[AccessD] ACCESS Left Behind

Tony Septav TSeptav at Uniserve.com
Thu Jan 22 12:23:57 CST 2015


Hey Susan
I am not an expert, there are way to many individuals on this list that
totally amaze me with their vast incredible knowledge. I will be honest
reading some of their comments really does humble me. I am a straight
shooter get the job done and get it done right, no excuses. I spent 2 months
(I know many will say I did give it a chance) working with SQL Server
Express (and getting it to work and do what I wanted) but I just found there
were to many rules and hoops you had to jump through to get things to work
properly.  I quess I am a kind of VolksWagen programmer not a Ferrari
programmer. Give me the tools and let me perform the magic in my head.

Great Jawing with you again.
Tony Septav
Nanaimo, BC
Canada

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: January-22-15 11:52 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] ACCESS Left Behind

You know what I find most interesting in this whole transition is that SQL
Server Express didn't seem to catch on.

Susan H.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Tony Septav <TSeptav at uniserve.com> wrote:

> Hey All
> You may think I am the cranky old guy but...... I truly did love ACCESS in
> it's heyday. I produced many vibrant applications with ACCESS that were
> before their time. I still think (Yes I can hear you say Cry me a river)
MS
> let (with each new release) the developers down and I really cannot get
> away
> from that. OK I know "Shut Up you old man" and I now will. I guess we
> cannot
> continue to cry over spilt milk.
>
> Tony Septav
> Nanaimo, BC
> Canada
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
> Sent: January-22-15 7:03 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Ah Ah Yes - Printing to PDF on 64 Bit
>
>
>  Yeah, that's one thing that has always driven me nuts with MS; they never
> go back and fix anything in a prior release.
>
>  My take is, if you produce a product with a given feature set, that
> feature
> set should work.   New features should drive new releases, not the fact
> that
> you need to get a fix for what your currently on.
>
>  But the whole thing is shifting anyway with the advent of the
subscription
> model.  And if any of you aren't keeping up, Windows will now be the same
> way:
>
>
>
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-w
> indows-windows-10/
>
>   Watch the video presentation at
> http://news.microsoft.com/windows10story/
>
> Jim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tony Septav
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 08:11 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Ah Ah Yes - Printing to PDF on 64 Bit
>
>
> Hey All
> Not wanting to repeat myself. But ACCESS requires workarounds of
> workarounds
> of workarounds. What happened to the good old days. MS
> Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
>
> Tony Septav
> Nanaimo, BC
> Canada
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bob Walsh
> Sent: January-21-15 4:43 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Printing to PDF on 64 Bit
>
> This is also an issue on Access 2010. I had the same issue two weeks ago.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 12:49 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Printing to PDF on 64 Bit
>
> This one case so perfectly depicts why it's so brutally difficult to
create
> solutions using Access or any Microsoft Office component that is
> VBA-driven:
> You've GOT to use compiler directives to effectively handle all of the
> variances and exceptions for the various releases.
>
> #IF ACCESS2013 Then
> #ELSE
> #END IF
>
> >
> >         DoCmd.OpenReport "rptSurvey", acPreview, , , acHidden
> >         DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, "rptSurvey",
> > "PDFFormat(*.pdf)", strFullName, False, "", , acExportQualityPrint
> >         DoCmd.Close acReport, "rptSurvey", acSaveNo
> >
>
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