Francisco H Tapia
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Tue Feb 4 11:06:01 CST 2003
I can't comment on inheritance issues, but since C# is sooo much like Java, my guess is yes... and as with all your previous versions of Access, what do you expect, for it to be backward compatible ;o) -Francisco http://rcm.netfirms.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:46 AM Subject: RE: [AccessD] .net : And will we get true OO with inheritance etc? That would make it all : worthwhile. : : And will it break all my existing apps that use the built in VBA? That : would make it a disaster. : : John W. Colby : Colby Consulting : www.ColbyConsulting.com : : -----Original Message----- : From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com : [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Shamil : Salakhetdinov : Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:09 AM : To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com : Subject: Re: [AccessD] .net : : : AFAIU MS Access/Word/Excel VBA programming from within MS Access/Word/Excel : IDEs seems to be already marked as "must die" at MS: : : http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/roadmap.asp : : This should happen with arrival of .NET Framework 2.0 and VS.NET for Yukon : in 2004 and Office12 or later?... : : <<< : Office programmability. The tools and components within Microsoft Office® : are widely used as a foundation for smart client application development, : and "Visual Studio for Yukon" will seek to unify the programming experience : between Visual Studio .NET and Office. "Visual Studio for Yukon" will : deliver support in the Visual Studio IDE for Office development, while : simultaneously continuing support for the popular VBA development approach. : With "Visual Studio for Yukon" the full breadth of Microsoft Office will be : available for the first time to developers using Visual Studio .NET. : >>> : : IMO it looks like they at MS plan to remove ALT+F11(VBA programming support) : from MS Access/Word/Excel IDEs completely moving it to VS .NET. Are these : good or bad news? IMO their approach to unify .NET and VBA progamming : under/within VS.NET is a right step forward. And with arrival of such : architecure MS Word/MS Excel macro viruses' problem will be solved : automagically... : : Of course I can be (completely) wrong with my guessing based on the roadmap : info referred above. : We will live, we will see... : : Shamil : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Martin Reid" <mwp.reid at queens-belfast.ac.uk> : To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> : Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 6:33 PM : Subject: Re: [AccessD] .net : : : > I think the true future of Access will not be really known : > until Access 12 is available. I do know JET and DAO are : > dead today. No further development of either AFAIK. Could : > all change but we have to wait and see. : > : > Lot of confusion it would appear : > : > Martin : > : > Martin WP Reid : > Information Services : > Queens University Belfast : > : > Tel: (02890) 273750 : > : > : > ---------------------- : > : > : > _______________________________________________ : > AccessD mailing list : > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com : > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd : > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com : : _______________________________________________ : AccessD mailing list : AccessD at databaseadvisors.com : http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd : Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com : : : : _______________________________________________ : AccessD mailing list : AccessD at databaseadvisors.com : http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd : Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com :