[AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad?

David McAfee davidmcafee at gmail.com
Tue Feb 23 14:51:11 CST 2010


They want us, as developers, to move away from Access all together. ;)

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Steve Schapel <miscellany at mvps.org> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I have not heard any credible suggestion of Microsoft wanting to "move away
> from VBA" for Access, nor can I imagine anyone aspiring to make macros
> emulate or replace full VBA functionality.  If there was, I would agree with
> you totally.
>
> Regards
> Steve
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jim Dettman" <jimdettman at verizon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:33 AM
>
>>  I haven't looked at 2010 yet (install still sitting on the desktop) and
>> while macro did make progress in 2007, they are still a far cry from VBA.
>>
>>  And macros still can't call anything external (Win API, DLLs, COMs, etc).
>>
>>  Microsoft has a long way to go with they want to move away from VBA and
>> the security of macros.  At least from my view point anyway.
>
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