[AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad? Was RE: OT searchinname attachments in outlook2003

I believe this is because macro lack error handling.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> Is there a real reason not to?   I've heard some macrophobic language on the
> list but don't really know if it's because macros are kind of 'old school',
> not the moderne technique, or if there's a good reason not to use them.
>
> I read here also that they've been kind of rehabilitated in A2K7 to the
> dismay of some.
>
> R
>
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> searchinname attachments in outlook2003
>
> Interesting question Rocky.
>
> Macros serve their purpose, but if it can be done in code just as easily,
> there is no real reason to use a Macro.
>
> Drew
>
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> Subject: [AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad? Was RE: OT search
> inname attachments in outlook2003
>
> General question on macros:   why have they fallen into disfavor?
>
> I had an opportunity to fill in as a teacher of an advanced Access course
> and a lot of the course was on macros which I never use.  Got a legacy
> 2007
> app to work with last month and it was full of macros.
>
> Macros:  good or bad?
>
> TIA
>
> Rocky
>
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