[AccessD] Making SQL Server NewID() work with a dataset in.net

1. Sites more than forums, Google helps much

2. BOL/MSDN Online, Various Dummies books: Visual Basic .Net for Dummies,
Visual Basic .Net Database Programming for dummies, ASP.Net for Dummies, C#
for Dummies, C# in 24 hours, several others from Sybex that I haven't
cracked yet.

3. Crystal 8, 9 & 10. (Trying to get Reporting Services installed) oh and,
Access ;)


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-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:03 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Making SQL Server NewID() work with a dataset
in.net


David, Charlotte, Gustav, Jim D., Jim L.,

This seems to be an appropriate place to ask this question: what .NET
support forums do you subscribe to? What technical publications do you
read for .NET? What development and reporting tools do you use other
than what Visual Studio provides?

I guess that's three questions.

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI


On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:20:20 -0800, dmcafee at pacbell.net
<dmcafee at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Exactly. I'm in the same boat as you and JC (IIRC). I'm now working with
> .Net (C# & VB mainly).
>
> The company I work for would like to move all mdb/ADPs to .NET some day. I
> have started converting some of my sample databases as a learning project.
> Some things a neat, others are not.
>
> My boss asked if I could create a VB or C# program that would allow a user
> to enter some information, connect to SQL and retrieve some more data,
then
> talk to some barcode label software so barcodes can be printed out.
>
> I created an ADP and designed my own UPC-A/EAN13 barcodes on the fly in
VBA
> and used the Free 3of 9 font and had a working copy in 3 days (creating
the
> dynamic barcaode was the hardest part). At our meeting to see how long it
> would take me to complete the task, I already had a working copy. They
were
> amazed when they found out that it was create in Access. One program,
enter
> the info and it prints out the barcode, all in one step.
>
> I've always felt VB was great for creating DLLs or non DB use, which is
why
> I am probably having such a hard time with .Net and their return to flat
> file-ism.
>
> David