[AccessD] Access development on the wane?

...so far I'm using the native Report Viewer Control that comes with vs8 
...its not as flexible as Access Reports but as yet I've not found anything 
I can't do one way or the other ...its a typical MS first edition, you have 
to hunt for code to make it play nice ...there are 3rd party controls that 
purport to do better reports but I've not felt the need to try any of them 
yet.

William

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From: "Doug Murphy" <dw-murphy at cox.net>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 12:19 PM
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access development on the wane?

> William,
>
> What are you using for reporting in your .NET apps?  The built in report
> engine is still one of the great strengths of Access.
>
> Doug
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 4:18 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access development on the wane?
>
> ...I've moved to focus on the .net development environment and that's what 
> I
> push to clients now ...there is still plenty of Access work but I'm not
> starting anything new in it ...had not considered Access so much as
> declining as just not being the best development environment any longer
> ...once you have a few controls and a source code library, .net in VS8 is
> just a lot better to work with than Access, especially A2k7.
>
> William
>
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> From: "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:23 AM
> To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: [AccessD] Access development on the wane?
>
>> Although I think Access is still healthy and will be around for a long
>> time, readers are contacting me privately with concerns. Some of them
>> aren't getting as much Access work as they use to.
>>
>> I'm just curious -- what are the contractors on this list experiencing
>> -- have you noticed a slow down in Access development?
>>
>> Susan H.
>>
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