools.codeplex.com/WorkItem/List.aspx
>>
>> Everybody here are very welcome to try this Add-In software, and to post
>> your feedback here or on project discussion area
>> http://accesspowertools.codeplex.com/Thread/List.aspx (everybody
>> registered
>> to CodePlex and logged-in can comment on its projects, participate in
>> discussions etc.)
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> --
>> Shamil
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max (MGA)
>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 11:38 PM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Add-In Express 2009 for MS Office and .NET -
>>
>> Aha!
>>
>> Got it, didn't realise it was on the menu bars.  Sorry..duh.
>>
>> Ok, runs ok but  not enough explanation of what is happening and what to
>> expect. Backup and  Restore seemed to go  ok but "how would I know"?
>> Needs
>> a bit  on hand-holding.
>>
>> No options to choose how tables should be  exported  (csv, xls, xml,
>> data).
>> I like the "plain data" that is good - ideal for pasting into Word etc. 
>> I
>> will put that into my RemoteEatBloat program.
>>
>> Therefore, no option on which format to use to restore the tables.
>>
>> But, ran well, no problems that I could see.
>>
>> I will now run it  on a "problem" mdb and report back.
>>
>> Thanks very much - excellent job
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
>> Salakhetdinov
>> Sent: 15 February 2010 20:24
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Add-In Express 2009 for MS Office and .NET -
>>
>> Hi Max --
>>
>> Please have a look:
>>
>> http://sms-web.biz/add-in-express/apce.jpg
>>
>> This is Access 2007.
>> I tested also with Access 2003 - and that was not my development PC - and
>> I
>> have got PowerTools CommandBar there.
>>
>> Please note that for MS Access 2003 CommandBar is getting visible only
>> when
>> you have a database opened.
>>
>> Please note also that you have to run setup.exe - if you used
>> [Right-Click]->[Install] with .msi file from setup kit it could not work
>> properly.
>>
>> I must say I only tested large setup first on my three systems: Vista, XP
>> and Windows Server 2003 - and that worked OK.
>> After large setup installed/deinstalled small one worked OK also.
>>
>> Still learning "Add-In Express for Office and .NET" setup features - 
>> setup
>> package is created by this tool "automagically" (and worked well here on
>> three systems) - there could be some "blues" with it I expect - let's 
>> find
>> them together...
>>
>> One can also ask/look at Add-In Express support forum
>> (http://www.add-in-express.com/forum/index.php) - there are quite some
>> info
>> there and discussions are quite active - and they are positive mainly,
>> btw,
>> Andrei Smolin, you can find there is a former AccessD member (10+ years
>> ago)...
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> --
>> Shamil
>>
>> <<< snip >>>
>>
>>
>
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