[AccessD] Infopath and One Note

To be honest during the beta process thats the impression I got. The ACcess
XML list had about 11 posts and similar level of posts in other XML related
groups. Appeared to be no interest.

I think its a product looking for a market.

Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Infopath and One Note


> Hi Martin
>
> I agree with Charlotte - he makes it sound like InfoPath is a
> no-product?
>
> And this scares me:
>
> > .. If you are not familiar with relational databases and tools like
> > Access, then InfoPath is a tool to consider if your business is starting
> > to adopt XML as a transport mechanism between business processes.
>
> I mean, if you are not familiar with relational databases, you don't
> know about a relational structure and, thus, you should stay away from
> even thinking of transferring data by any means including XML as you
> don't have a chance to know what you are doing.
>
> Of course, you can move around with a Word document saved as XML but
> that has little to do with moving data between business processes.
>
> /gustav
>
> > <quote>
>
> > I try to dispel the marketing hype around InfoPath for the Access
developer.
> > I've yet to see an InfoPath
> > scenario that couldn't be solved quicker with Access 2003 and its new
> > XML features.  If you are not familiar with relational databases and
tools
> > like
> > Access, then InfoPath is a tool to consider if your business is starting
> > to adopt XML as a transport mechanism between business processes.
> >    If you live in a world of ODBC and OLEDB for moving data within your
> > organization - and it's working - why mess with a good thing. On the
> > other hand, if you are struggling with ways to send that data through
> > your firewall to your business partners/customers, XML works really
> > well, because text doesn't get hung up in the process. With that said,
> > Access is an excellent tool for exporting relational data as XML and
> > importing XML from other sources.
>
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