[AccessD] Regarding multi-value field, from a reader

William Benson vbacreations at gmail.com
Thu Nov 1 17:02:13 CDT 2012


Why haven't they upgraded? I can't think of a single thing I am using today
that I used in 97.

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:

> One biggie for me is dropping support for Jet 3.  "This change affects
> databases that are
> linked to Access 97 databases."
>
> I've got clients with lots of A97 backends.
>
> --
> Stuart
>
> On 1 Nov 2012 at 15:06, Jim Dettman wrote:
>
> >
>  >  If you haven't figured it out, we (developers) are not going to be in
> the
> > picture much longer.
> >
> >  Microsoft just released details on Office and Access 2013:
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj162978(v=office.15).aspx
> >
> > Couple of quotes:
> >
> > "A new interactive view designer makes it easy for users who have little
> or
> > no programming experience to build apps. "
> > "A new application model enables subject matter experts to quickly create
> > and share applications that can be used to run their business. "
> >
> >   They are focused on the end user and nothing but and everything is
> about
> > the cloud and Office 365.  Traditional desktop development with Access is
> > out.
> >
> > Here's a list of what got pulled out:
> >
> >
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178954%28v=office.15%29.aspx;
> >
> >
> > Two biggies from that:
> >
> > 1. Access 2003 toolbars and command bars are no longer supported.  You
> > *must* use the ribbon.
> > 2. ADP's are gone.
> >
> > And there's a bunch of other stuff, like Pivot Charts.
> >
> > Jim.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
> > Fields
> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 02:52 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Regarding multi-value field, from a reader
> >
> > Well, for what it's worth, I agree with everybody who said don't use
> > multi-value fields!  Geez, we go to lots of trouble to normalize our
> > data and then Access arrives with new specialties that at least look
> > like the destruction of normalization!  Dang!
> > T
> >
> > Tina Norris Fields
> > tinanfields at torchlake.com
> > 231-322-2787
> >
> > On 10/31/2012 7:08 PM, Susan Harkins wrote:
> > > Received the following from a reader:
> > >
> > > "I set up a multivalued field in Access 2010 using a List Box and
> > > providing a Value List with values M,T,W,R,F. Everything works fine
> > > but for one problem. When I chose M, W, F from my list, th
> > > emultivalued filed reads F, M, W ... i.e., the entries are sorted left
> > > to right whereas I want them to show up as M, W, F. Is there a way to
> > > do this?"
> > >
> > > =====Other than learning the basics so I could write about them, I
> > > don't use them and have almost no experience. Anyone have a quick and
> > > easy answer? I'm going to do a little research, but if anybody knows,
> > > please share!
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Susan H.
> >
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