[AccessD] Classes In Referenced MDE

Thanks all.

-- Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 

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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
> Charlotte Foust
> Sent: 12 December 2007 17:56
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Classes In Referenced MDE
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> 
> You're right, Jim, and I'm sure that's where I got it.
> 
> Charlotte 
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:34 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Classes In Referenced MDE
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> 
>   Ken Getz published an article on this long ago.  Believe it 
> was in Smart Access. 
> 
> Jim.
> 
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
> Charlotte Foust
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:05 AM
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> Andy,
> 
> There's nothing illegal about modifying a class that way.  It 
> even lived in Microsoft's own help files way back when in 
> earlier Access versions. I think I first used it in 97 after 
> I had found Shamil's DEEP article, but I don't think I got 
> the technique from him.
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 6:45 AM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Classes In Referenced MDE
> 
> Only wish I knew what any of that meant Shamil. :-(
> 
> It's looking fine as is now anyway. If what I've done isn't 
> legal I'm relying on you all to keep schtum. :-)
> 
> --
> Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
> 
> 
> 
> --------- Original Message --------
> From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Classes In Referenced MDE
> Date: 12/12/07 14:59
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> 
> Andy,
> 
> Just wanted to note that another legal option could be to 
> move your code into VB6 ActiveX dlls...
> 
> ....or even into VB.NET COM-exposed classlibs in the case 
> your customers' PCs do have .NET framework installed...
> 
> ....for the latter case there could be (quite some) overhead 
> while getting through CCW (COM Callable Wrappers generated by 
> TLBEXP) and therefore for the often used library functions 
> moving code to VB.NET
> classlib(s) could become inefficient....
> 
> --
> Shamil
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Classes In Referenced MDE
> 
> Whoa, amazing stuff as ever from you Shamil. Not sure if my bosses
> (client) will let me use it though - will have to approach it gently.
> 
> I've got two questions. Firstly will it work on an MDE? 
> Secondly am I right in thinking that the Add-In would only be 
> needed on the development machine because it does a 
> once-and-for-all change to the referenced MDB/MDE? So once 
> the add-in has done its work if the Fe and MDE are then 
> copied down to a user's machine will everything run ok 
> without the user needing the Add-In?
> 
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> Andy Lacey
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