[AccessD] MS Access to VB6 or VB.net

DWUTKA at marlow.com DWUTKA at marlow.com
Mon Sep 13 09:58:57 CDT 2004


Just curious JC, other then inheritance, what else have you found that make
.NET that much more powerful then VB?  I honestly didn't see anything.  I
want to know if I'm completely ignoring other capabilities.  (I know about
.Net's ability to create an NT Service and Command Line utility, but I write
VB 6.0 NT Services blind folded now, and they run just fine.  Never really
had much use for a Command Line utility, either.....)

Drew

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W. Colby
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 9:04 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] MS Access to VB6 or VB.net


>after a week long boot camp course, I firmly believe that it's the best
tool for the job

The primary function of boot camp is brainwashing.

;-)

I went to boot camp, I know!

However I agree with you, .net is a VERY powerful tool.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brett Barabash
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 9:41 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] MS Access to VB6 or VB.net


#2.
When evaluating dev tools for an upcoming project, it became apparent to me
that the new OO capabilities of .NET would be worth the learning curve.

Judging by the developer journals and 3rd party tool developers, I wouldn't
say that it has been "poorly received".  It's getting tough to find VB6
articles in print or online.

I've already gotten into the "which is better" war on this list, so I'll
save it this time.  However, after a week long boot camp course, I firmly
believe that it's the best tool for the job, regardless of how many other
developers agree.


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:45 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] MS Access to VB6 or VB.net


Richard,

  I think rather then the worrying about the front end, you should be
considering the BE and the technology behind it.  However without knowing a
lot more about your app, it's hard to say if that's critical or not.  Also,
you didn't mention why you were considering moving from developing the FE in
Access itself.

  As for VB.Net, I've been ignoring it for the most part for some of the
same reasons you outline (distribution) plus the fact that it has a large
learning curve.  I can't see spending the time on that when I already have
tools at my disposal that do the job fine. And I'm not the only one. Overall
it seems that .Net has been poorly received by the development community.
Most developers I know are happy (for the most part) with what they already
have/know.  Of course a lot depends on the types of apps you develop and the
end users you target.  I think most of us on this list are on the smaller
end of the scale developing typical business type apps for 50 concurrent
users or less.

  How about a quick un-scientific poll?

1. Do you currently develop in .Net (you know it and use it on a regular
basis)
2. Are you learning .Net for a project (your just starting out with it and
have done a small project or two). 3. Don't know anything about it, but are
interested in it. 4. Could care less.

  I'm firmly at #4 for the moment.

Jim Dettman
(315) 699-3443
jimdettman at earthlink.net

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Griffiths, Richard
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 5:20 AM
To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] MS Access to VB6 or VB.net


Hi Group

After advice and thoughts.  I have a piece of commercial software (library
s/ware for schools) written with A97 FE and BE.  I am about to rewrite and
can't decide over VB6 FE/A2K(DAO) BE or VB.net FE / A2K BE.(reason for
change to VB as opposed to MS Access is that the VB footprint will be
smaller 1-2mb [easier to email/download and manage than my 12-13 mb Access
FE]).

On one hand the VB6 route will be quicker to develop (no learning curve) and
I think to deploy. On the other hand VB.Net is the future (most
likely!!)(and learning and developing in this will be more interesting and
will spur me on) but I am concerned (mainly) about deployment as my users
are not very IT literate and their pc's (at this time) are not up-to-date
(some W95 many W98 32-64mb ram - I know .net is no go on W95).  So
deployment of .net requires not only the framework but they need minimal
Data Access 2.7, IE 5.01, Windows installer etc also installed.  But 6-12
months down the line I don't want to be in the posistion that having used
VB6 to then consider rewriting in Vb.net.

What I can't gauge here is how significant these issues are (and any other
issues).  So what I am hoping to get here is how you would approach this
conundrum - tried and tested VB6 or new VB.net?

Thanks

Richard


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