Boogie Loogie
boogieloogie at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 18:09:06 CST 2006
I don't know yet. Frankly I am sticking with VS 2003 and Pocket PC 2003 /Win Ce 4 and lower until I see some movement on the support end of things BL On 2/22/06, Steve Conklin <developer at ultradnt.com> wrote: > > So they are forcing you to go with SQL CE? Are there any other options > for > Db's on PPC's? > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Boogie Loogie > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:19 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Convert Access App to VB.Net (was FYI: > Goodnews-VBAin > Office 12 and beyond...) > > I program for the compact framework of VB.Net. With CF2.0 and VS 2005 now > out the glorious braintrust at Micro$oft has did not include support for > .cdb files (.mdb's little cousin) for Windows Mobile 5.0 . Even if you > attempt to use tools such has the InTheHand adoce there is no ActiveSync > support for the database conversion. > > They say they will come up with a patch but it will not be supported and > that future versions of the Mobile OS may never offer any support again. > > In professional terms...THIS SUCKS UP THE WAZOO! > > On 2/22/06, Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Charlotte, > > > > As far as the "power suite" I was just relaying what I found on the > > AppDev site. Since I'm my own employer I was trying to determine > > which ".NET training series" you have. AppDev has 17 different .NET > > "courses" ranging from 2 CD's worth up to 16 CD's. The .NET Power > > Suites have 73 CD's for the VB.NET suite and 40 CD's for the C# suite. > > There's also a .NET Web Development suite with 56 CD's. MCAD and MCSD > > certification suites are available, too. > > > > The Dobson book I found just struck me as funny since the ONLY copy > > available on Amazon had that outrageous price. Maybe it's really, > > really good! > > > > Thanks, Charlotte. > > > > Steve Erbach > > Neenah, WI > > http://TheTownCrank.blogspot.com > > > > On 2/22/06, Charlotte Foust <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> wrote: > > > No, I'm not talking about any "power suites", and I didn't pay that > > > much for the Dobson books. Yes Barker is the author of the other > book. > > > > > > Charlotte > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve > > > Erbach > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 5:37 PM > > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Convert Access App to VB.Net (was FYI: Good > > > news-VBAin Office 12 and beyond...) > > > > > > > > > Charlotte, > > > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > > > I have the Murach series of .NET books, two O'Reilly books on > > > ASP.NET (the Cookbook and Programming With), three early Microsoft > > > books on .NET, and a Wrox book on Crystal Reports. My Safari > > > subscription has been very useful along those lines, too. On my > > > bookshelf I've got the O'Reilly ADO.NET Cookbook, the Programming > > > ASP.NET 3rd edition, and the Programming C# 4th edition. > > > > > > Are you talking about the .NET Power Suite for Visual Basic .NET or > > > Visual C# .NET? I see that those are currently $2517 and $1437 > > > without books. Hoo boy! I'll bet they were pretty thorough! > > > > > > I see a used copy of Rick Dobson's "Programming Microsoft SQL Server > > > 2000 with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET" available on Amazon for > $135.99!! > > > > > > Otherwise he has a lot of Access-based books. Don't see any others > > > on .NET really except for one on SQL Server 2005 Express. > > > > > > F. Scott Barker appears to be the author of that 2002 book on > > > ADO.NET and VB.NET. > > > > > > Thanks again. > > > > > > Steve Erbach > > -- > > 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 >