[AccessD] ADPs in the future

Nicholson, Karen cyx5 at cdc.gov
Mon Sep 27 13:14:12 CDT 2004


The system was originally written by an employee who was not a
programmer but was incredibly resourceful in getting the program to work
with a million macros.  They hired a firm to turn it into a web
application and the project failed after about a $300,000 investment.
Then they decided to get someone in to make the Access application work
better.  Once this is up and running and we have an understanding of the
tangled web that was woven, then we can up it to the .net environment.
Why couldn't they find anyone in Pittsburgh?  Looks like most folks have
moved up to the .net environment here.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 1:38 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] ADPs in the future


Karen,

What was it they wanted to do in Access that they couldn't find anyone
to
do?

Dan Waters

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Nicholson,
Karen
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:13 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] ADPs in the future

I am working for the CDC at this time.  They could not find an Access
person in Pittsburgh to do what they needed. ?  They want to take this
to .net, so I am studying asp.net and vb.net as I develop and fix this
in Access.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte
Foust
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:43 AM
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Subject: RE: [AccessD] ADPs in the future


All I know is that the State of California and the Federal government
are still using Access desktop databases for stuff the programmers don't
have time to create and small business still has the need for custom
database apps that don't require SQL Server. ;-/


Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Ismert [mailto:KIsmert at TexasSystems.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:02 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] ADPs in the future



Dan,

Unless the next version of Access is a completely .NET centric product,
Windows forms on top, VB.NET or C# underneath, and is fully web enabled
(in other words the complete rewrite Mary Chipman said they weren't
going to do), it will have nothing of interest in it for me.

A simple test: if the next version of Access doesn't natively support
Microsoft's flagship database, SQL Server 2005, it has been abandoned.

I would like to hear more responses regarding the current prospects of
Access consulting. Nearly everyone I know locally is either having a
tough time getting Access work, or is moving away from Access towards
more profitable work. A consensus from this group that there is a
burgeoning Access job market in the near future would do more than
anything else to dispel my pessimism.

And yes, the bright side of the story is that the fundamentals we learn
here are applicable to any new data environment we may encounter.

-Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Waters [mailto:dwaters at usinternet.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:35 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] ADPs in the future


Ken,

Let's not sink the ship just yet.  A new version of Access (12) will
soon begin to be discussed.  Let's see what it is first.

OTOH, the skills that I know I've developed will let learn whatever I
need to learn to make my future work!

Dan Waters

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