William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Fri Oct 12 00:15:37 CDT 2007
...not enough critical mass in the dba-vb list jc :( William ----- Original Message ----- From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for Web Solution Providers > Well William, good to hear from you. There are a few of us hanging out on > the AccessD VB group. > > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:09 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for > Web > Solution Providers > > ...I too have shifted my development environment from primarily Access to > .Net ...and if you like 2 you're going to love 3.5 :) > > ...if only there was an AccessD equivalent for .Net ...tried quite a few > ...keep coming back here for some damn reason :) > > William > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> > To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:43 AM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for > Web > Solution Providers > > >> Having started using VS2005 (in 2007) I must say I am extremely >> impressed with the functionality of VB.Net and Visual Studio. .NET >> 2.0 is a programmers dream, assuming you are willing to climb the >> learning > curve. >> I >> also have to say I was not nearly as impressed with .Net 1.0 and in >> fact my experience with that was one reason I delayed so long in >> trying to do the 2.0 stuff. >> >> I am nowhere near proficient with 2.0 but I like it a lot. >> >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> www.ColbyConsulting.com >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav >> Brock >> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:09 AM >> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >> Subject: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for >> Web Solution Providers >> >> Hi all >> >> We (my employer and I) don't want to spend money on the "MS exam circus" >> as >> the ROI is zero. Thus, our official Small Business Specialist status >> will be lost (and our clients don't care as they hardly knew that >> anyway). No big deal. >> >> However, that status have the additional benefit that combined with >> the Action Pack Subscription (where the ROI is huge) you are offered >> Visual Studio Standard 2005 for free. So no SB partner => no free VS >> which is bad now that VS2008 is close. >> >> But a new free add-on to the Action Pack is now announced which could >> be of interest for those of you not having Visual Studio yet or have >> felt the limitations of the free Express editions, a "special edition >> toolkit" for Web Solution Providers: >> >> https://partner.microsoft.com/webresourcekit >> >> It includes Microsoft Visual Studio Standard 2008 and Expression Studio. >> The estimated ship date for the kit is January 2008. >> >> One of the steps to obtain the kit is to: >> >> Successfully complete one of three free online courses and the >> associated assessment with a score of 70 percent or higher .. >> >> These seems to have a duration from 0,5 to 1,5 hours, so you have to >> pay by spending some of your valuable time! >> >> /gustav >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com