Shamil Salakhetdinov
shamil at users.mns.ru
Mon Sep 10 12:21:06 CDT 2007
<<< Or, for someone equally proficient who creates application X in both languages, which is faster/better/etc >>> Dan, I think that it would be incorrect to compare .NET Framework's WinForms or ASP.NET development vs. MS Access development in such context. What I can say from my experience - Visual Studio's .NET Framework-based WinForms/ASP.Net user interface development is as RAD as MS Access user interface development (or even more RAD) although VS and .NET Framework are more stable and powerful and modern and getting new and new RAD development features with every release... -- Shamil -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 5:08 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access to VB.Net Hi Shamil, Thanks for the links you provided - great information! <<< But VB.NET is a more efficient development language and VS is more efficient development platform than VB6 IDE/VBA IDE within MS Office Applications... >>> Does this mean that you believe that development using VS/VB.Net is easier/faster/etc. than Access, given someone who is proficient in both languages? Or, for someone equally proficient who creates application X in both languages, which is faster/better/etc? Thanks! Dan -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil Salakhetdinov Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 6:40 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access to VB.Net <<< Can I assume that that VBA/VB will become deprecated in the short term and that vb.net is the way to go for the future... >>> Max, Try to decide for yourself - nobody has a "crystal ball" - here are the facts: 7 "Office 2007 continues to use the legacy VBA engine. However, support for VBA in Microsoft Office for Mac will be dropped with the release of version 12, in 2008" Visual Basic for Applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_for_Applications Discontinuation of the VBA Licensing Program http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ru-ru/isv/Bb190538.aspx Howdy! What's up with VSA? http://blogs.msdn.com/dr._ex/archive/2005/10/03/476435.aspx Although VB6 and VBA will work OK on all the current MS operating systems including Windows Vista, which is supposed to be here until year 2014? Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0 on WindowsR VistaT http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/ms788708.aspx Therefore it's safe to develop applications on VB6 and VBA if you do not have clear plans in software development for the time after year 2014 (I do not have such plans for sure :) )... But VB.NET is a more efficient development language and VS is more efficient development platform than VB6 IDE/VBA IDE within MS Office Applications... -- Shamil -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gmail Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 11:32 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access to VB.Net Thank you very much for all the good advice. Arthur, do you know if this 2008 beta has the limitations that John mentioned with stand-alone 2005 or does it provide the full functionality that Visual Studio provides? Also, would you have a URL for it? So far then; definitely not vb 2005. Also: Can I assume that (following the posting by Shamil) that VBA/VB will become deprecated in the short term and that vb.net is the way to go for the future (given that my current knowledge base is vba). Also: Will vb.net give me the ability to make my apps 'net aware'. By that I mean, will I be able to make my databases available on-line without needing ASP etc. Thanks Max -- 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