[AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Aug 19 11:00:24 CDT 2007


Hi Rocky:

Undoubtedly, late for this thread but they are both languages for building
web based applications. 

ASP was created by Microsoft and has much of the syntax of VBA so it is very
easy to learn for all us access users... ASP.Net is ASP's next generation
and is much more powerful application with an extensive. 

PHP is an open-source web application development tool. It is extensive in
its features (it reminds me of old FoxPro with 5 to 10 ways to do anything)
and is now the most used web application development tool out there. It runs
happily on both Windows and Linux servers/stations

PHP is also not difficult to learn but to really master can take a long
time. There is a huge supply of template applications for PHP out there.
Microsoft has provided an excellent development interface and there are a
host of sample applications which can be used as templates for your own
designs. 

To develop in either of these applications you have to have IIS or Apache (I
do not know whether Apache and ASP.net play together) running on your
development station/server. It is then easy to install ASP.Net on that
station/server but if you have not installed PHP before you are really going
to have to read that installation guide. I have both running off my
development server and have applications that use pages created with both.

I like working with ASP.Net as it is accompanied with an excellent Visual
Application Development tool and is almost as user friendly as Access. But
like Access to really use it you have to be willing to get down and dirty.

I could prattle on for a while but I believe the covers the high-lights.

HTH
Jim     

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
Beach Access Software
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:52 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled

At the risk of running afoul of a moderator:  what's the difference between
ASP and PHP in terms of when you would use each? (I'm thinking I should
learn one of these.)

TIA

Rocky
 




 	
	

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:57 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled

You won't like the answer:  ASP.Net

Charlotte Foust 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Julie
Reardon-Taylor
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:20 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled

Looking for some opinions on what people are using for a web-enabled access
database.  I have used replication for some applications, but would now like
to move the front-end to a browser so that the input can be done via a web
page over a wireless connection.

Have toyed with data access pages, but not sure if that is a good solution.

This application has three subform levels and the scripting may be an issue
in DAP.

Did I read a posting on AccessD at some point that DAP are going to be out
in the next version of Access?

What are other people using as forms via the www?



Julie Reardon
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