John Colby
jwcolby at ColbyConsulting.com
Tue Dec 6 13:19:38 CST 2005
>I hadn't gotten into Classes at the time, and so my code was awash with arrays and routines that were far more complex then they really needed to be. LOL, me too. You will appreciate this. When writing my first Access framework I did not know about (access) classes. So I actually used collections of collections, where one collection would (for example) hold pointers to controls that I needed to process (keyed on control names), and the next collection held these collections, keyed on form names. As a form loaded, I would look in a collection to see if that form already had a control collection in the form collection, if not I would load up a collection with all the relevant controls for whatever function I was performing. It worked, but what a mess. In fact, rev two of my framework was written precisely to get rid of such jury rigged stuff. It did use classes and boy was it a huge improvement. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DWUTKA at marlow.com Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 2:03 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re:WhyChan geFieldSi ze/wasCha nge FieldS ize I know. I am not really part of the 'Access Crowd', because I tend to use .mdb backends, but not front ends. So I get my share of ribbing in here, and don't really mind. And I certainly know the 'boy was I an idiot' thoughts. Especially when I look back at my first VB/ASP projects. I hadn't gotten into Classes at the time, and so my code was awash with arrays and routines that were far more complex then they really needed to be. Drew -----Original Message----- From: John Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:01 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: WhyChangeFieldSi ze/wasCha nge FieldS ize And for the record, I was saying that I look back at things I said and did 20 years ago and say "boy was I an idiot". I suspect that most of us do, and those that don't are likely the true idiots. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:50 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [Spam] Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: WhyChangeFieldSi ze/wasCha nge FieldS ize I wasn't poking fun at you, Drew. I was pointing out that JC had made a highly ambiguous reply! ;-} Charlotte -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DWUTKA at marlow.com Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:39 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why ChangeFieldSi ze/wasCha nge FieldS ize Okay, lets put the claws away, that wasn't very nice CF. Drew -----Original Message----- From: Charlotte Foust [mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:55 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why Change FieldSize/wasCha nge FieldS ize >> I know I do. You mean you look back and say "what an idiot Drew was"?? ;-> Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Colby Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:15 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why Change FieldSize/wasCha nge FieldS ize LOL. No, I think maybe you're just growing up. In 20 years I think you will look at what you said this year and say "what an idiot I was". I know I do. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DWUTKA at marlow.com Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:29 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [Spam] Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why Change Field Size/wasCha nge FieldS ize Is it me, or did the magnetic poles just shift? Something happened, JC and I agree on a development technique! ;) Drew <snip> -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com