Charlotte Foust
cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Wed Feb 11 16:09:13 CST 2004
True. But since Access is based on VB, it isn't likely that a compiler would be created separately for Access, don't you think? Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Stuart McLachlan [mailto:stuart at lexacorp.com.pg] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:34 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Next Version of Access 12 Musings on what might happen(RANT) On 11 Feb 2004 at 8:04, Charlotte Foust wrote: > A compiled executable only runs when the runtime is in place. That's > just as true of VB executables as it is of anything that might be done > in Access. Since you would still need to install the Access runtime > on a machine, what would be the point of an executable? > Only true if you are using a half baked "P-Code" compiler like VB. Any "true compiler" which compiles to machine code doesn't require any form of runtime. -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support. _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com