[AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL

Jim Dettman jimdettman at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 3 09:10:09 CST 2003


Gustav,

  FWIW their doing the same thing with VFP 8.0, but not quite as
restrictive.  You must develop on Win 2000 and up, but it can run on
anything back to Win 95.

Jim Dettman
President,
Online Computer Services of WNY, Inc.
(315) 699-3443
jimdettman at earthlink.net

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:54 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL


Hi Susan

Oops, read another post about Access 11 running on Win2000+ only ...
So you don't mean Win 3.1 but Win9x, right?

/gustav


> As far as I know, Access 1.x and 2.0 are the only versions that run on
> Windows 3.1x. So that shock - moving from Win 3.1x to a Win32 platform
> - will only happen for those moving now from Access 2.0 and lower
> (running on Win 3.1x!) to Access 95 or higher.

> How many could that be??
> Is any member of this list running Access 2.0/Win 3.1x exclusively?
> Please step forward.

> /gustav


>> Well, a shock for anyone still using Win 3.1 -- can't. You have to
upgrade
>> Windows to use Access 11.

>> Susan H.


>>> Are you sure about Access 11?
>>>
>>> Quoting Mike Gunderloy,
>>> Developer Central #24: Office 2003 First Impressions and more!
>>>
>>> "Access has no significant changes from Access 2002. It's not an
exciting
>>> time to be an Access developer. I'm revising one Access book for the new
>>> version, but don't expect to do much other work with it."
>>>
>>> /gustav
>>>
>>>
>>> > And what  if it is? Think about it guys -- although some conversions
are
>>> > more work than others, and certainly Access 11 is going to be a shock
>>> > (and Access 12 even more so) for a few still running older
>>> > versions on W 3.1, has
>>> > MS ever really just left you hanging? Well, maybe it has <g>, I
probably
>>> > shouldn't ask when I don't really know the answer.

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