[AccessD] Now what do I do with this thing?

John,

<<I feel very discombobulated in this environment.  It appears that it is
designed to allow navigation through a varied set of tools, but I was kind
of expecting to press a button somewhere and be transported on my magic
carpet to something resembling the VB development environment.  I haven't
found that button yet!>>

  Your not going to find it.  .Net is a framework that encapsulates all the
languages you mentioned.  It provides base services to everything.  If you
thought ADO/DAO and Office object models were complex, you have not see
nutt'n yet.

 Pick your favorite language and work with it.  They all end up in the same
place: the CLR (Common Language Runtime).

  I've had the .Net stuff for well over a year (I have a MSDN Universal
Subscription), but it really does nothing for me, so I've been ignoring it
for the most part. Probably another big mistake I'm making and one I'll
regret in a few years, but I'm sure at least it won't be the last<g>.

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

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W. Colby
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 9:17 AM
To: AccessD
Subject: [AccessD] Now what do I do with this thing?


OK, so now that I have this fancy Visual Studio.net (which comes with no
book of course) - what do I do with it?  I have:

Visual Basic .net
Visual C# .net
Visual C++ .net
Visual J# .net
and Crystal Reports .net.
The .net framework SDK
The Windows application compatibility toolkit

What the &^%$ is this .net thing they are so proud of?
What the (*&%* is the # thing they are so proud of?

How do I write a program?  Hello world?  ;-)

I feel very discombobulated in this environment.  It appears that it is
designed to allow navigation through a varied set of tools, but I was kind
of expecting to press a button somewhere and be transported on my magic
carpet to something resembling the VB development environment.  I haven't
found that button yet!

If anyone out there is using this thing and wants to discuss it with other
(even us neophytes) please raise your hand.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com


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