[AccessD] Dot Net, where to start?

Are you kidding? The report stuff in VS 2005 is killer technology! It blows
Access and Crystal and various other contenders out of the water. IMO it is
the definitive reporting technology extant.

A.


On 4/27/07, JWColby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> Gustav,
>
> I am at the same place.  I own a copy of VS2005 and SQL Server 2005 (got
> it
> at the coming out party) so I can go there if I wish.  I have it installed
> and have played with it quite a bit over the last two years or so.
>
> I am actually considering working in the VB.Net express until I come up to
> speed on that, then make the move to VS2005.  The express stuff is free
> and
> provides all the functionality that I can understand for the moment
> anyway.
> Once I get that down, then I will be ready to learn the stuff that the
> express versions do not provide.
>
> As for reporting, that is a show stopper, especially when you come from
> Access which is one of the better report generators out there.  I am
> actually considering simply using automation to continue using Access as a
> report generator for the moment.  Again, once I come up to speed on the
> .Net
> stuff, then I can re-examine my options.
>
>