[AccessD] Macros

Hey, no, that's not what I said, and least not what I meant! <grin>  I meant
that the Macro is just an 'interface' to what is done in the background.  In
Excel/Word, the macro is what runs a VBA procedure.  The VBA procedure IS
VBA, but the Macro is just the process that kick starts it.  In Access, you
have stepped macros, but those steps can also run code, so they are just as
powerful as an EXCEL/WORD MACRO.  Macros (in either platform) can be
triggered by events...they have to be run by the user.  (Well, you can 'run'
a macro from code within an event...but you know what I mean).
 
I was not saying that macros are as powerful as VBA.  
 
Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 7:57 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Macros


Yes, but now you are programming in VB.  The argument was that Macros were
"just as powerful as VB".  If you have to use VB to do something that Macros
can't accomplish, then the argument is proven false.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Don Elliker
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 8:51 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Macros



Could it not be called in a function and the function called from the macro?
_d





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>From: "Jim Dettman" 
>Reply-To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com 
>To: 
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Macros 
>Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:23:56 -0400 
> 
>The other major distinction is that there is no way to call an API function

>from a macro. 
> 
>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] 
> > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 8:18 AM 
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com 
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Macros 
> > 
> > >Because Access Macros are just as powerful as VBA, since they have a 
> > RunCode command. 
> > 
> > Nope, gotta disagree there Drew. No developer worth his salt will touch 
> > macros for development in Access for the simple reason that errors
cannot 
> > be handled. In a runtime errors will dump you to the dos prompt. 
> > Furthermore there is no facility for getting at the object model. Macros

> > are an extremely simplistic "programming language" for power users, and
do 
> > not compare in any way to VB. 
> > 
> > John W. Colby 
> > Colby Consulting 
> > www.ColbyConsulting.com 


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