[AccessD] Paean to the Access Development Team

William Hindman wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Mon Jan 29 21:10:11 CST 2007


...oh my aching head :(((((

William Hindman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MartyConnelly" <martyconnelly at shaw.ca>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Paean to the Access Development Team


> The problem is I don't know what is the official authorized way with
>   NetFramework 2.0
> 1. You can get at the comclass templates with Visual Studio 2005 Team
> version
> 2. You can create an Access Managed AddIn with Access 2007 and
>    Basic Visual Studio 2005 which contains VB.Net Standard plus Access
>     VSTO 2007 (which has not been finally released). This allows you to 
> use
>      the Shared Access AddIn wizard and finally the SharedAddInSetup
>      Wizard that allows distribution via an .msi file with the VB.Net code
>    See Getz's explanation
>      Creating Managed Add-ins for Access 2007
>       http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa902693.aspx
> 3. The method I use with VB.Net Express and 2 comclass template files
>     I got from an MSDN site.  However to install via GAC you have to
>     use an  install.bat to register the dll with  regasm and gacutil to
>     remove any previously named dll and reinstall in the registry.
>     I don't know how licit this method is but it works with Access 2003.
>     and doesn't require additional software.
>
> artful at rogers.com wrote:
>
>>Agreed, Marty, and hats off to you for discovering/illustrating this 
>>mind-meld. My point was that MS does not make this transparent, and it 
>>takes guys like you to point it out. You should be on the MS payroll! On 
>>the other hand, if you were, then how much of your exquisite insights 
>>could we trust?
>>
>>Arthur Fuller
>>Technical Writer, Data Modeler, SQL Sensei
>>Artful Databases Organization
>>www.artfulsoftware.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----
>>From: MartyConnelly <martyconnelly at shaw.ca>
>>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving 
>><accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:39:53 PM
>>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Paean to the Access Development Team
>>
>>
>>One thing you can do is call VB.Net or C## framework code
>>from Access via a COM class wrapper creating a tlb and dll.
>>
>>Not that difficult if you need to merge the two code bases as some
>>things are easier
>>and quicker to write in dotNet like Web Services and xml reader classes
>>
>>Some standalone .exe files still required a runtime install with VB6 and
>>VB.Net
>>requires the dotNet Framework installed.
>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Marty Connelly
> Victoria, B.C.
> Canada
>
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