Arthur Fuller
artful at rogers.com
Wed Sep 28 13:21:02 CDT 2005
The other links were interesting, but particularly on point to this thread is the last one: http://216.55.183.63/pdc2005/slides/OFF307_Covington.ppt, entitled: Developing Collaboration Solutions With Access 12 And Windows SharePoint Services "v3" In particular, these points caught my attention: * Engine based on Jet code-base and installed with Office, 100% backwards compatible with Jet * Connects to external data sources * Foundation for richer support of complex data * Multi-choice combo box (M-M joins) * Attachments * Append only * Read and write Excel "12" file formats * SharePoint ISAM enhancements * OM changes to DAO and ACE OLEDB provider (ADO) And perhaps most notable for this community, this point from the Summary of said PPT presentation: * Microsoft is committed to Access as a developer platform In NO way am I saying that this is definitive. These are merely quotes from the PPT presentation. Arthur -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman Sent: September 27, 2005 3:34 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] The future of Access, .NET and SQL For those interested, some tid bits http://216.55.183.63/pdc2005/slides/OFF201_Harris.ppt http://216.55.183.63/pdc2005/slides/OFF302_Dhanjal.ppt http://216.55.183.63/pdc2005/slides/OFF310_Morton.ppt http://216.55.183.63/pdc2005/slides/OFF415_Hatoun.ppt http://216.55.183.63/pdc2005/slides/OFF417_Whitechapel.ppt http://216.55.183.63/pdc2005/slides/OFF307_Covington.ppt Jim.